The Latest Breaking News from Pacers

With inconsistency being one of the Charlotte Hornets’ chief characteristics, inquiring minds wanted to know if the team was finally going to make changes.

Could it be an issue of how head coach Joe Mazzula is using the former Pacers floor general? Does he need more time to get in rhythm?

MIAMI — The one constant with this season’s Miami Heat has been an abject lack of consistency.

BOSTON — Throughout a slide that’s extended for nearly two weeks, the Celtics have given off a sense of optimism. After torching the NBA for the first six weeks of season, there seemed to be confidence that this was just a rough patch in a long season that has championship…

It was a tale of two halves as the Celtics fell to the visiting Pacers 117-112.

The Boston Celtics got a big boost from the return of star forward Jayson Tatum in the team's Wednesday night tilt with the Indiana Pacers, but that did not stop Boston from starting the game in an all-too-familiar unengaged and sloppy style with predictable results.

The Boston alum has started to find his way with the Pacers this season.

Larry Bird first returned to the Boston Garden as an opposing coach in January of 1998. Rick Carlisle was there for the extraordinary moment.

To Boston's credit, they will have MVP candidate Jayson Tatum back in the fold after missing a game for personal reasons but might lose other key players instead.