Three Things to Know: Celtics outperform Clippers down the stretch

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Celtics outperform the Clippers down the stretch

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Hield makes the fastest three-pointer in NBA history, and the Pacers go on to defeat???

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Eleven players have been punished, and Pistons' Hayes has been suspended for three games for an incident with Magic Johnson.

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Killian Hayes: 3 game Moritz Wagner: 2 game Hamidou Diallo: 1 game

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