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Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown was tormented last season for being a “playoff choker” and not being able to dribble to his left. Now, he stands at the league’s mountaintop, joining rare air after defeating the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Brown joins Nikola Jokic and Steph Curry as the only players in NBA […]

The 2024 NBA Finals are now complete, and the Boston Celtics have been crowned champions after overpowering the Dallas Mavericks. But after only five games, several of which were uncompetitive, fans are giving their opinion — and they’re not positive. Following the Celtics’ 106-88 victory in Game 5 to win the franchise’s record 18th title, […]

The Boston Celtics put the finishing touch on their dominant 2023-24 campaign with a 106-88 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals to win their 18th championship in franchise history. The Celtics and their fans were obviously fired up to have achieved their biggest goal of the year, and […]

It took until Year 17 in the NBA for him to win his first championship, but Boston Celtics veteran Al Horford can finally call himself a champion. The Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals on Monday night, securing their 18th title in team history, a new NBA record. For Horford, he […]

The Miami Heat, coming off a 2022-23 season in which they made it all the way to the NBA Finals, could not overcome the major injury woes that they experienced into the playoffs. Not only was major trade deadline acquisition Terry Rozier III unable to suit up, the Heat’s best player, Jimmy Butler, also missed […]

The Dallas Mavericks are changing the role of their famed owner Mark Cuban. Cuban no longer has control of basketball operations with the Mavericks, per ESPN. Cuban’s role downsized when he sold the majority share of the franchise earlier this year. This seems to be in contrast to some of the claims Cuban has made […]

It’s party time for the Boston Celtics. After a grueling journey in the 2023-24 NBA season, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and the rest of the C’s have earned every right to celebrate their NBA title — the franchise’s first since 2008 and 18th overall in franchise history. But the winning seems to continue and extend […]

It’s no secret Jayson Tatum is a franchise cornerstone for the Boston Celtics and during Game 5 of the NBA Finals, he made history and set a new record previously held by the late Kobe Bryant. Via NBA TV: Jayson Tatum has passed Kobe Bryant for the most #NBAPlayoffs points ever before turning 27 🔥 […]

After a 16-year wait, the Boston Celtics are NBA champions once again. A resounding 106-88 victory in Game 5 on Monday night against the Dallas Mavericks clinched the series for the C’s, and ensured they would make it to the top of the mountain for the first time in the Jayson Tatum-Jaylen Brown era. This was […]

Now that the NBA Finals are over, it may not be long before JJ Redick becomes the next Los Angeles Lakers head coach. The former NBA player and current media personality has been reported as a candidate for the job since the Lakers fired Darvin Ham in early May, but there are likely some who […]

Kristaps Porzingis is an NBA champion in his first season with the Boston Celtics. At age 28 and with his fourth NBA team, the Latvian big man played a major role in Boston’s 18th title. Trading for Porzingis was a major risk for the Celtics. On top of trading away Marcus Smart, their defensive stalwart […]

Jeff Van Gundy will be seen on the bench again in the NBA after the former Houston Rockets head coach reportedly agreed to a contract with the Los Angeles Clippers as an assistant to Ty Lue, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. “Jeff Van Gundy has agreed on a deal to become the lead assistant […]

The Boston Celtics have won the 2024 NBA championship, capping off a historically dominant run in front of their home crowd. Joe Mazzulla helped Boston get over the hump in dominant fashion, making Boston the first NBA team to raise 18 banners. While the Celtics did face a lot of teams that suffered injuries to […]

The Boston Celtics clinched the NBA Finals with a 106-88 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 at home, and it is the first championship for Celtics star Jayson Tatum, who had an awesome moment on the court with his son, Deuce, as the confetti was falling all around him. "Daddy!" Jayson Tatum and […]

BOSTON — Boston Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have every right to want the spotlight and the glory for themselves. Yet, they decided to share it, and that encapsulates why the C’s are champions. On Monday night, the Celtics prevailed 106-88 over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. This […]

Banner 18 just became a reality. On Monday, the Boston Celtics blew out the Dallas Mavericks to cement themselves as NBA champions after 16 years. It was the first title for most of the squad, Jayson Tatum included. This is exactly why the forward was as ecstatic as one could get after winning a chip. […]

The road was very long and often teased Al Horford on his way up. Going professional made him have big stints with the Atlanta Hawks, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Philadelphia 76ers. But, it was the Boston Celtics that gave him shot to finally have a complete career by winning the NBA Finals. He might have […]

The Boston Celtics dominated the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night, winning the franchise’s long-awaited 18th championship. Their first time since being the last team standing since 2008, the Celtics now own one more title than the Los Angeles Lakers, sitting alone atop the league’s all-time hierarchy once […]

It took exactly 16 years for the Boston Celtics and their faithful to get back to this moment. Despite this, the formula for winning the NBA Finals has stayed the same. The front office has to make a big acquisition in the offseason and they get to mesh well with the current stars that were […]

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics earned a 106-88 Game 5 win over the Dallas Mavericks to clinch an NBA Finals victory on Monday night. After the game, Luka Doncic was asked how much he was hurting during the Finals, as Doncic dealt with injuries throughout the series. However, he refused to make any excuses. “It […]

It seemed rather inevitable once the Boston Celtics went up 3-0 in the series, but on Monday night, the end of the Dallas Mavericks’ season came to a heartbreaking end after they suffered 106-88 defeat in Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals. The Mavericks have tried to come up with the right formula to […]

So much for the Dallas Mavericks making NBA history. Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and company were thoroughly out-classed by the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, their dream postseason run coming to an end with a 106-88 beatdown at TD Garden. Dallas’ hopes of a long-shot comeback against Boston with a title […]

BOSTON — The Dallas Mavericks were defeated in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night, losing by a final score of 106-88. Dallas never found much of a rhythm and Boston ultimately clinched an NBA championship as a result. One of the primary storylines of the game, and throughout the series for that […]

All hopes since 2016 have finally been fulfilled, the Boston Celtics are the 2024 champions. It look like a long road to get here with a lot of departures and shake-ups but there has been one man at the center of it all since his rookie year, Jayson Tatum. Success looked like it came with […]

The Dallas Mavericks faced an uphill battle against the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA Finals. Dallas gave a sound effort, but in the end, they lost the series 4-1 to Boston’s two-way dominance. The Mavericks were deficient in several areas throughout the series, but the primary culprits of defeat to be examined are Kyrie […]

It is official: The Boston Celtics are now the winningest team in NBA history. Boston’s 2024 NBA Finals victory over the Dallas Mavericks broke a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers to give them sole possession of the most titles in league history. Boston has now won 18 championships. Some of their championships were more […]

The Dallas Mavericks took Game 4 in grandstanding fashion, demolishing the Boston Celtics by 38 points as they looked to begin their attempt at mounting a historic 3-0 comeback in the NBA Finals. However, with the series shifting back to the road, it was always going to be an uphill battle for the Mavs to […]

The 2022-23 season ended in heartbreak for the Boston Celtics. On their home court, Boston’s quest for a championship ended in the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals, where the Miami Heat won in seven games. Just one year later, the Celtics have hoisted the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy on the parquet, capturing their first title in […]

The Boston Celtics blew out the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, winning the franchise’s record-breaking 18th championship. Who did they pass in the league’s all-time hierarchy of banners? The rival Los Angeles Lakers, of course, a reality hardly lost on purple-and-gold legend Magic Johnson. As Boston began celebrating its coronation […]

Boston Celtics guard Derrick White is going to need to swing by his dentist one of these days — but probably not before he’s done celebrating his team’s banner No. 18. White had a painful moment during Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks at home Monday night when he appeared […]

The NBA postseason is over, so every fan can now look forward to the offseason. The Boston Celtics dominated all season long and capped their season off with an impressive NBA Finals performance that makes every other team believe that they may have a lot of work to do to catch the champs. Luckily, the […]

The Boston Celtics have done it. After defeating the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals, the Celtics will be raising a championship banner for the 18th time in franchise history, a new NBA record. Since the very start of the season, Boston has been viewed as the favorite to win […]

The Dallas Mavericks were defeated in the NBA Finals by the Boston Celtics. Dallas fought hard throughout the 2023-24 campaign, upsetting expectations along the way. In the end, they fell short in the Finals to a talented C’s team. Still, there is a lot to appreciate about the 2023-24 season. Dallas displayed resiliency all season […]

Popular sports commentator Stephen A. Smith didn’t hold back his thoughts as he blasted the Dallas Mavericks for their performance against the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. After the Mavs blew out the Celtics by 38 points in Game 4, fans expected Luka Doncic and Co. to carry the momentum on […]

A big story that’s unfolding in the NBA Finals is Kyrie Irving getting his revenge against the Boston Celtics. The master of the handle was a key star that Brad Stevens had to help develop the duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. But, these two would eventually rise to stardom while Irving hopped to […]

Long before the Minnesota Timberwolves started to look like a legitimate championship contender with Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns leading the attack, there was the Tom Thibodeau-coached version of the franchise that also featured the likes of Jeff Teague and Jimmy Butler. Teague recently recalled those days during a Club 520 Podcast episode, particularly telling […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers will not see Mookie Betts in action for some time. They already knew that when it was revealed that the star shortstop went down with a fractured hand injury in last Sunday’s home game against the Kansas City Royals, but Los Angeles now has a better idea of how long he’s […]

Keith Van Horn was a star coming out of the University of Utah. He left the program in 1997 as the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Western Athletic Conference after earning consensus First Team All-American honors. The Philadelphia 76ers selected Van Horn with the second pick in the 1997 NBA Draft, subsequently […]

Police and city officials are gearing up for Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics with a potential for Boston to clinch their record-setting 18th NBA championship. As part of the preparations, they are implementing a road closure plan in the vicinity of TD Garden. All of Causeway […]