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A series win gave the Celtics their 18th championship, one more than the Los Angeles Lakers for the most in NBA history. [6] Their last win was in the 2008 NBA Finals. This is the Celtics' third Finals appearance where they played a team from Texas, as they previously defeated the Houston Rockets in the 1981 and 1986 Finals. [7] [8]
The Dallas Mavericks' 38-point lead over the Boston Celtics (122–84) in game 4 of the Finals was the third largest margin of victory in NBA Finals history. [ 34 ] Tim Hardaway Jr. joined Ray Allen and Stephen Curry as the only three players to score five or more three-pointers in a single quarter of an NBA Finals game.
The Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Boston on Monday night to win the series 4-1 and secure their league-record 18th title.
So how does a team featuring him and Davis win only 33 games? ... Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals may have been James' finest performance. ... tying the series, 3-3, before disposing of Boston in ...
Watch NBA Cup final on Fubo. 2024 NBA Cup semifinals Saturday, Dec. 14. Milwaukee Bucks, 110, Atlanta Hawks 102. Oklahoma City Thunder 111, Houston Rockets 96. 2024 NBA Cup quarterfinals Wednesday ...
However, the Celtics would overcome a 24-point deficit in Game 4 to win 97–91, making the largest in-game comeback in NBA Finals history. After again blowing a large lead, the Lakers hung on to win Game 5 103–98, sending the series back to Boston. In Game 6, the Celtics overpowered the Lakers, winning 131–92 and clinching their 17th NBA ...
In Game Five of that series, as the 76ers went to victory and the NBA Finals, Philadelphia fans chanted "Boston is dead!"—a symbol that the Celts' eight-year reign as NBA champion had ended. The Finals were almost anticlimactic, with the Sixers ousting the Warriors in six games to give them their second NBA Championship.
Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis celebrates a basket against the Indiana Pacers during the fourth quarter in the championship game of the NBA in-season tournament at T-Mobile Arena in Las ...