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Despite winning the second leg of a back-to-back series with the Indiana Pacers yesterday, the Boston Celtics should still pursue their floor-stretching center.
The Boston Celtics got off to a hot start in the first half of their fourth game of the season–an eventual 116-111 win against the Indiana Pacers at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in front of a fan-less arena–before wilting a bit in the third quarter.
Indiana outscored the Cs 37-25 in the frame, but several players stepped up down the stretch. Payton Pritchard had the most notable performance, likely because he had yet to have the sort of across-the-board dominance (10 points on 4-8 shooting, five rebounds, five assists) that was on display Tuesday night in the Circle City.