Posted on 06/17/2024 8:43:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics again stand alone among NBA champions.
Jayson Tatum had 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds as the Celtics topped the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 on Monday night to win the franchise’s 18th championship, breaking a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers for the most in league history.
Boston earned its latest title on the 16th anniversary of hoisting its last Larry O’Brien Trophy in 2008. It marks the 13th championship won this century by one of the city’s Big 4 professional sports franchises.
Jaylen Brown added 21 points and was voted the NBA Finals MVP. Jrue Holiday finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Center Kristaps Porzingis also provided an emotional lift, returning from a two-game absence because of a dislocated tendon in his left ankle to chip in five points in 17 minutes.
It helped the Celtics cap a postseason that saw them go 16-3 and finish with an 80-21 overall record. That .792 winning percentage ranks second in team history behind only the Celtics’ 1985-86 championship team that finished 82-18 (.820).
Second-year coach Joe Mazzulla, at age 35, also became the youngest coach since Bill Russell in 1969 to lead a team to a championship.
Luka Doncic finished with 28 points and 12 rebounds for Dallas, which failed to extend the series after avoiding a sweep with a 38-point win in Game 4. The Mavericks had been 3-0 in Game 5s this postseason, with Doncic scoring at least 31 points in each of the them.
Kyrie Irving finished with just 15 points on 5-of-16 shooting and has now lost 13 of the last 14 meetings against the Celtics team he left in the summer of 2019 to join the Brooklyn Nets.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Same here. They are so self absorbed, they think we are all on edge wondering what they care and don’t care about. Nauseating ....
>>>I didn’t watch one game or one highlight. Pro athletes and celebrities are a thing of the past. Nobody cares anymore.>>>>
Thanks because we were all wondering if you watched a game and we all wake up daily wondering if you care about things or not.......
My buddy had tickets for a Celtics_Timbervolves game last Fall. Never again. The pathetic fake foul injuries and the lousy 3 point shooting soured me on the NBA forever. I will only go to high school games from now on.
You can't speak for the world because you don't care.
I don't care about you not caring. Yawn.
Indeed.
Thank you for this post.
Cuban no longer owns the team.
Wow, I did not even know the finals were played, or who was in them.
Cuban turned a profit of $3,125,000,000 on an investment of $285,000,000 in 2000 PLUS he still owns 27% of the team.
I hate the Celtics, but hated them even more after referee Ritchie Powers stole game 6 of the 1976 series vs. the Suns. Game was tied with few seconds on the clock and a Celtics player signaled Time Out right in front of Ritchie Powers’ eyes. He couldn’t miss it.
The problem was, the Celts has NO MORE time outs, and that was a technical foul. Suns hit it, the Celtics missed their last shot, Suns win and go home for game 6 where they had won 2 straight home games. But Powers conveniently.
I hate the Celtics, but hated them even more after referee Ritchie Powers stole game 6 of the 1976 series vs. the Suns. Game was tied with few seconds on the clock and a Celtics player signaled Time Out right in front of Ritchie Powers’ eyes. He couldn’t miss it.
The problem was, the Celts has NO MORE time outs, and that was a technical foul. Suns hit it, the Celtics missed their last shot, Suns win and go home for game 6 where they had won 2 straight home games. But Powers conveniently.
I admire a fan who can keep a grievance alive for decades!
I was present in the Orange Bowl to witness the infamous Gator Flop and hated UF for decades myself. I had to let it go when two of my sons went to Gainesville, which worked out well as they went on to national championship during the boys’ studies there.
You make your own luck, and my hat is off to organizations such as the New England Patriots, LA Lakers, Boston Celtics, who can decade after decade be competitive.
The outlier here is the Yankees, who seem to have had trouble since the mid 20-teens.
But it is a puzzle: Miami makes a trade for LeBrewski and Bosh and wins a champtionship. Phoenix gets Maurice Lucas (nothing), Charles Barkley (two games short), and now Durant (dud).
Seems like there’s a lack of personality among all stars in the NBA. I know they’re there to make $$$ but they could pretend to care about their fans a little bit.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.