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Pacers incorrectly awarded game-winning FTs vs. Celtics, L2M report says

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The Indiana Pacers were incorrectly awarded three free throws in the waning seconds of Monday night's 133-131 win over the Boston Celtics, the NBA announced in their Last Two Minute report published Tuesday.

Celtics big man Kristaps Porzingis blocked Pacers forward Bennedict Mathurin's 3-point attempt with 0.6 seconds remaining and the game tied but was called for a shooting foul. Mathurin made two of the three free throws to secure the win for Indiana.

The report states that Porzingis was above the ball and legally contests the shot, "with some incidental arm contact occurring concurrent with the block.