The 2024 Eastern and Western Conference Finals matchups are set. The top-seeded Boston Celtics are scheduled to open the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night against the sixth-seeded Indiana Pacers.
The third-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves defeated last year’s champion Denver Nuggets and will host the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves are scheduled to host the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Wednesday. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Biggest concerns for Eastern Conference teams
Kristaps Porziņģis appeared in 57 regular season games in his first year with the Celtics. But his health continues to be a cause for concern. He suffered the injury during Boston’s first-round series against the Miami Heat. Although he missed the entire conference semifinals, ESPN reported that Porziņģis will likely participate in Games 1 and 2 of the conference finals.
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The Pacers appear to be entering the series at nearly full strength, but Indiana’s defense will likely be the team’s biggest concern in the conference finals. The Pacers will need to adopt a strong defensive game plan to slow down the Celtics’ high-powered offense.
The top-seeded Boston Celtics will host the sixth-seeded Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night to open the Eastern Conference finals. (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
Biggest concern for Western Conference teams
Two-time NBA All-Star Anthony Edwards won the league title this postseason. The Dallas Mavericks coaching staff will be tasked with finding a way to contain Edwards.
Karl-Anthony Towns, the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, took a big step forward in the conference semifinals. Rudy Gobert recently won his third NBA Defensive Player of the Year award, and while Gobert’s defensive prowess speaks for itself, the Timberwolves as a whole will have to contend with the Mavericks’ two-headed monsters of Kyric Irving and Luka Doncic.
The final four teams that will advance to the NBA Finals have been determined. (Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE, courtesy of Getty Images)
Although the Timberwolves outlasted the Nuggets in the semifinals, the makeup of the Mavs roster presents a much different challenge.
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When are the conference finals?
The Eastern Conference Finals begin Tuesday night at TD Garden in Boston. Game 2 concludes on May 23 before the series moves to Indiana for Games 3 and 4.
The Timberwolves open their home court in the West and are scheduled to host Game 1 on May 22. The second game is scheduled for May 24th.
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