The Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics will face off in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Pacers are mentally preparing for the challenge.
NEW YORK — By vanquishing the New York Knicks in the second round of the playoffs, the Indiana Pacers are off to the Eastern Conference Finals. It's their first appearance in the East's final round since 2014 and their ninth all time. They are four wins from the NBA Finals.
The Pacers will be the next group that tries to take them down. Indiana, the "uninvited guests," as head coach Rick Carlisle called them Sunday afternoon, has already toppled two teams with a better record than them in the postseason, and their high-powered offense hasn't slowed down at all. Boston has the best playoff defensive rating of the four teams still remaining — Indiana has the top offense. Something will give in the best-of-seven set.
"As a collective, we just brought a ton of energy and made timely shots," Pacers guard T.J. McConnell said after Game 7 of Pacers-Knicks. "It was a happy locker room for sure... very happy locker room, but now we get ready for Boston." Indiana has been good at playing their game and finding holes against any defense. That's why they had a top offense during the regular season andtop offense during the playoffs. Haliburton is proud of the fact that his team has maintained their quicker tempo in the postseason — a setting that many thought would require the blue and gold to slow down.
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