Returning home after a road trip that saw the Boston Celtics split two games, 1-1, between a loss to the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday and a win against the Washington Wizards last night, Brad Stevens and his team we're hopeful as they prepared to face off against Victor Oladipo and the Indiana Pacers.
Entering the game with the sixth-best record in the Eastern Conference, Indiana has actually been quite the surprise this season as not many people around the NBA expected coach Nate McMillan and his team to even be in the hunt for the playoffs after trading Paul George over the summer.