Schedule and 2018-19 Results
Regular Season Records: Boston 49-33, Indiana 48-34
Game 1 on Sunday, 14 April: Indiana loses at Boston, 84-pts-74
Game 2 on Wednesday, 17 April: Indiana loses at Boston, 99-pts-91
Game 3 on Friday, 19 April: Boston wins at Indiana, 104-pts-96
Game 4 on Sunday, 21 April: Boston wins at Indiana, 110-pts-106

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Boston Celtics visited and defeated the Indiana Pacers 110-pts-106 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1404 victory. With the series 1404 win, the Boston Celtics improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 67-27 overall and 9-5 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1404 loss, the Indiana Pacers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 14-17 (with an active five-series losing streak) overall and 5-7 (with an active four-series losing streak) in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Boston Celtics in series 1404 was WWWW: Series 1404 thus becomes the 27th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 82nd NBA series (all rounds), and the 230th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 3: The Boston Celtics visited and bested the Indiana Pacers 104-pts-96 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1404 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 14-0 and a Game 4 record of 5-9. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 4 record of 1-1. The Indiana Pacers in series 1404 become the 361st MLB/NBA/NHL team to trail a best-of-7 playoff series 3-games-nil, and will attempt to become the sixth team (and the first NBA team) to surmount that deficit for a 4-games-3 series victory.

After Game 2: The Boston Celtics hosted and defeated the Indiana Pacers 99-pts-91 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1404 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 37-1 and a Game 3 record of 14-24. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 0-6 and a Game 3 record of 4-2. The Boston Celtics trailed the visiting Indiana Pacers 79-pts-68 after three quarters of series 1404 Game 2, but won. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, home teams trailing by 11 points after three quarters had a game record of only 5-35 (.125). The Boston Celtics have a 37-1 best-of-7 NBA playoff series record upon winning Games 1-2; the sole loss occurred in their last such series - series 1380, in the 2018 NBA Semifinals to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

After Game 1: The Boston Celtics hosted and defeated the Indiana Pacers 84-pts-74 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1404 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 55-6 and a Game 2 record of 38-23 (with an active four-Game 2 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 4-11 and a Game 2 record of 9-6. Host Boston trailed Indiana by seven points at halftime, but prevailed in series 1404 Game 1: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, home teams down seven points at halftime had a game record of only 21-52 (.288) prior to series 1404 Game 1.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2018-19 NBA regular season, the Boston Celtics finished one game ahead of the Indiana Pacers. From 1947 through the 2018 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by one regular-season game, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 18-22 (.450) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1404 is the 94th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Boston Celtics, and the 31st for the Indiana Pacers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Boston Celtics have an all-rounds series record of 66-27, a Preliminary-round series record of 8-5, and a Game 1 record of 61-32, while the Indiana Pacers have an all-rounds series record of 14-16 (with an active four-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 5-6, and a Game 1 record of 15-15. Series 1404 is the fourth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Boston Celtics and the Indiana Pacers. Boston defeated Indiana in the 2003 NBA Preliminary round, while Indiana defeated Boston in the 2004 and 2005 NBA Preliminary rounds.