The Pacers and Celtics tip off their series Sunday afternoon at TD Garden. Following a wild first day of the playoffs in the East which saw both Toronto (2 seed ) and Philadelphia (3 seed) lose on their home floor, hope springs eternal that the Pacers can follow suit.
However, the Celtics are trending in a positive direction which the Pacers found out first hand last week. To get the Boston side of the story before the series starts, we checked in with Bill Sy from CelticsBlog.
Gordon Hayward has emerged as an X-factor for the Celtics with his level of play to end the regular season.