A pointless late foul in Celtics’ Game 2 win led to an awful bad beat for Pacers bettors

It wasn’t just an awful night for the Indiana Pacers in their Game 2 loss to the Boston Celtics.

It was also pretty bad for anyone who bet on the Pacers and a minus-7.5-point spread.

My colleague Andy Nesbitt broke down the final minute of the game in which the Celtics were down two and somehow WON by eight. It started with a Jayson Tatum three off a block on the other end followed by a wide-open Gordon Hayward layup. But that only put the Celtics up by three with 12.1 seconds left.

So how the heck did it end up with the Celtics beating the spread in those 12 seconds!? It started with Wes Matthews …

Matthews Throw the Ball out of Bounds on Final Possession pic.twitter.com/FUvwiWLXdo

— The Render (@TheRenderNBA) April 18, 2019

… Followed by this Tatum play.

The Pacers with another brainfreeze to give up a 5-point lead! pic.twitter.com/0Z1K0hT4uO

— The Render (@TheRenderNBA) April 18, 2019

Another turnover resulted in the Celtics being up 97-91 with 5.7 seconds left. Again, Pacers bettors were safe at that point. All Boston had to do is dribble out the clock.

But that’s not what happened. With 3.6 seconds remaining, the Pacers’ Tyreke Evans fouled Hayward, who made both of his free throws.

Oof.

@notthefakeSVP gotta put the Pacers/Celtics game on your bad beat segment. Had pacers +7.5, and they decide to foul at the very end with no chance to win. Lose by 8.

— Harden4MVBeard (@liaoming) April 18, 2019

Talk about a bad beat @Pacers @celtics smdh… +7 1/2 less than a min to go and a 1 pt game. Then 3 turnovers by the Celtics. Crazy fouls and Pacers down 6 with 3 sec to go a pointless foul puts the game at 8

— Rain Man (@DaBookieM0nster) April 18, 2019

Whoever didn’t have the Celtics covering the spread, I’m sick for you. They were down 2 with a minute left and up 3 with 12 seconds, and still somehow covered a 7.5 spread. Talk about a bad beat @notthefakeSVP

— I am that I am (@Miguel_Da_Five9) April 18, 2019