Celtics Snap Four-Game Losing Streak, NBA Scores

The Boston Celtics were on the verge of falling below .500 for the first time since the opening two weeks of the season.

That's when they turned it up on defense. Isaiah Thomas scored 28 points, Jae Crowder matched his career high with 25 and the Celtics snapped a four-game losing streak with a 103-94 win over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.

Boston (20-19) closed the game with a 12-0 run over the final 1:46, turning steals into easy baskets.

"Get stops. Hunker down and get stops," Crowder said. "We got a couple of steals in a row. I think that's what it was. We didn't do anything differently on offense. We just hunkered down and got stops."

The Pacers led 94-91 with just more than 2 minutes to play before they turned the ball over on consecutive possessions, leading to a pair of breakaway dunks by Boston. The first was by Amir Johnson and the second by Marcus Smart, giving the Celtics the lead with 1:32 to play.

With the Celtics clinging to a one-point advantage, Paul George stole an inbounds pass, but Crowder stole the ball back from him on the other end and went in for an uncontested dunk that gave Boston a 97-94 edge.

After George missed a 3-pointer, Thomas scored in the lane to push Boston's lead to 99-94 with 32 seconds to play.

Wednesday, January 13 Scoreboard
    
Charlotte 107, Atlanta 84
    
Washington 106, Milwaukee 101
    
Brooklyn 110, New York 104
    
Boston 103, Indiana 94
    
Houston 107, Minnesota 104

Oklahoma City 108, Dallas 89
    
Denver 112, Golden State 110
    
Portland 99, Utah 85

New Orleans 109, Sacramento 97

Los Angeles 104, Miami 90

Thursday, January 14 Schedule (All Times Central)

Toronto at Orlando, 2 p.m.

Chicago at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Utah, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.