The Boston Celtics are NBA champions again

Historic ring for Boston Celtics. The green franchise managed to add its long-awaited 18th title and surpasses the Los Angeles Lakers as the most successful team in the history of the league. Those from Boston won the trophy for the best basketball championship in the world after beating the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 (4-1 in the series). Those in green had not won a ring since 2008 when Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen reached number 17, precisely beating the Lakers.

Sixteen years later, the legendary franchise of Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Red Auerbach and many other basketball myths already has new gods for its pantheon with a team led by Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown (MVP of these Finals) who, from the beginning At the end of the season, he has been the unstoppable dominator of the league.

First in the East with the best record in the NBA (64-18), Joe Mazzulla’s men crushed all their conference rivals and also gave the very deserving Mavericks of a Luka Doncic with a tremendously damaged physique no chance in the Finals. Like trembling children on the first day of school, the two teams entered the game. Nerves, inaccuracies and errors accumulated without pause in a first quarter that was more exciting than brilliant.

The TD Garden, with an extraordinary atmosphere, was a green volcano long before the initial jump. But his eruption reached its maximum with the entry of Porzingis, already received as a true Boston hero despite being clearly diminished. With barely a trace of Doncic (5 points) and with Irving lost in combat (0), Josh Green gave oxygen to the Mavericks with two triples.

But in the midst of uncertainty and hesitant hands, Brown and Holiday emerged, with 6 points each and a rabid defensive commitment. Precisely that toughness at the back and several counterattacks in a row propelled the hosts with a sensational 9-0 run to close the first quarter with high morale (28-18). The second period was one of settling pending scores: if Boston had not shined in the triples until now and Tatum needed to explode in scoring, both things went hand in hand in that quarter.

Jayson Tatum, key to the Celtics’ 18th NBA title, assured that they owed it to the Boston fans, who had waited 16 years since the franchise’s last ring in green. «We responded all year and this game was no different. “We owed it to our fans… It has been a long journey, it has been a long journey,” he told ABC as soon as the fifth and final meeting ended. «Oh my God, it’s a surreal feeling. We did it. “We did it!” exclaimed a brilliant Tatum in the fifth game with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists.

Jaylen Brown, Finals MVP

Jaylen Brown was chosen this Monday as MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the NBA Finals won by the Boston Celtics against the Dallas Mavericks (4-1).

“It was a team effort, I share it with my brothers, with Jayson Tatum who was with me the entire way,” said an emotional Brown in the fieldside interview during the Celtics celebrations.

Boston won the eighteenth title in its history and once again became the winningest team in NBA history, surpassing the 17 titles of the Los Angeles Lakers.