Locked On Celtics - Daily Podcast On The Boston Celtics Locked On Podcast Network

The Celtics and Pacers have two big-time offenses, and both will be hard to stop. Can the Celtics defense slow down the Pacers enough to run away with these games, or will Indiana's ability to score in bunches make this series uncomfortable for Boston? John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal and Tony East of Locked On Pacers get into both big-time scoring offenses, how the matchups will work, ways Boston can exploit the Pacers defense, and more in this crossover preview.

The Indiana Pacers got past a decimated New York Knicks team in Game 7 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. Does this series just boil down to whether Tyrese Haliburton can be a superstar? John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal discusses that, the wide open path to a championship for Boston, how Boston's offense can take advantage of bad Pacers defense, and a prediction for how long this series can go.

The Celtics are only halfway to where they want to be, but with a bunch of negativity from the media over the past few days, we figured we'd take some time to celebrate them. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal and Tom Westerholm start out by discussing the scatterbrained media narratives, the progress they've made, how they're still learning, and how no one is talking about them being without Kristaps Porzingis.

The Celtics got a monster game from Al Horford, a near triple-double from Jayson Tatum, and a great game from Jaylen Brown despite him only taking nine shots. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal looks at the game, how Horford saved Boston from themselves with his energy, and why Brown's game was super impressive even though the box score doesn't look it.

Jaylen Brown might be having the best playoff series of his career, and it's because he's not trying to. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal talks about that and then gets into why people overreact so much to Boston losses before addressing the tired narrative that things are too easy for the Celtics.

They started slow against the Cavs, who were missing Donovan Mitchell, but they quickly recovered and opened up a good lead. the Cavs wouldn't go away, though, getting hot from 3 early and just hanging around the whole night. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal gets into that, the good games from Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Jrue Holiday, and the big contribution from Payton Pritchard off the bench. Plus, why we should embrace the humanity of this Celtics team and stop hoping for something different.