(AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Paul Pierce finished with 18 points, 10 boards and 12 as the Celtics increased their winning streak to 13 games, defeating the Pacers 99-88.
It was the sixth regular-season triple-double of Pierce’s career and seventh overall. He last accomplished the feat March 8, 2006, against Philadelphia, which visits Boston on Wednesday.
Shaq returned on Sunday after missing four straight games with a sore right calf.
He had 11 points, including a monster dunk off a long lob from Pierce, after he applied some chap-stick:
