"Forget about being old and tired. The Celtics had plenty of stamina and strength last night, less than 24 hours after a difficult game in Orlando, to win their fourth straight, defeating the Pacers, 94-87.

"We got in at 3:30,'' coach Doc Rivers said. "You know, it's funny. I asked all the guys, they basically said they went straight to bed, because none of the coaches did. But I thought we had unbelievable energy.

"I thought there were stretches where you could see, coming out of the beginning of the third, you could see they were going to try to run us out of the gym. You could see the energy that they wanted to play with."