The Indiana Pacers play host to the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoffs at Banker's Life Fieldhouse on Sunday.

The Celtics (3-0) looked to be in big trouble coming into the postseason but their stellar form is hard to overlook. One has to wonder if it's just their opponent but in any case, Boston is performing extremely well right now. The one thing that carried this team in the regular season was their top-10 defense and that's obviously what's buoyed them here. While they haven't won any game by more than 10 points, they've held Indiana below 100 points in all three fixtures. That says a lot about the maturity of this team and it's clear they're ready for a postseason grind. They do have quite the mountain ahead of them though, as they look poised to face an even more dominant Milwaukee Bucks team in the second-round. If they can somehow pull off an upset in that series, this club is officially back.

The Pacers (0-3) are unlucky to be in such a big hole, as they've been competitive in all three games. The simple fact is that this team just doesn't have enough offense to compete against an elite defense like this. In fact, Indiana hasn't scored more than 96 points in any game this series and the loss of Victor Oladipo (knee) is obviously playing a huge factor in that. Bojan Bogdanovic can only do so much, especially with players like Myles Turner and Darren Collison struggling mightily. They need more from those guys and they simply won't win any games in this series unless those two provide at least 30 points between them.

Dating back to the regular season, Boston has won six-straight games over Indiana.