The Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics faced off four times already this season, but their most important meetings come later this week in their first-round matchup in the playoffs.
However, how we got here is far from a straight line.
The narratives around the two teams couldn’t be more different. The Celtics are seemingly coming into form for the post-season but chemistry issues plagued the team all season. After going to the Eastern Conference Finals the last two years, the team barely managed to get home court advantage of the Pacers. But anything less than another appearance in the ECF would be a failure for Boston.