Boston Celtics will play Orlando Magic in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Here is the schedule.

The Boston Celtics will compete against the Orlando Magic in the first round of the NBA playoffs after the magic defeated the Atlanta Hawks in the Play-in tournament on Tuesday evening to request the 7-seed in the Eastern Conference. Game 1 of the Celtic Magic series takes place on Sunday in the TD Garden.

After a 61: 21, the Celtics go to the playoffs as No. 2 in the east and are among the favorites to win it all summer. Boston wants to become the first two consecutive champions of the NBA since the Golden State Warriors won two titles in 2017 and 2018. It was 56 years ago since the Celtics banners in Back to succeeds.

The Celtics are determined to end the season with a different title, and there are a lot that like their chances. Jayson Tatum had his best all-round season for Boston. Kristapaps Porzingis is healthy in the playoffs, and although Jaylen Brown breastfeeds a knee injury, He seems ready for the post -season. Jrue Holiday has found its shape again, and Derrick White and Al Horford continue to play important roles for Boston.

Boston’s striving for size begins on Sunday against a team that has given them some problems in the last three seasons. Magic has the best defense in the NBA, so they are not surprised if Orlando steals a game – potentially two – in the opening round. But Orlando does not have the offensive firepower to keep up with Boston, so it should still be a quick series for the Celtics.

What to know about the Orlando Magic

The Magic ended the season 41-41, which was a step back after a 47-win campaign last season. But they were the best defensive team in the league and held the opponents with 105.5 points per game with NBA depths (Boston was second with 107.2 points per game). Orlando’s 109.1 -defensive evaluation took second place in Oklahoma City, with the Thunder performing a defensive evaluation of 106.6.

But the magic is susceptible to the three-ball after the opponents were able to shoot 36.5 percent from the city center during the regular season-the 10th time in the NHL. However, they held the Celtics at only 29.1 percent out of three out of three regular season for only 29.1 percent.

Orlando had the slowest pace of the NBA (96.51), so the magic loves to slow down things and make it a defensive end to a slug -proof. But with a real lack of firepower, the magic had the 27th offense and only scored 105.4 points per game.

The Magic has two impressive wingers with whom Boston has to do in Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. Banchero led Orlando with the best 25.9 points per game, while he scored 45.2 percent of his shots this season. Wagner is also a talented goal scorer and achieved an average of 24.2 points per game.

In his two games against the C’s during the regular season, Banchero scored an average of only 18 points of 37.8 percent and he only met 22.2 percent of his three-point attempts. Wagner scored 23 points in his only game against Boston when he hit nine of his 17 shots, but that came against Celtics Backups.

Celtics vs. Magic Playoff schedule

Game 1: Magic @ Celtics, Sunday, April 20 at 3:30 p.m.
Game 2: Magic @ Celtics, Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m.
Game 3: Celtics @ Magic, Friday, April 25th at 7 p.m.
Game 4: Celtics @ Magic, Sunday, April 27th at 7 p.m.
Game 5: Magic @ Celtics, Tuesday, April 29 at TBD*
Play 6: Celtics @ Magic, Thursday, May 1st at TBD*
Game 7: Magic @ Celtics, Saturday, May 3rd at TBD*

*If necessary

Celtics vs. Magic regular season

While the Celtics were one of three NBA teams who win 60 or more games this season, they only won one of their three matchups against magic. Orlando has given the Celtics some adjustments in the past three years and won six of her last nine sessions.

It should be noted that Jayson Tatum did not play in any of Boston’s losses against magic, and one of these two defeats came last week when Mazzulla was sitting in Orlando.

The magic won the first Matchup in Orlando on December 23, 108-104. The Celtics had a lead of 15 points at half-time, but Orlando deleted it with a 36-21 third quarter and took a lead of 10 points in fourth place. Boston came back and cut it to a one-point game in the last minute, but Tristan da Silva hit a three with 9.9 seconds to seal the victory for the magic.

The Celtics won their only game of the regular season series in the TD Garden on January 17th. Tatum 30 points led the team to a 121-94 victory. Boston bought 17 of his 37 threesome in the game.

Every Celtics starter Plus Al Horford was sitting when Boston visited Orlando on April 9th, and the magic won this game with 96-76. In addition to Wagner’s 23 points, Banchero achieved 15 and achieved six templates, while Cole Anthony added 18 points from the Bank for Orlando.

Tatum was Boston’s leading goal scorer against the magic thanks to his only 30-point night, but Brown was also up there with 27.5 points per game over two matchups. He also achieved an average of 7.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists in these two competitions, while he shot 48.8 percent off the ground.

While the Celtics shot 29.1 percent out of three against magic, they reached a total of 45.1 percent from the ground.

Celtics against magic in NBA playoffs

This will be the fourth time that Boston and Orlando will meet in the playoffs, and the first time since 2010. Orlando has won two of the three previous playoff series between the two teams and is a total of 9-8 against Boston in the playoffs.

The Celtics won for the last time when these two teams danced in the off-season, and Paul Pierce-Kevin Garnett-Ray Allen Big 3 won the Eastern Conference in 2010 in six games.

The Magic set up the better of the Celtics the previous year and won her semi -final showdown 2009 for the Eastern Conference in seven games. Garnett was injured for Boston, but the Celtics had a 3-2 series in the lead before the magic of two victories in a row. Orlando won the game 7 in Boston, 101-82 to win the series.

The Celtics and the magic had their first Nach season showdown in the first round of the 1995 playoffs, which Orlando won 3-1.