It wasn’t easy for the Boston Celtics in Game 1, as they needed a miraculous shot from Jaylen Brown to force overtime to eventually beat the Indiana Pacers and take a 1-0 series lead.
Boston is now favored by nine points in Game 2, and it’s possible that Game 1 was the wake-up game that the Celtics have needed all postseason – they lost Game 2 in each of their first two series – to turn them into the team that dominated all regular season.
In Game 1, I had two plays, one for Pascal Siakam and one for the Celtics in the first half.