Everyone's Saying The Same Thing About Pacers' Last Second Football Play

On Saturday, the Boston Celtics made an epic comeback to stun the Indiana Pacers in Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals by a final score of 114-111.

Jayson Tatum was the star of the show for Boston, scoring 36 points on 12 of 23 shooting. He also added 10 rebounds and eight assists. Al Horford added 23 points and seven three-pointers.

At the end of the game, with 1.7 seconds left and the Pacers down three, coach Rick Carlisle drew up a football-style play for Indiana in hopes of tying the game. It didn't work out in the end, but Aaron Nesmith had a wide-open look for three, but he missed the shot.

A clip of the final play was posted online by a fan.

"The Pacers thought they were playing FOOTBALL with the game on the line????????"

NBA fans loved the strategy by the Pacers and took to social media to express their opinions on it.

"Pacers really ran a football route(lowkey a slant route) to get an open 3 lol. Actually worked out but dude couldn’t hit the shot. Great call"

"That was a nice play by the Pacers at the end! They didn’t make it but it was nice looked like a football play"

"Pretty cool last play by the Pacers. They ran a football play!"

"Love that football play by the Pacers at the end, what a game"

"That football play the pacers ran at the end was dope coaching by Rick , never seen that in a basketball game before"

"The Pacers ran a football play for that shot and it almost worked"

That football play pacers"

The Pacers will host the Celtics for a win-or-go-home Game 4 on Monday, May 27.

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