In the NBA Finals, Boston Celtics defeated Dallas Mavericks to capture a record 18 titles.
Monday night’s 106-88 victory over the Dallas Mavericks gave the Boston Celtics a record 18 NBA titles, one more than their erstwhile rivals, the Lakers.
“Your opportunities to excel in life are really limited. “You have to grab the opportunity and own it, and our team did just that,” the 35-year-old coach of the Boston Celtics, Joe Mazzulla, stated during the trophy presentation.
The Celtics won the series on their home floor, securing a triumph that many had anticipated to be a fierce battle. They lead by 21 points at the halftime and never fell behind over the whole evening. Even after the Mavericks defeated the Celtics in a 38-point rout in Game 4 on Friday, the series—which the Celtics won 4-1—was never really in doubt. The Celtics only lost three games in their whole postseason run, and the same could be said about that as well.
When asked if the Game 4 blowout influenced Monday night’s performance, Celtics forward Jayson Tatum answered, “We’ve responded all year and tonight was no different,” following the game. “We owed our followers; the trip has been lengthy. It has been a protracted voyage.
Tatum, who scored 31 points, 11 assists, and 8 rebounds on Monday night, was outstanding. He was included in the All-NBA first team for the third time this season. The triumph arrived The Celtics’ 2008 NBA championship was their final NBA triumph, and this one arrived precisely 16 years later.
Finals MVP was awarded to Jaylen Brown, who finished the game with 21 points.
Before giving Tatum an embrace, Brown remarked, “I’m going to share this with my brothers and my partner in crime Jayson Tatum; he was with me the whole way.” It was a whole team effort.
On Monday night, the Mavericks were never in the game. Although Luka Dončić finished with a game-high 28 points and 12 rebounds, Dallas was unable to establish an early lead because of his poor defensive play, seven turnovers, and six missed three-pointers.
Dončić, who became just the 11th player to score more than 3,000 points in a season, stated, “I’m proud of every individual that walked on the floor, all the coaches, and all the guys behind [the scenes].” “I’m pleased of every one of them, but we had an incredible season even if we obviously didn’t win the finals.”
Kyrie Irving, the other key player for Dallas, had another terrible game against his old club, finishing with just 15 points on 5 of 16 shots. He departed the Celtics in 2019 under controversial circumstances, and he has now lost 13 of his past 14 games against them.
