People just can’t help themselves but to look past the entire Eastern Conference and assume that the Celtics will be playing for a title in a couple of weeks. But please, slow down, folks.
The Indiana Pacers will be a challenge; they’re an exciting and talented young basketball team with a plethora of ways to beat you, and Boston certainly shouldn’t be counting their chickens before they’re fully hatched.
Here are three ways for the Celtics to ensure that they handle their business.
1. Keeping Indiana out of transition
It’s a secret to absolutely nobody that the Indiana Pacers love to run in transition.