The Indiana Pacers were eliminated by the Boston Celtics from the Eastern Conference Finals in four games despite playing three incredibly close games.

The Pacers had at least a 90 percent win probability in the fourth quarter of Games 1, 3 and 4, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. 

"For a young team like us, this experience in the playoffs is second to none," said Andrew Nembhard, who finished with a team-high 24 points in Game 4. "A lot of our first times. A lot of little things we maybe wanted to do better and we learned how these games go and what being in a series feels like."

"I can tell you like, yeah, we're going to learn from it and it's going to happen, but it's not guaranteed," Siakam said. "I know how hard it is to get to this point. It's unfortunate. You want to give credit to the other team because they took advantage of every mistake that we made. They did well.

"But for us, it's been hard, like heartbreaking losses after heartbreaking losses. Yeah, you're going to be encouraged by it and you hope to put the right amount of work to continue to get better. Because we need to be a lot better if you want to compete with those teams. And understand it doesn't matter how good we played, we didn't get it done."

The Indiana Pacers acquired Pascal Siakam from the Toronto Raptors this past January with both the player and team anticipating a probable long-term contract coming in the offseason. Siakam and the Raptors were unable to agree to an extension, which led to a trade for a package centered on Bruce Brown Jr. and three first round picks.

The Pacers are reportedly preparing a five-year max contract offer to Siakam.

"They understand it's a maximum level contract commitment you're going to have with Pascal Siakam," said Shams Charania. "That's what they're preparing to offer him this summer. He wants to be there. There's mutual interest in getting a deal done."

Charania expects the summer "to be a little quiet" for the Pacers with internal improvement more likely than significant roster change.

Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton is listed as questionable for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Haliburton is dealing with a sore left hamstring. The re-injury occurred in the third quarter of Game 2. Haliburton missed Game 3 due to the injury.

It's been reported that Haliburton is unlikely to play in Game 4. The Pacers trail the Boston Celtics 3-0 in the series.

Both the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers had practice/walkthrough and film sessions on Sunday, ahead of Monday's Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. With Boston leading Indiana by a 3-0 margin, both sides expressed that Game 4 would be a battle.

However, neither side offered an update on the availability of two key players. Boston had no update on the availability of Kristaps Porzingis. He's been out due to a strained calf since midway through Game 4 in the first round of the playoffs. It was previously reported that the Celtics and Porzingis were targeting a return in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton missed Game 3 with a sore left hamstring. Haliburton reinjured his hamstring late in Game 2. Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said that there was no update as to his star guard's availability for Game 4.

Injury reports for both teams for Game 4 will come out later in the day on Sunday. Porzingis has been listed as out for each game to this point. Haliburton was initially listed as questionable, before being downgraded to out ahead of Game 3.

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Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton is expected to miss Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals due to a left hamstring injury. Haliburton re-injured his hamstring in the second half of Game 2.

The Pacers trail the Boston Celtics 2-0 in the series. Indiana lost both Games 1 and 2 in Boston.

Haliburton missed 10 games in January due to his initial hamstring strain. He was then limited for several games leading up to the All-Star break.

Tyrese Haliburton has been listed as questionable for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals with a sore left hamstring. Haliburton left the Indiana Pacers' Game 2 loss at the Boston Celtics with the injury.

Haliburton also suffered a chest injury in the game.

Haliburton's injury is a recurrence of a left hamstring strain suffered Jan. 8 against the Celtics when he slipped and fell and had to be helped off the court. The Pacers went 6-4 during that stretch.

Tyrese Haliburton left Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals with left hamstring soreness.

Haliburton missed time earlier in the season with a left hamstring injury. But he generally played through the injury in limited fashion to qualify for an All-NBA team, which he was named to this week. Haliburton earned an additional $41 million on his rookie scale extension with his All-NBA award.

Haliburton left the game with 10 points and eight assists over 22 minutes.

The Indiana Pacers will host the Boston Celtics in Game 3 on Saturday.

Game 1 between the Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics averaged 6.48 million viewers across ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN Deportes.

It is the most-watched Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 since Cavs-Celtics in 2018.

The viewership, an 8% increase from last year, also represents the third most-watched game of this year's playoffs. 

Tyrese Haliburton is questionable for Game 4 against the New York Knicks due to lower back spasms, a sacral contusion, and a right ankle sprain.

Haliburton finished Game 3 with 35 points and seven assists.

The Pacers trail the series 2-1.