The Pacers are coming into this game down 1-0 in the series, but they lost game 1 by 5 points in OT. They played very well in that game as they always came back no matter how much they were behind, and they even had some chances to win that game at the end. The Pacers have given the Celtics trouble all season as they kicked them out of the NBA IST earlier this season, but they have also played in very close games since then as well. They are going up against a Celtics team that is still going to be missing one of their better defensive players in Porzingis, and as dominant as the Celtics have been in the playoffs this year with 2 series wins of 4-1, they actually lost game 2 at home in both of their previous series. The Pacers also play a very different style than the 2 teams that the Celtics faced earlier in the playoffs and they struggled in game 1 against this faster pace without Porzingis on the court. The Pacers are only going to adjust and come out even stronger after coming so close to winning game 1 as the Celtics are not a team that intimidates them despite being the team with the best record in the NBA. The Pacers are good enough to steal this game on the road and even if they do not, they will keep it a very close game just like they did in game 1. The Pacers will cover the spread in this game.