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Technically, the Indiana Pacers have a chance to win their current series against the Boston Celtics, but it doesn’t seem likely.
After Thursday night’s Game 2 defeat, many people think the Pacers don’t have a chance to come back.
They are in an 0-2 hole and it’s incredibly difficult to climb out of that.
On Friday’s “Undisputed,” Keyshawn Johnson proclaimed this series ” a wrap.”
“Celtics getting ready to sweep the Pacers,” Johnson said.
“Celtics getting ready to sweep the Pacers. It’s a wrap.”@keyshawn reacts to Boston going up 2-0 pic.twitter.com/wsDOgTX82x
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Johnson even suggested that head coach Joe Mazzulla should think about resting some of his players in the next few games.
If they are really able to sweep the Pacers, the Celtics will be able to enjoy a long break before they go into the Finals.
Of course, their entry to the Finals isn’t a foregone conclusion and there is a chance the Pacers can fight back and even the series.
But that doesn’t seem possible based on how they played on Thursday.
Multiple Celtics stars were shining bright while multiple Pacers stars were falling apart.
To make matters even worse, Indiana’s lead star, Tyrese Haliburton, left the game in the third quarter with a hamstring injury.
Now his status for the next few games isn’t clear.
If Haliburton is out, or minimized because of injury, the Pacers’ chances of competing will be limited.
Even if he’s back, they will need to change a lot to look even slightly capable of winning a few games in this series.
Teams have come back from 0-2 deficits, but not many.
And definitely not when they are playing as Indiana did on Thursday night.
It’s too soon to tell if this series will be a wrap like Johnson said, but the Pacers are in bad shape.
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