Indiana Pacers vs Boston Celtics Live Streaming 7:30 pm EST Tue Dec 22
, 2009
After a shocking upset of the Boston Celtics last month, the Indiana Pacers were unable to parlay the victory into any sort of momentum, instead sinking to the bottom of the Central Division.
The Celtics, meanwhile, appear to have used the loss as somewhat of a wakeup call. Boston will try to continue a dominant stretch of play and send the Pacers to a fourth straight defeat as the teams meet Tuesday night at the TD Garden. Indiana scored more points than any other Celtics opponent this season in a 113-104 win Nov. 14 - Bostons only loss in 13 road games.
The Pacers (9-17) are just 5-14 since, and theyve dropped nine of their last 10 on the road. The Celtics (21-5) have followed the defeat by winning 12 of 13 and surging back to the top of the Eastern Conference. They had cause to refocus again after a 98-97 home loss to Philadelphia on Friday that snapped an 11-game winning streak, but bounced back two days later with a 122-104 trouncing of Minnesota. No Celtic is averaging more than Pierces 18.1 points, but six are scoring at least 9.4 per game to maximize the efficiency of an offense that leads the league in field goal percentage (49.4).