Los Angeles - Rajon Rondo recorded his first career triple-double, and the Boston Celtics extracted a measure of revenge.

Rondo had 16 points, 13 rebounds and a personal-best 17 assists, as the Celtics rolled to their 10th consecutive victory, 114-96 over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.

"It's not easy to do," Rondo said. "I've been so close a lot of games, and to finally get one, I'm excited about it. And most important, we got the win."

Ray Allen scored a game-high 31 points, Kevin Garnett contributed 26 and 14 rebounds for the league-best Celtics (18-2) whose streak is the longest since last season.

"We're tough to beat when we're like that" Garnett said. "It starts with out point guard and he was amazing. It seems like there were like three Rondos out there tonight."

Danny Granger tallied 20 points and TJ Ford added 15 for the struggling Pacers (7-11), who handed the reigning NBA Champions their first loss of the season last month, 96-79.

The Pacers were coming off a stunning buzzer-beating 118-117 victory over the mighty LA Lakers on Tuesday night. However, they couldn't make it back-to-back wins over last year's NBA Finalists as the Celtics outclassed them.

"What went wrong? Everything," said Pacers Marquis Daniels, who finished with 14 points. "We didn't do a lot of things right tonight. It was a totally different game from when we played them in Indiana. Boston's a great team and you've got to give them credit."

Elsewhere:

LA Lakers 114, Philadelphia 76ers 102

Kobe Bryant scored 32 points, including eight straight in the final 2:38, and the Lakers rebounded from their first road loss of the season to beat the Sixers.

Spain's Pau Gasol had 22 points with 13 boards while Andrew Bynum added 18 points for the visiting Lakers (15-2) who dropped a buzzer-beating 118-117 decision to Indiana on Tuesday night.

Andre Miller scored 26 points and Andre Iguodala added 19 for the Sixers, (8-11), losers of four straight.

Cleveland Cavaliers 118, New York Knicks 82

LeBron James scored 21 points, Mo Williams added 16 and the Cavs set a franchise record with their 10th consecutive home win after routing the Knicks for the 14th win in 15 games overall.

Al Harrington had 20 points, while David Lee finished with 16 points and 16 rebounds for New York (8-10) which suffered its most lopsided loss in the all-time series.

New Orleans Hornets 104, Phoenix Suns 91

Chris Paul had 24 points with 15 assists, Peja Stojakovic also scored 24 with five 3-pointers, and the host Hornets sent the short-handed Suns to their third straight loss.

David West added 23 points and 14 rebounds for New Orleans (10-6) winners in five of its last six outings.

Amare Stoudemire scored 26 points for Phoenix (11-8) which played without starters Steve Nash (flu symptoms) and rested Shaquille O'Neal.

Portland Trail Blazers 98, Washington Wizards 92

Brandon Roy scored 14 of his 22 points in the final quarter, carrying the visiting Trail Blazers to their sixth straight victory.

Antawn Jamison led the Eastern Conference-worst Wizards (3-13) with 22 points.

Orlando Magic 100, Minnesota Timberwolves 89

Dwight Howard had 23 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks as the Magic trimmed the visiting Timberwolves.

Rashard Lewis also scored 23 for the Magic (14-5) and Turkey's Hedo Turkoglu chipped in with 22.

Al Jefferson topped the Timberwolves (4-13) with 17 points, and Kevin Love contributed 16 with 12 boards.

Milwaukee Bucks 97, Chicago Bulls 90

Charlie Villanueva scored 11 of his season-high 23 points in the final quarter, and Richard Jefferson added 21 as the host Bucks ended a four-game slide.

Ben Gordon topped the Bulls (8-11) with 22 points and Luol Deng added 21.

Miami Heat 93, Utah Jazz 89

League top gun Dwyane Wade scored 23 points, and the visiting Heat beat the short-handed Jazz for the ninth time in the last 10 meetings.

Paul Millshap collected 20 points and 13 rebounds for Utah (12-8) which played without injured forwards Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko and Matt Harpring.

Houston Rockets 103, LA Clippers 96

China's Yao Ming scored 24 points, Rafer Alston had 21 with five 3-pointers, and the Rockets beat the visiting Clippers for the seventh straight time.

The Rockets played their fourth consecutive game without high scoring All-Star Tracy McGrady, who is expected to rest his sore left knee for the next three weeks.

Al Thornton had 24 points while Zach Randolph added 23 and 11 rebounds for the lowly Clippers (3-15) who were outscored from the free throw line, 29-11.

Atlanta Hawks 105, Memphis Grizzlies 95

Joe Johnson scored 26 points and Mike Bibby added 20 with 10 assists as the host Hawks handed the slumping Grizzlies their seventh straight loss.

Charlotte Bobcats 103, Oklahoma City Thunder 97

Emeka Okafor had 25 points with 13 rebounds and the host Bobcats posted back-to-back victories for the first time this season.

Kevin Durant led league-worst Oklahoma City (2-17) with 24 points. (dpa)