We’ve arrived at the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, and suddenly, the competition for the NBA Championship Trophy is down to just four teams. The Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers are the final two teams standing in the Eastern Conference. While Boston is heavily favored to advance to the NBA Finals , there’s enough intrigue in this series to keep one interested.
They often say you can learn a lot about something by studying the journey they’ve gone through to get to a certain point. Unfortunately, that might not really be the case with the final two teams standing in the Eastern Conference. Both teams definitely benefited from some injury luck throughout the playoffs.
Nevertheless, let’s take a look at how both teams got here. How did we get here? Eastern Conference Finals, loading..
. pic.twitter.
com/WUzoXLw1MW For the Boston Celtics, this position is nothing new. They suffered an upset loss to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Finals last season, but overall, this is the sixth time in eight seasons where Boston is one of the final two teams standing in the East. Boston has been the favorite to come out of the East the entire season, so in a way, it feels like the real season begins now for them.
They enter the conference finals decently rested, as they haven’t played since last Wednesday. As mentioned above, the Boston Celtics have been the favorite in the Eastern Conference since the very start of the season. They had a dominant regular season, winning .
