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Pacers Links: Reserve bigs, defense push Pacers past Celtics

The Pacers leaned on their role players off the bench to make a big impact in their win over the Celtics on Tuesday night.

The Pacers gave up 59 points in the second half, but Paul George is correct when he pointed to his team's effort to guard down the stretch making the difference in the 103-98 win.

"We played great defense and that turned into some easy offense for us," George said.

The Pacers were up just three points, 84-81, with 4:30 left in the game but were able to get enough stops to keep the Celtics stuck on 81 for nearly three minutes.