BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics have so routinely rallied from big deficits this season that, after digging themselves out of another double-digit hole during Tuesday's visit from the New Orleans Pelicans, it was almost jarring to see them unable to close out the game.
For the 18th game this season, the Celtics fell behind by double digits. And despite erasing a 12-point deficit while rallying ahead in the fourth quarter, Boston couldn't put away the Pelicans, who saw Anthony Davis put up another absurd stat line (45 points, 16 rebounds) and Jrue Holiday score the final four points in overtime during a 116-113 triumph at TD Garden.