By The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS - The best team in the Eastern Conference kept the Detroit Pistons from establishing two historical bests.

Jermaine O'Neal had 28 points and 15 rebounds to help the Indiana Pacers snap the Pistons' 13-game winning streak with an 81-69 victory Tuesday night.

The Pistons were trying for the longest winning streak in franchise history and the longest in the NBA this season. Instead, they were held to nine points in the first quarter and lost to their former coach, Rick Carlisle, for the third time this season.

Reggie Miller had 22 points in another strong performance for the Eastern Conference-leading Pacers, who have won five in a row and 12 out of 13.

Corliss Williamson led the Pistons with 17 points and Richard Hamilton added 15.

Celtics 86, Heat 84

MIAMI - Paul Pierce scored 29 points and the Boston Celtics rallied from a nine-point deficit in the final 51/2 minutes to snap a four-game losing streak.

Mark Blount's tip-in put Boston ahead 85-84 with 48 seconds to go. The Heat's Rafer Alston had a potential game-winning shot from 25 feet, but it glanced off the front of the rim at the buzzer.

Reserve Udonis Haslem scored 18 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds for Miami. Lamar Odom came within an assist of only the fourth triple-double in Heat history, finishing with 12 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists.

The Celtics won even though they were outrebounded 52-34 and shot just 42 percent.

Pierce, who had shot 26 percent over the past three games, went 12-for-24 and added eight rebounds.

Cavaliers 99, SuperSonics 94

CLEVELAND - Carlos Boozer matched a career-high with 32 points and added 20 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers survived their first game without rookie LeBron James.

Boozer picked up the slack with the Cavaliers missing their top two scorers, James (sprained ankle) and center Zydrunas Ilgauskas (suspension), to help Cleveland sweep the season series with Seattle for the first time.

Tony Battie added 17 points, Dajuan Wagner had 14 and Kevin Ollie hit two big free throws down the stretch for the Cavs, who went 38-of-42 from the line.

The victory was the 300th for Paul Silas, making him the 46th NBA coach to reach that plateau.