With the Indiana Pacers taking down the Charlotte Hornets in the 9/10 play-in game Tuesday night and then the Boston Celtics taking down the Washington Wizards in the 7/8 play-in game, the stage is set for a winner-take-all Round 4 between the Pacers and the Wizards Thursday night!
During the regular season, these two teams met three times with Washington winning all three meetings, but this is the NBA playoffs now (sort-of) and anything can happen in a “Game 7” type of game like this one.
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The winner of this showdown takes on the Philadelphia 76ers in the actual NBA playoffs and the loser… well they get to go on summer vacation early this year!
Some of the Pacers-Wizards matchups during the regular season this year presented us with some of the best basketball games of the season and in a winner-takes-all game for the 8-seed in the Eastern Conference, we can once again expect a crazy, high-scoring affair between these two teams.
With that said, let’s dive right into the breakdown for this game and my four bold predictions, including who I see taking the 8-seed in the Eastern Conference!
