It wasn’t pretty, but the Celtics managed to walk off the parquet floor at TD Garden with a 133-128 overtime victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night.
The Celtics needed a clutch 3-pointer from Jaylen Brown to force overtime, with several critical turnovers from Indiana carving a path for Boston toward a series-opening victory in the Eastern Conference Finals.
It was the type of momentum-shifting, ugly win that a title contender like the Celtics needed to secure as they try to win their 18th title.
But even with Boston taking care of business on its own home court, ESPN’s Stephen A.