Celtics blow by Pacers, flirt with history in 155-104 victory over Indiana

The Boston Celtics hammered the Indiana Pacers Wednesday night, grabbing a 155-104 home victory and flirting with history in the process.

The Boston Celtics soundly defeated the visiting Indiana Pacers 155-104 Wednesday night, cruising to an easy victory and moving to 4-0 to open the 2023-24 regular season. Jayson Tatum led the way for Boston, scoring 30 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in just 27 minutes of action. Overall, a 51-point win for the Celtics ties the third-largest margin of victory in franchise history.

Tatum wasn’t the only player in green scoring the ball with ease. In total, eight members of the Celtics scored 11 or more points, and as a team Boston shot 56.8% from the field. In fact, the Celtics scored 75 points in the first half alone, underscoring how lopsided things were all evening long. On the other side of the action, Boston played stingy defense, especially on the perimeter. In total, the Pacers went 5-for-37 from 3, which includes a few easy looks that came down the stretch when the game was already out of reach for Indiana.

Let’s take a deeper look at Boston’s big 155-104 victory against the Pacers and what helped power the Celtics to victory.