Watch: T.J. McConnell, replay give Pacers early fourth quarter lead

McConnell started the final period by making three straight baskets to give the Pacers a four-point lead and causing Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla to call a timeout. Then during the timeout, Indiana’s lead stretched to seven.

Brown’s three-pointer was ruled to have still been in his hand when the shot clock buzzer sounded. The officials wiped out the three points and Indiana took a bigger lead.

But he got the three points back almost immediately, grabbing an offensive rebound and making a three-pointer off the extra possession. He also — inadvertently or not — figured out how to slow down McConnell. By hitting in the face.

McConnell stayed in the game after the refs ruled the contact a common foul, and then he subsequently missed his next shot and came out of the game. Replay reviews cost Jaylen Brown a three-pointer, but they gave him a free shot to the face.

Things balanced out. Except for McConnell.