Celtics vs. Pacers Stat Pack

*With a victory on Friday, the Pacers would begin a season 11-1 for the first time in franchise history.

*The Celtics have begun 4-9 or worse for the first time since 1996.

--They began 4-14 that season.

*Since 2007-08, the Celtics have had just 1 losing streak of 6 games or more.

--In 2006-07, the Celtics had 3 losing streaks of 6 games or more.

*Avery Bradley has a large disparity in how he performs in wins vs. losses:

--In the 4 victories: 15.8 points per game, 52% FG%, 33% 3P%, 90% FT%

--In the 9 defeats: 12.6 points per game, 40% FG%, 21% 3P%, 75% FT%

*The best plus/minus rotation player for the Pacers this season is none other than the league-leader in blocks, Roy Hibbert (+14.9 per game).

*George Hill scored a season-high 23 points on Wednesday.

*Lance Stevenson, who put up 9 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 block last game, became just the 5^th starting guard to reach those plateaus this season.

*Via Elias: On Wednesday, “Paul George scored 35 points, including nine in overtime, to lead the Pacers to a victory at New York. George matched the NBA season high for points in one overtime period, tying Detroit's Will Bynum (in a loss at Memphis on Nov. 1) and Cleveland's Kyrie Irving (Nov. 16 at Washington). George was the first player to score as many as nine points in an overtime period for Indiana since Danny Granger did it against the Cavaliers on Dec. 30, 2011.”

*Via Elias: “The Raptors improved their record to 5-7 with their victory at Philadelphia, and in the process they leapfrogged the 76ers to grab possession of first place in the Atlantic Division. It's the first time that an NBA team has led its division with a losing record at least a dozen games into a season since Jan. 30, 2007, when the Raptors and Nets were tied for the Atlantic Division lead with identical 22-23 records.”

*For the first time in his career (56^th game overall), Jared Sullinger had a double-double at halftime.

--In addition, his 17 rebounds Wednesday were a career-high.

--His next best rebounding performance on the road in his career: 10 at Cleveland on January 22.

*After going 4-for-4 from the line Wednesday, Kelly Olynyk is now a perfect 17-of-17 from the line this season.

--That is the most made free throws of anybody with a perfect free-throw percentage this season.

--Olynyk is also the only player in 2013-14 to play at least 13 games and have a perfect free-throw percentage.

*Jordan Crawford has at least 1 steal in his last 8 games, which ties his career-high for consecutive games with a steal.

*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Pacers

--The Celtics have won the last 4 meetings with the Pacers. Pacers have scored fewer than 90 points in each of those 4 games. That is the first time in franchise history that the Pacers have not reached the 90-point mark in that many consecutive games against the Celtics.

--The Celtics have won 9 of the last 10 times they have hosted the Pacers at TD Garden.