Indiana at Boston

In the days off Bird, McHale and Parrish, 60-win seasons were the norm for the Celtics. They have a chance to reach that plateau tonight for the first time since the 1986 season. The get a Pacers team that doesn't play much defense, pushing this first-half line up to 106 - a real oddity for the Celtics whose defense is as good as it gets. Boston holds opponents to 43.4 first-half points so this puts a lot of onus on the Celts offense to reach this total. Boston is 43-31 UNDER in the first half overall this year including 12-4 UNDER when playing back-to-back games. They are also 20-11 UNDER vs. teams that put up 18+ three-pointers per game and 23-10 UNDER vs. teams allowing 100+ ppg.