Get used to seeing the Pacers, Celtics fans. The two teams face off tonight at 8 p.m. EST and will go head-to-head in the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs in about a week. Whoever holds home court advantage in that series will most likely be determined by Friday’s showdown.
If the Celtics can’t beat the Pacers in the first round, then this season really was the bust we feared it could be, so home court may not matter as much. Either way, this Pacers team plays hard and won’t be an easy out. We’ll get deeper into the matchup breakdown as we get closer to the playoffs, but the key for Boston tonight is to make Bojan Bogdanovic work on both ends of the court.