Celtics vs Hornets: Playoff Preview

0:00It's April 7th. This is Boston Celtics News today, powered by AI everything happening with your team. I'm Cory with the story. Tonight the Boston Celtics host the Charlotte Hornets at TD Garden for their final match of this season. Tipping off at 8 p.m. Eastern, Boston sits at 53 wins and 25 losses, locked in second place in the east, while Charlotte's at 43 and 36 holding. 8th. Both squads are rolling, with the Celtics winning their last three and the Hornets on a four-game streak. These teams have split the first two meetings. Charlotte's stunning Boston by 29 at home, early March, did the Celtics bouncing back with A, 15-point road win late last month. Boston dominates the all-time series at 82 wins to 47, especially at home with 43 victories in 64 tries. Playoff seating hangs in the balance down the stretch, especially for Charlotte fighting to stay 7th or 8th and avoid the play in extra game. The six through 10 spots in the east are jammed within two games and with just a handful

1:02left for each, every possession counts. Hornets can't. Afford a slip. Injuries are light. Boston's Nicolavusovic just back from finger surgery, Charlotte missing two-way PJ Hall and Kobe White, probable with a groin. Tweet. Watch Derek White on the mellow ball, Jalen Brown versus Brandon Miller and the three-point barrage Hornets lead the league and makes Celtics right. And keys tonight, lockdown defense, bore crashing to kill second chances, crisp ball movement without turnovers and feeding off that home crowd energy. Celtics wrap with New York on the road, then New Orleans and Orlando at home, Hornets host Detroit before Nix. This one's got playoff preview vibes, expect fireworks as seating shakes out.