Without Paul George, missing action with an ankle injury, the Indiana Pacers were playing with a razor thin margin against the Boston Celtics and weren't able to play to those margins in a loss, dropping both ends of their back-to-back. The Pacers built a double figure lead in the second quarter and led much of the third, but failures to close both quarters opened far too many doors for Boston, who wouldn't let that same advantage slip through their fingers in the fourth.
The outcome was probably expected without Indiana's best player, but there still wasn't much shown by the Pacers that was encouraging in the sense of seeing guys lift their games in George's absence and really put their stamp on the game.