it s crunch time in the nba. we are down to the final four teams, as the conference finals will be getting underway in the next few days. on wednesday, the dallas mavericks will travel to the minnesota timberwolves in game one of the western conference finals, but later on tuesday, the boston celtics will be hoping to get their eastern conference finals off to a winning start over the indianna pacers. so far, it s been reasonably plain sailing for the celtics on route to this point, but head coachjoe mazzulla is confident that his side are ready for their biggest challenge of the post season. if you re asking how well our team prepared, we ve had a good couple days of practice and our guys focus on what it takes to give ourselves the best chance to win, knowing indiana is a good team, well balanced and dangerous. we ve had good days of preparation and our guys already to take on the challenge of playing indiana. they are a well balanced team, guys who can impact the game and
brighter. there will be a few showers on the cards as we head through the course of the weekend but they won t be as heavy as the middle of the week and things should warm up by a few degrees. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. (mix) now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. it s a big call from southgate he hasn t picked marcus rashford for his provisional england squad leaving the striker down and out ahead of the euros. with marcus for just a long with marcus forjust a long time which makes the calls harder. ijust feel that players are not position that had of full season. in contrast he ll be delighted. the crystal palace youngster adam wharton gets a surprise first call up despite only making his premier league debut in february. also coming up on sportsday: jofra archer s fit and ready to play in england s series against