BOSTON -- Friday night's game here at TD Garden between the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers was billed as a playoff preview. For those on hand to watch it, though, it simply felt like a playoff game, period.
In the end, it was the Celtics who came away with the 114-112 victory, a win that could be summed up with one succinct thought -- one that could also prove to be the difference in that upcoming playoff series:
The Celtics have Kyrie Irving. The Pacers don't have Victor Oladipo.