Ahead of the Indiana Pacers’ first-round playoff series, Michael Grange of Rogers SportsNet joins Scott Agness on the Vigilant Sports Pacers Podcast to offer insight from the Toronto perspective. - The Pacers are in the playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons, this year as the No. 7 seed. The Raptors, winners of 56 games, are having the best season in its franchise’s 21-year history. - But they have only won one playoff series. - [Click here to read Grange’s stories on SportsNet.] - An interesting nugget about the teams’ benches: Pacers head coach Frank Vogel, the Eastern Conference Coach of the Month in April, is the fourth-longest tenured head coach in the NBA having been with the Pacers for six seasons. Raptors coach Dwane Casey, in his fifth season, is No. 5. - The best-of-seven series begins at 12:30 pm ET on Saturday, April 16th at the Air Canada Centre and then it will move to Indianapolis for Games 3 and 4 on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. - See Also: 2016 NBA Playoffs: Pacers-Raptors Round 1 dates set - Subscribe to the Pacers Podcast on iTunes. (And, if you like the podcast, please fill out a review.) - I welcome your questions and comments @ScottAgness on Twitter or via email. - Topics Discussed: - - * Fan support in Toronto - * How the Raptors get to the foul line better than every team but Minnesota (27 FTA/game) - * The outstanding job fifth-year head coach Dwane Casey has done - * Why Kyle Lowry may have had a better season than LeBron James - * The emergence of rookie Norman Powell - * Ex-Pacer Luis Scola’s impact on the Raptors