It’s no surprise the team finished with six technical fouls on a night their best player gets ejected. They’re mostly an aberration and not going to continue. The Pacers fell in a 109-105 loss in overtime giving the Sixers their first win of the season leaving no National Basketball Association squad winless in 2016-17.
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“We all reacted in a lot of calls and maybe we were wrong, or maybe the refs were wrong”.
Last night was certainly a step in the right direction.
The Celtics entered Friday looking for a faster start after struggling to score points in the first quarter during their three-game skid.
Knicks: Finish up their short two-game road trip at Toronto on Saturday. “We got to play against a very good team tomorrow and come out with a better effort”.
He does get some minutes next to the other bigs, so Olynyk may have the inside track to be the No. 2 big behind Al Horford.
Tony Brothers officiated the game between the Knicks and Celtics in 2014 when Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Garnett almost brawled afterwards. Jefferson continues to settle into a nice niche, forcing Boston’s hand after IN jumped up five on back-to-back Jefferson go-tos IN the third. He would finish with 23 points.
The Sixers looked like they were going to lose yet another November game after blowing five-point lead with 25.4 seconds left in regulation. Comcast SportsNet New England will have the game locally for Boston.
Kristaps Porzingis, whose 14 points led the Knicks, received one in the fourth quarter for punching the ball in the air.
Boston got out to a fast start by exploiting New York’s defensive woes with a couple of three-pointers and impressive penetration by Isaiah Thomas. Worse yet, Paul George is gone in 19 months when he becomes a free agent. The Indiana Pacers are averaging 110 points on 47.6 percent shooting and allowing 113.2 points on 47.7 percent shooting. Jae Crowder was sidelined for a fourth game and Kelly Olynyk had played just one game this season, returning Wednesday.
Isaiah Thomas will always have his difficulties matching up against the larger elite point guards (think Russell Westbrook and Kyrie Irving), yet his ability to create offense is on an MVP type of level this season (seriously). He finished with 29 points, including three three-pointers and a flawless 8-8 from the free throw line.
And on the ensuing Pacers possession, Johnson came up with a blocked shot that gave Boston a chance to increase its slim lead which they did on a Johnson lay-up.
The last time Anthony was ejected was December 21, 2012, after being hit with two technicals against the Bulls.
IN continued to struggle with rebounding, with loose ball rebounds winding up far too often in Boston’s possession, 15 offensive rebounds leading to 18 second chance points for the Celtics.
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Tyler Zeller (7 points, 6 rebounds) and Terry Rozier (11 points, 6 rebounds, steal, assist, block) also played well off the Celtics bench.
