HEY MARIA. THEY NOT ONLY FINISHED THE JOB ON THEIR HOME COURT IN THIS GAME, THEY FINISHED THE JOB IN THE SERIES. IT TOOK FIVE GAMES, BUT IT WAS A DECISIVE CELTICS SERIES. SO DUKE NUMBER EIGHT TEAM IS GOING UP INTO THE RAFTERS. NUMBER 18. YOU KNOW HISTORY IS MADE TONIGHT. WE GOT TO SEE THAT. YOU KNOW THIS IS A TEAM THAT I THINK SHOULD BE CELEBRATED BECAUSE WIRE TO WIRE THEY LED. THEY WERE THE BEST TEAM IN BASKETBALL WITHOUT QUESTION. YOU KNOW THEY WENT EIGHT AND ONE IN THE CONFERENCE FINALS AND THE NBA FINALS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS THE MEAT OF THE TOURNAMENT TO MEAT OF THE TOURNAMENT, 16 AND THREE. AND THERE’S YOUR CONFETTI. WELL I WANT TO WANT EVERYBODY AT HOME. MARIA I KNOW YOU WEREN’T HERE. YOU COULDN’T EXPERIENCE THE CONFETTI THAT CAME DOWN, BUT THERE IT IS. THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE DOING. AND AS AS YOU TALKED DUKE AND AS WE TALK, SCOTT, IF YOU DON’T MIND, THIS IS WHAT THIS GAME HAS BEEN OVER FOR A WHILE. THE CELTICS WON AT 106 88. WE’RE BACK HERE LIVE IN THE GARDEN. IT IS. IT IS LOADED WITH CONFETTI. IT IS STILL LOADED WITH PEOPLE. THE COURT ITSELF IS FULL AND A TRUE CHAMPION WAS CROWNED TONIGHT. A TRUE CHAMPION WAS CROWNED. AND I HOPE PEOPLE APPRECIATE HOW GREAT THIS TEAM WAS. I MEAN, THEY PLAY BASKETBALL THE RIGHT WAY. THEY SACRIFICE FOR ONE ANOTHER. AND YOU KNOW, IT CAME TO THE POINT WHERE THEY MADE CHANGES IN THE OFF SEASON. JRUE HOLIDAY, JRUE HOLIDAY, KRISTAPS PORZINGIS, EVEN BRAD STEVENS GOING OUT AND TRADING FAN FAVORITE MARCUS SMART AND ROB WILLIAMS WHO WAS LOVED. AND ROB WILLIAMS AND MARCUS SMART HELPED THEM GET TO THE FINALS TWO YEARS AGO. RIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, WICK GROSSBECK TOLD US THEY WEREN’T GOING TO RUN IT BACK. THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHAT IT TOOK TO WIN. RIGHT? THEY WEREN’T GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN IT ALL. AND HOW ABOUT BRAD STEVENS TWO YEARS AGO AT THE DEADLINE GOING OUT AND GETTING DERRICK WHITE. THAT HELPED HIM GET TO THE FINALS IN 2020. ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED MOVES IN RECENT BASKETBALL HISTORY. AND THE DESPERATION THEY PLAYED WITH TONIGHT. I KNOW PEOPLE GOT ON IT FOR LOSING BY 38 POINTS IN GAME FOUR, BUT THE DESPERATION THEY PLAYED WITH TONIGHT, I MEAN, JUST THE WAY THEY STARTED THE GAME, THE CONFIDENCE, THE CONFIDENCE. THE MAVS WERE ONE FOR NINE FROM THE FIELD TO START THE GAME. YEAH. JRUE HOLIDAY HAD THE FIRST SIX POINTS. AND WHY WAS THAT. THE CELTICS DEFENSE WAS TOUGH. TH
Jaylen Brown named NBA Finals MVP as Celtics win record 18th title
All-Star averaged 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists per game for Boston in championship series
Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown has been named NBA Finals MVP as the C’s claimed their NBA-record 18th championship by defeating the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5.Brown, 27, averaged 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game in the Finals. He was also named Most Valuable Player of this year’s Eastern Conference finals.In the title-clinching Game 5 victory, Brown scored 21 points and finished with eight rebounds, six assists and two steals.“I share this with my brothers and my partner in crime Jayson Tatum,” Brown said after the 107th career playoff game he and Tatum have played together — the most for any duo before winning a title.Tatum, 26, had his best game of the NBA Finals in the series-clinching Game 5. The All-NBA forward finished with a game-high 31 points and 11 assists, while also grabbing eight rebounds and coming away with two steals.In the NBA Finals, Tatum averaged 22.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game. Tatum shot 38.8% from the field in the series, while Brown finished with a field goal percentage of 44.0%.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown has been named NBA Finals MVP as the C’s claimed their NBA-record 18th championship by defeating the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5.
Brown, 27, averaged 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game in the Finals. He was also named Most Valuable Player of this year’s Eastern Conference finals.
In the title-clinching Game 5 victory, Brown scored 21 points and finished with eight rebounds, six assists and two steals.
“I share this with my brothers and my partner in crime Jayson Tatum,” Brown said after the 107th career playoff game he and Tatum have played together — the most for any duo before winning a title.
Tatum, 26, had his best game of the NBA Finals in the series-clinching Game 5. The All-NBA forward finished with a game-high 31 points and 11 assists, while also grabbing eight rebounds and coming away with two steals.
In the NBA Finals, Tatum averaged 22.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game. Tatum shot 38.8% from the field in the series, while Brown finished with a field goal percentage of 44.0%.
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