With 8:54 remaining, and the Celtics down 21 points to the Pacers, Neemias Queta entered the game alongside Jordan Walsh and Xavier Tillman Sr. Jaylen Brown and Payton Pritchard stayed out there as well.
For some coaches, such a tactic would have been a way of waving the white flag. For Mazzulla, as is often the case, there was a method to his madness.
The Celtics stormed back in scintillating fashion, and Queta was at the crux of it all. He was active at the rim, pushed the pace and was a menace defensively, even when he had to switch onto guards.