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Celtics drop 133-131 heartbreaker to Pacers despite 40 points from Jaylen Brown

Two borderline calls dictated the end of a back-and-forth thriller Monday night, and the Celtics were on the wrong end of both.

After a T.J. McConnell jumper rolled out, Jaylen Brown raced the other way and elevated for a contested baseline jumper with 3.2 seconds left. It appeared as though Buddy Hield slapped him on the head, but the Pacers challenged, and the referees overturned the ruling (looked like the wrong call).

On the other end, the Pacers got the ball to Bennedict Mathurin, and Kristaps Porzingis fouled him behind the 3-point line with 0.