The Boston Celtics will host the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals tonight at 8 p.m. EST. Both teams know each other well as they met five times during the season -- four were regular season games and the fifth was the quarter-final matchup in the In-Season Tournament back in December. The Celtics won three of five.
Boston took the first game of the season, blowing out the Pacers at TD Garden 155-104. Indiana didn’t have Tyrese Haliburton, and the Celtics took full advantage shooting 56.8% from the field and 57.1% from beyond the arc.
Boston came out of the gates flying scoring 44 points in the first quarter and 31 in the second quarter, and ended the game even stronger scoring 46 points in the final 12 minutes.