Jaylen Brown scores 31 factors as Celtics rally previous Pacers 103-95

Derrick White completed with 19 factors, and Payton Pritchard and Anfernee Simons every had 11 for Boston, which gained its third straight sport.

Jaylen Brown helped lead the Celtics to a 103-95 victory over the Indiana Pacers at TD Backyard. Ben Pennington for The Boston Globe

By KEN POWTAK, Related Press

December 22, 2025

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BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 14 of his game-high 31 factors within the last quarter and the Boston Celtics rallied from a 20-point, second-half deficit for a 103-95 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night time.

Derrick White completed with 19 factors, and Payton Pritchard and Anfernee Simons every had 11 for Boston, which gained its third straight sport.

Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 25 factors, and Andrew Nembhard had 20. Indiana, the NBA’s worst 3-point capturing workforce, missed 19 of its 20 makes an attempt from past the arc within the second half in its fifth straight loss.

Brown’s greatest shot within the last quarter got here on an off-balance 3 proper in entrance of Boston’s bench, pushing the Celtics forward 96-91 with 2:25 to play.

Nembhard’s 3-point play with 3:49 left had tied it at 91.

Trailing 82-74 coming into the fourth, Boston went on an 11-2 spree, taking its first lead because the first half on Brown’s reverse layup.

Boston coach Joe Mazzulla pulled his starters early within the second half with the Pacers up 69-49.

The Celtics whittled the Pacers’ edge to eight factors after three. Brown and White reentered with a minute left within the third quarter.

Brown was out attributable to an sickness in Boston’s final sport, a victory at Toronto on Saturday, when Pritchard scored 33 factors.

Coming off a 19-point loss at residence in opposition to New Orleans on Saturday, the Pacers hit 60% (12 of 20) of their 3-point makes an attempt within the first half and led 61-43 on the break. Boston, in the meantime, got here in second within the league with 15.7 made 3s per sport and was simply 5 of 18 within the opening half.

The loss delayed Rick Carlisle’s run to his 1,000th NBA head teaching victory. The Pacers have misplaced 5 straight since beating the Sacramento Kings 116-105 on Dec. 8, and Carlisle stands at 999 victories over 24 seasons.

Pacers: Host Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Celtics: At Indiana on Friday.