Boston beat Dallas in the fifth finals of the NBA basketball league with a score of 106–88. At the end of the struggle, the team was able to celebrate the championship with a 4–1 match win.
The Boston Celtics are the new champions of the world’s toughest basketball league, the NBA. Boston beat the Dallas Mavericks 106–88 in the fifth final game and was better in the final series with a 4–1 victory.
The best scorer in the decisive match was the Boston superstar Jayson Tatum with 31 points. He also made 11 assists and collected 8 rebounds. Jaylen Brownanother of the team’s star guards, accompanied Tatum with 21 points, 6 assists and 8 rebounds.
The two have represented Boston since the beginning of their NBA careers. They have played together for the Celtics for seven years and were coming off a Finals loss in 2022 to Golden State. Now the team and the star duo got revenge.
At the end of the final series, Brown was awarded as the best player of the final series.
– This was completely the performance of the entire team. I share the award with my brothers and my “partner in crime” Jayson Tatum. He was with me the whole way, so we’re going to share this together,” Brown said, holding the award in the middle of the celebration.
Tatum was really emotional when the championship materialized. He was in tears while the game was still going on, and when the fight was over, he embraced his son Deuce.
Tatum and Brown managed to play 107 playoff games together before the championship. No other duo has played as much before their first championship.
– Achieving this together means everything. God is the greatest. He has put us in this position where we get to maximize our abilities together. We’ve been looking for this for a long time, but this is worth it, Tatum told an ABC reporter during the championship buzz by Lisa Salters in the interview.
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In addition to the young stars, the championship is the first for Boston’s most experienced player For Al Horford. The 38-year-old center had time to play in the league for 16 seasons before the championship.
– We wanted this for him. He doesn’t have much career left. Al is my all time favorite teammate. It really means a lot to share the championship with him, Tatum said in an interview right after the championship was decided.
Horford had time to play a combined 1264 regular season and playoff games before the championship. Horford’s 186 playoff games before his first championship is an NBA record.
– The wait has been long and required hard work. However, I am so proud to be a part of this team and the championship came right now, Horford said in an interview with Salters.
– This is exactly how I imagined this eight years ago! We celebrate in the “Garden”, surrounded by our fans, all together! Horford was glowing.
Throughout the season, the Celtics were the most convincing team in the series. It won 64 games in the regular season, which was seven more than the second-best Oklahoma City Thunder.
In the playoffs, Boston lost only three games and won the 16 required for the championship. The Celtics also went on a ten-game winning streak during the playoffs, from the conference semifinals to Game 3 of the finals series.
The Celtics were especially convincing with their defense. The versatile and athletic starting five was full of good 1 vs. 1 defenders, but the team also helped each other seamlessly at their best. Boston’s defensive rating of 108.2 was the best in the playoffs.
At the same time, the bad luck of Boston’s opponents throughout the playoffs has been talked about in the US media. The Celts’ opponents, and other teams in the Eastern Conference, suffered a tremendous amount of injuries during the spring.
Among other things, the Milwaukee stars Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard and Chris Middletonof Philadelphia Joel Embiidof New York Julius Randle mixed OG Anunobyof Indiana Tyrese Haliburton and Cleveland Donovan Mitchell mixed Jarrett Allen were injured, were sidelined with an injury or played half fit.
At the same time, Boston also played the entire playoffs without its star center, except for the final series Kristaps Porzingis.