The Boston Celtics will look to take a commanding 2-0 lead when they take on the Indiana Pacers in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Finals series on Thursday. Boston drew first blood with a 133-128 overtime win on Tuesday. Tip-off from TD Garden in Boston is set for 8 p.m. ET.

Boston is a 8.5-point favorite and the over/under for total points scored is 225.5 in the latest Pacers vs. Celtics odds from SportsLine consensus (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). Before you make any Celtics vs. Pacers picks, you NEED to see what the SportsLine Projection Model has to say.

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The model knows Boston small forward Jayson Tatum's string of double-doubles continued on Tuesday, when he scored 36 points, while grabbing 12 rebounds. In 11 postseason games, he has registered eight double-doubles and one triple-double. He is averaging 25.4 points, 10.5 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 39.2 minutes. He has dominated the Pacers this season. In four regular-season games against them, he averaged 32.5 points, 11 rebounds and 5.8 assists in 35 minutes.

It is also aware Indiana power forward Pascal Siakam asserted himself once again as a dominant force in Game 1. In 42 minutes of action against the Celtics, he scored 24 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and added seven assists for his third double-double of the postseason. It was his first one since scoring 37 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing out six assists in a 125-108 first-round Game 2 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on April 23. In 14 postseason games, he is averaging 21.3 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 35.4 minutes.

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