The Indiana Pacers (15-16) follow up the best team in the West with the second-best team in the East, the Boston Celtics (22-8), with back-to-back games on the road. The Pacers had a double-digit first-half lead against the Thunder on Thursday but couldn't hold off Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

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But Maxey zipped past Pritchard and found a clear lane to the basket, where he put in an off-balance layup just before time expired. The play all but finished off the Celtics in this 118-114 loss, and it was an example of the uncharacteristic missteps that doomed them.