National Basketball Association
Indiana 87, Boston 74
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, January 6, 2012
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials:
#47 Bennie Adams, # Tre Maddox, #32 Eddie F. Rush
Attendance:
18624
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Danny Granger scored 15 points and Darren Collison added 14 as the visiting Indiana Pacers snapped the Boston Celtics' four-game winning streak with an 87-74 victory Friday night.
Paul Hill came off the bench to score 13, including consecutive 3-pointers in a decisive 8-0 run, as the Pacers ended a string of seven straight defeats in Boston.
Roy Hibbert had his second straight double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds for Indiana, which bounced back from a 35-point shellacking at Miami on Wednesday.
Ray Allen, returning from a one-game illness, scored a game-high 23 for Boston (4-4), which suffered its first home loss.
A jumper by Allen pulled the Celtics within 65-60 early in the fourth quarter, but Jeff Foster scored inside and Hill nailed back-to-back 3-pointers to push the lead to 13.
Boston matched a franchise record for fewest points in a first half with 25 and was fortunate to still be in the game at intermission, trailing by only eight.
The Celtics shot 3 of 19 in the second quarter and were mugged on the backboards in the first half by a 30-18 count.
Indiana helped keep the game close by missing 14 of its last 15 shots in the first quarter to leave the teams tied 14-14 after the opening 12 minutes.
Top Game Performances
| Indiana |
|
Boston |
|
Danny Granger 15 |
Scoring |
Ray Allen 23 |
|
Darren Collison 4 |
Assists |
Rajon Rondo 9 |
|
Roy Hibbert 12 |
Rebounds |
Jermaine O'Neal 7 |
|
Danny Granger 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Ray Allen 5 |
|
Danny Granger 3 |
Steals |
Rajon Rondo 3 |
|
David West 1 |
Blocks |
Jermaine O'Neal 5 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Indiana
|
87 |
40.0 |
8-14 |
15-18 |
17 |
48 |
1 |
8 |
14 |
| Boston
|
74 |
39.4 |
5-14 |
17-24 |
16 |
36 |
8 |
4 |
13 |
Upcoming Games
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Boston will play their next game at home against Dallas. The Celtics have a W/L % of .600 after a win and .333 after a loss.
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Indiana will play their next game at home against Charlotte. The Pacers have a W/L % of .500 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.
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