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00:03 Now we go to Boston, where the best team in the NBA resides.
00:06 That's the Celtics, a five point win at home in a really good game against
00:11 the Indiana Pacers, who welcomed Tyrese Halliburton back to the fold.
00:15 The Celtics win 129-124 inside TD Garden, make that a 22-2 straight up
00:22 record at home in Beantown this year, booked as a favorite in every game.
00:28 Boston closed as an eight point favorite last night against Indiana.
00:31 They do not cover, but they do win by five over the Pacers.
00:36 >> Yeah, if I would like to add the crystal ball to this game, Ben,
00:38 as we were trying to figure out who was actually going to play,
00:41 was Porzingis gonna be back in the lineup and how much would he play?
00:43 He was back in the lineup, did well, played over 30 minutes.
00:46 But also, the key contributor for the Pacers was Tyrese Halliburton.
00:49 How long was he gonna play and how effective would he be?
00:51 Is he gonna come back and be 35, 36 minutes and put up his normal tempo play?
00:56 No, he wasn't there last night, 22 minutes in the starting lineup here,
00:59 scoring 13 points, so sort of feeling him back into the process.
01:03 But also, the Indiana Pacers still covered that basketball game.
01:06 But good thing for the Celtics,
01:07 who had back-to-back losses on their home court responding here.
01:10 Now improving to 37-11 on the season and 22-2 at home.
01:15 That's a good win for the Celtics, but for the Pacers,
01:17 we're just waiting for Halliburton to get back to 100% and play his normal minutes.
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