Jaylen Brown scores 40 as Celtics beat Pacers for 2-0 lead in East finals

• Brown matches career playoff high with 40 points in win
• Pacers' Haliburton leaves game because of leg soreness

Jaylen Brown matched his career playoff high with 40 points, 10 of them to help Boston run off 20 points in a row in the first half to take the lead for good, and the Celtics beat the Indiana Pacers 126-110 on Thursday night to open a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.

Following up on Game 1s, when his three-pointer with 5.7 seconds left in regulation forced overtime, Brown helped Boston turn a five-point first-quarter deficit into a 15-point second-quarter lead.