The Boston Celtics traveled to Indiana Monday night to face the Pacers. The C’s came into the game with injuries to Josh Minott and Jaylen Brown and dropped a tough game 98-96. Boston struggled to the shoot the ball throughout the game going just 25 percent from downtown and 45 percent from the field overall.

Pascal Siakam scored 21 points, and the Indiana Pacers won three straight games for the first time this season, beating the Boston Celtics 98-96 on Monday night.

Five days ago, the Indiana Pacers were the NBA's worst team. After shocking the Boston Celtics Monday night, they've moved to second-worst — and they're gaining on the Sacramento Kings.

The Celtics had their chances against the Spurs, but they couldn’t close Saturday at TD Garden. It was the Victor Wembanyama show for stretches as the Spurs pulled away 100-95 over the C’s in an impressive road victory.

The Celtics improve to 24-13 on the season and a virtual tie with the New York Knicks for second place in the East.

Coming into tonight’s critical showdown, just one game separated the Celtics and Raptors in the Eastern Conference standings. That set the stage for a proper shootout in Boston tonight, where the Celtics came out on top (125-117) to move to 3-0 on the season series.

The Charlotte Hornets' 3-point barrage visits La La Land for the last NBA matchup of tonight’s six-game slate against the Los Angeles Clippers. Kon Knueppel plays a major role from downtown for Charlotte,