The Celtics won their second dramatic victory in the last three games over the Pacers on Saturday, taking a 3-0 series lead with a 114-111 win in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Here are the takeaways.
1. Jrue Holiday was questionable prior to tip as he dealt with flu-like symptoms, but Joe Mazzulla was pretty sure he would go.
“He’s always ready to play,” Mazzulla said. “I knew he was going to play, just because I had faith and trust in him.”
Mazzulla’s optimism wasn’t universally shared: Jayson Tatum noted that Holiday didn’t participate in shootaround and was experiencing “chills” (symptoms that, incidentally, might have landed him a multi-game quarantine some three years ago).