Indiana Pacers Seek Redemption Against Boston Celtics
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The Indiana Pacers know where improvement is needed on Thursday when they visit the Boston Celtics for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.
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The Pacers committed 22 turnovers in their 133-128 overtime loss in Game 1 on Tuesday, and those miscues led to 32 Boston points. The costliest turnover came with 8.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter while sixth-seeded Indiana was leading 117-114.
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Pascal Siakam couldn't handle Andrew Nembhard's inbounds pass, and he then allowed Jaylen Brown to make a game-tying 3-pointer that forced overtime.
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"We had a lot of turnovers that would be hard to explain, but this is the conference finals in the NBA playoffs and these things happen," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. "
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As many turnovers as we had, our guys continued to play, continued to fight and found a way to get a three-point cushion and the ball. So at that point, we just gotta finish it off."
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Aaron Nesmith (five) and Myles Turner (four) accounted for nine of the 22 giveaways, but Tyrese Haliburton also turned the ball over three times