Jake Fischer and Dan Devine recap game 5 of the NBA Finals, which saw the Boston Celtics win their 18th NBA championship with Jaylen Brown winning Finals MVP.
The Celtics didn’t win by having the game’s supreme player. Instead, they won by having the best team, one constructed with a certain modern-day vision.
Irving is seeing plenty of bodies in the NBA Finals, and they’re all equipped to defend him well. So far, they’re winning the battle — Irving hasn’t made a 3-pointer despite getting some good looks and is shooting just 35.1% through the first two games.
The Mavs superstar was hunted on defense, was ineffective on switches and fouled out with more than four minutes to play. That's no championship formula as Dallas is now facing a 3-0 series deficit.
Jake Fischer and Dan Devine get together after the Boston Celtics won game 1 of the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks to talk about how it all went down.
Two days from his 34th birthday, Holiday logged team highs of 26 points and 11 rebounds Sunday night. He made 11 of his 14 shots. Defensively, he drew Kyrie Irving and Luka Dončić late, wearing down both. It was everything Boston needed.