The Indiana Pacers led three video games of the Jap Convention Finals late within the fourth quarter. They nonetheless received swept.
Derrick White made a game-winning three-pointer with 45 seconds left and the Boston Celtics held the Pacers scoreless for the ultimate 3:33 of the sport in a 104-101 win.
Boston swept the collection and superior to the NBA Finals for the second time in three years.
Indiana performed powerful however frequently made errors within the crunch within the convention finals. In Recreation 1, they dedicated two turnovers within the ultimate minute and allowed a game-tying three-pointer from Jaylen Brown earlier than shedding in additional time. In Recreation 3, they had been up 5 factors with 1:13 to go and by no means scored once more, turning the ball over with three second left.
Monday, Indiana couldn’t rating late, turned the ball over and after forcing a miss, allowed Jrue Vacation to seize the offensive rebound within the ultimate seconds. The Pacers couldn’t even determine learn how to foul to cease the clock.
Brown gained the Larry Hen trophy for probably the most useful participant of the Jap Convention Finals. He led Boston with 29 factors in Recreation 4, developing with three steals, together with a giant one on Pascal Siakam with two minutes to go, proper after he tied the sport with a jumper.
Jayson Tatum performed 43 minutes, together with the final 4 with 5 fouls, and completed with 26 factors, 13 rebounds and eight assists. Jrue Vacation had 17 factors and 9 rebounds, together with the game-sealing offensive board.
That was the distinction within the collection. The video games had been shut, however the hole between how Boston’s stars carried out within the clutch and the Pacers’ stars performed was big.
