*On Wednesday, Jerryd Bayless attempted his 3rd-most shots in a game in his career. He hit 5 shots from 3-point distance for only the 4th time in his career and for the first time since March 17, 2012.
–He scored 29 points for the first time since March 23, 2013 (when he scored 30 points against the Celtics as a member of the Grizzlies).
*On Wednesday, Gerald Wallace has his first double-double in more than a year. His last double-double was February 11, 2013.
–He also had his best plus/minus (+25) since April 9, 2013 (+30 in the Nets’ 104-83 victory over the 76ers).
–In Wallace’s 16 starts this season, the C’s were 3-13.
*Rajon Rondo has back-to-back double-doubles for the first time since January 22-25, 2013 (3 in a row).
–The Celtics are now 3-11 with Rondo in the lineup this season.
*Although Rajon Rondo missed his first free throw on Wednesday, he started a new streak. He has now made 5 consecutive free throws heading into Saturday.
–He has attempted a free throw in 4 consecutive games for the first time since January 11 to 18, 2013 (4 in a row).
*Chris Johnson is one of the fastest players in the NBA – only 4 players have played at least 15 games this season and have a faster speed than Johnson’s 4.6 miles per hour.
*On Wednesday, Jeff Green played 40 minutes in a home win for the first time this season.
–He scored at least 17 points and grabbed at least 8 rebounds for the 5th time this season. The Celtics are 4-1 in those games.
*Green’s 16.8 points per game are on pace to be the lowest for a Celtics’ leading scorer since Dee Brown in 1993-94.
*On Saturday, Green will start with Rondo for just the 15th time in his career and each of those games have come in the last month and a half.
*Green has made at least one 3-pointer in 20 consecutive games, the longest streak of his career.
*When Green faces the Pacers, Green will be looking to accomplish another feat for the first time as an NBA player.
–He hopes to put up at least 17 points in his 6th consecutive game.
*There has been odd symmetry with regard to Green’s scoring recently: he has gone for 17, 21, 29, 21 and 17 points in his last 5 games.
*Before Wednesday, the Celtics became just the 2nd team to go 5 straight games allowing at least 100 points and scoring fewer than 100 points (the Magic in January went 6 in a row).
–It was also the first time for the C’s franchise since February 1994 (6 games in a row).
*The Celtics have more offensive rebounds than their opponent in each of their last 8 games, which is their longest streak since January 2001 (8 games).
–It is also the longest current streak in the league.
–The longest overall one this season: Grizzlies (14 straight in December/January)
–On Saturday, the C’s will go for 9 in a row. Last time they had a streak that long: February/March 2000 (13 games)
*The Celtics have given up at least 100 points in each of their last 6 games for the first time since 2010 (6 straight games in March/April 2010).
–Last time the C’s went 7 in a row: December 2004/January 2005 (11 in a row)
*The Celtics have a worse 3-point percentage than their opponent in each of their last 8 games, which is their longest streak since January/February 1993 (9 games).
–It is also the longest current streak in the league.
–The longest overall one this season: Bucks (9 straight in December/January)
*The Celtics have been outshot overall in each of their last 6 games, which is their longest streak since April 2007 (6 games).
–It is also the longest current streak in the league.
–The longest overall ones this season: 8 games (done 3 times: one each by Jazz, Bulls and Blazers)
–Last time the C’s went at least 7 in a row: March 2003 (8 in a row)
*Via Elias: “The Pacers’ 118-98 win over the Lakers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse was their league-high ninth home win this season by at least 20 points. It also improved Indiana’s record to 43-13 (.768), marking the fewest games into any season in its NBA history that the Pacers stood at least 30 games above .500.”
*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Pacers
–The Celtics have won 9 of the last 11 and 13 of the last 16 times that they have hosted the Pacers in the regular season.
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