Only a game or two will separate the Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics coming into the playoffs, despite the disparity of talent between them. There are 3 very important things that must happen for the Pacers to beat the Celtics.
1) The Pacers front line must win the battle of the bigs
There are 2 keys to this. First, the Pacers have to stretch Al Horford and Aaron Baynes out to the three-point line. Myles Turner is shooting 38.8% from 3 for the year, and 41.8% since December 1st.
Myles was rarely shooting (and barely ever making) threes to start the year, shooting just 22.