Rozier’s dunk caps Celtics’ rally over Pacers

INDIANAPOLIS — Terry Rozier’s steal and dunk with 1.5 seconds left capped a frantic comeback in the final half-minute that gave the Boston Celtics a 112-111 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.

Kyrie Irving scored 30 points for Boston, which trailed 107-102 after Victor Oladipo’s basket with 31 seconds remaining.

But Irving made a pair of 3-pointers, and following an inbound pass with nine seconds left, Boston was attempting to trap Indiana’s Bojan Bogdanovic along the sideline. Bogdanovic threw a high pass intended for Oladipo near midcourt but Rozier intercepted it and had an open court to his slam.

Oladipo scored 12 of his 38 points in the final two minutes, including a 3-pointer that gave Indiana its first lead of the game with 53 seconds to play. Russell Westbrook scored 16 of his season-high 38 points in the fourth quarter, including the tiebreaking free throw with 2.3 seconds left, to lift Oklahoma City to a home victory over Denver.

Eric Gordon scored 17 of his season-high 33 points in the fourth quarter to power a huge run that put Houston on top in home win over Utah. It was the Rockets’ 14th consecutive victory.

Jimmy Butler powered through a recent bout of back spasms to score 37 points, sinking two free throws that gave Minnesota the lead with 2.5 seconds left in a home victory over Portland. Nikola Mirotic and Kris Dunn each scored 22 points, and Chicago topped Philadelphia at home for their sixth consecutive victory.

The Milwaukee Bucks assigned injured forward Jabari Parker to the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA’s G League.