Celtics Edge Closer to 2nd Seed, Eye Playoff Prep

0:00It's April 8th. Boston Celtics News Today starts now, AI powered and ready for kickoff. The Boston Celtics locked in after beating the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday, putting them three games ahead of the New York Knicks for the number two. Seed in the East with just three games left. They can clinch it quick, either with a win or a Knicks loss in the coming days. Their next shot comes Thursday at Madison Square Garden against New York, wrapping up Boston's road schedule. It'd be sweet payback after the Knicks knocked them out in last year's Eastern Conference semi-finals right there. Coach Joe Mozilla kept it real in his post-game talk, saying, you can't predict what's best until it hits. Could think the two-sees gold until it? Ain't. Last year, that spot didn't save them from dropping to the third-seeded Knicks in Round 2. The first round match up stays Markey too. Locking the two-seed means facing whoever claws out of next week's plan as a seven-seed, and that could. Spell trouble depending on who advances. Boston's playing it's smart. Eyes on sharpening of game by game. Prime for whatever the playoffs throw their way next.