Boston Celtics are champions, beat Dallas Mavericks 4-1 in NBA Finals

On this episode of No ceiling roomYahoo Sports NBA senior reporter Jake Fischer is at TD Garden and drenched in champagne after watching the Boston Celtics celebrate their record 18th NBA championship after beating the Dallas Mavericks in 5 games.

The guys start by talking about Jayson Tatum, who showed off his passing skills and perhaps exorcised some demons along the way, while leading the Celtics in every major offensive category in the NBA Finals.

They then turn their attention to Kyrie Irving, who still seems tormented by the Boston crowd. Even though he didn’t react, he definitely played better in Dallas than in front of the rowdy Celtics fans.

Luka Doncic once again looked disengaged, especially on defense, leading Jake to state his disappointment that Luka was able to respond to criticism so heavily in Game 4 and do none of that until Game 5 .

Jaylen Brown was voted Finals MVP, and the guys explain why Brown won that vote over Tatum and Jrue Holiday: that he was the guy who took charge every time the Celtics looked like they needed someone one to do it. Then they talk about Brown’s growth and compare him to the two guys picked before him in the NBA draft (Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram).

Finally, the guys talk about the offseason decisions facing both the Celtics and Mavericks and ponder the path each team will have to take if they want to return to the NBA Finals next season.

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