The NBA Eastern Conference’s first pair of play-in games wrapped up Tuesday night. The Boston Celtics earned their spot in the playoffs after defeating the Washington Wizards. The Wizards will take on the Indiana Pacers, who ended the Charlotte Hornets’ season, on Thursday night. The winner of the Wizards and Pacers game will clinch the last spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Celtics vs. Wizards
The seventh-seed Boston Celtics took down the eighth-seed Washington Wizards in the second game of the NBA’s play-in tournament. This game determined that the Celtics would face the Brooklyn Nets as the number seven seed in the opening rounds of the playoffs.