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(Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics will shoot for their fifth straight win when they host the Indiana Pacers tonight at TD Banknorth Garden.

The top-seeded Celtics posted their fourth win in a row after Tuesday's 106-92 victory over the Chicago Bulls at the United Center. Ray Allen scored 22 points, while Kevin Garnett ended with 20 points and four blocks for the Celtics, who remain six games ahead of Detroit for the top spot in the East.

Paul Pierce added 17 points in the win. Boston will put its three-game winning streak as the host on the line tonight, and has won 14 of 16 and 16 of its previous 19 contests in Beantown.

The Celtics, who are 32-6 as the host in 2007-08, are searching for their first 60-win season since going 67-15 in the 1985-86 campaign. They won the NBA title that year.

Indiana is starting to heat up at the right time, having won two straight and six of its last eight games. The Pacers will open a two-game road trip tonight against Boston and Milwaukee, and are 13-24 away from Conseco Fieldhouse this season. Indiana has lost six of seven and eight of its last 10 road games.

In Monday's 105-85 drubbing of the Miami Heat at home, Danny Granger scored 23 points and collected seven rebounds in Jermaine O'Neal's return to action. O'Neal had missed the past 33 games with a sore left knee, during which time the Pacers were just 12-21. He played a little less than 18 minutes on Monday and scored nine points.

Mike Dunleavy had 18 points and Jeff Foster grabbed 11 boards for the Pacers, who are three games behind Atlanta for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference.

Indiana and Boston are playing the third and final matchup of the regular season tonight. The Celtics are 2-0 so far this season and have won seven of the last 11 meetings in this series.

The Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak in Beantown with a 97-84 victory on January 10, 2007.