Although they closed out the series in five games, the Boston Celtics feel as if they've learned a lot from their opening playoff matchup against the Orlando Magic. Throughout the series, Orlando played with an aggressive and violent style of play,

BOSTON — Before the Orlando Magic left Florida to begin their first-round playoff matchup against the Boston Celtics, they felt they had learned valuable lessons last spring about the mental side of an NBA postseason series.

The seventh-seeded Orlando Magic and the second-seeded Boston Celtics play Game 5 of a best-of-7, first-round series Tuesday at TD Garden.