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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 Celtics' Jaylen Brown, No. 7, was named the NBA Finals MVP. He scored 21 points Monday, and averaged 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and five assists per game in the series.
The Celtics are back on top. Boston defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 at TD Garden Arena on Monday to win the 2024 NBA title in five games. The result marked Boston’s 18th championship ...
All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions.
Nikola Jokić was named Finals MVP, becoming the lowest-drafted player (41st overall) to win the award. [31] The Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals, marking the sixth straight year with a different championship team, matching a run of NBA championship that only occurred from 1975 to 1980. [32]
The Celtics cruised to another dominant win in Game 5 on Monday night to claim their first championship since 2008. Jaylen Brown named NBA Finals MVP after leading Celtics past Mavericks for first ...
Cedric Maxwell is the only Finals MVP winner eligible for the Hall of Fame who has not been voted in. [14] On February 14, 2009, during the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix, then-NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that the award would be renamed the "Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award" in honor of 11-time NBA champion ...
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 ... Brown was named the NBA Finals MVP after averaging 20.8 points, 5.4 ...