BOSTON — They can’t win by gargantuan totals every night, and as evidenced by the two narrow losses preceding Friday’s game against Indiana, the Celtics have experienced some tight game slippage.
But if their 128-123 win over the Pacers was a tad low on the energy scale, the Celtics were at least able to snap their two-game losing streak by grinding out a difficult night.
Jaylen Brown (32 points) and Jayson Tatum (31) crossed the 30-plus barrier in the same game for the eighth time this season, and the Celtics moved a half-game ahead of Philadelphia for third place in the Eastern Conference.
