Fansided · Apr 3, 2018
Pacers potential playoff opponents preview: Miami Heat
The NBA playoffs begin in just over two weeks. Let’s preview a series against every potential first-round opponent for the Pacers, starting with the Miami Heat.
The Miami Heat (41-36) currently sit at seventh in the Eastern standings, two spots behind the Pacers. If the season were to inexplicably end right now they’d be facing off against the two-seeded Celtics. But this is the reality, and Miami has five games remaining on the schedule, three of which are against tanking teams, and the other two against relatively tougher opponents: the Thunder and Raptors. The Heat could conceivably slot up to the sixth spot, currently occupied by the confused Wizards, but anything higher is improbable.