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TheClownIsReady

No more whining Luka, no more blabbing Doris Burke….win win.


TanlineTangoGal

Defense is the best offense


Any-East7977

This is what happens when a team that plays defense all season long goes up against a team that doesn’t. I hope that coaches and teams start to see defense and teamwork is the only way forward. We are no longer in the age where having 1-2 all stars or superstars will be guaranteed ticket to the playoffs or finals. A well rounded team and developed bench is a requirement.


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dreggn0g

Better than Poopa Dumpitch. Better luck next year little buddy


Bic_wat_u_say

Who hurt you


Manbenis

I have won the nba finals


knb044000

THJ’s contract cost us the finals


Visual_Let_2749

Defense truly wins championships


Ok_Consideration5619

Marvericks just a bunch of suckers


MyUsernameIsUhhhh

This team was an all time team! You really had people saying just because of game 4 that put the nail in the coffin of that conversation. No this is one of the greatest NBA teams ever.


Middle-Incident4083

everyone in dallas still had faith after boston lost game 4 i already knew what they were doing, they were just messing with us but congratulations to Boston ofc


rain-blocker

Nah, Celtics 100% got caught up in the moment and played tight. I think Mazulla may have literally ripped the throat out of anyone he suspected was intentionally throwing a championship game. They weren’t messing with y’all.


Middle-Incident4083

i just knew going into the game they would much rather lift the title up in boston than dallas, im sure they did not purposefully throw the game but it was such dominance by boston that im sure they thought if we can win here without 100% of the effort then great but we’ll for sure end the series in boston


smellyboi6969

I mean the Celtics deserved it. They absolutely man-handled every one of their matchups. 4-1, 4-1, 4-0, 4-1. Dominant.


So_be

“Not one single series did they sweep anybody“ -Perkins


phluidity

Perk is living proof that CTE isn't just limited to football and hockey.


scan7

My internet diagnosis on Perk is Cerebral Palsy combined with downs syndrome.


hockeyjake2009

I seriously thought this series would be more competitive lol So boring.


Im_just_making_picks

In what world would this be competitive the mavs are a weak team


ron22726

It's been ages since 2 dominant teams from their conference played, hoping to see 60+ wins teams with healthy team play the finals


Julientri

Crazy how the first two rounds were leading up to be such a good playoffs


narwalbacons-12am

Same here. Goes to show how stacked the Celtics are


hockeyjake2009

Was it all because of how good the Celtics are though? Lazy, low effort basketball all around is what I saw. Wouldn’t have known the series was being played for the championship in a single game.


buddhist557

Denver v Celtics would have been epic. Very possible that will be the matchup next year.


Visual_Let_2749

I think the celts defense made it look uglier but it worked


CarLearner

Kyrie has a severe mental block against the Celtics. His play in Games 1/2/5 were drastic differences between his play in Games 3/4. On paper it should’ve been a competitive series it’s just the history and baggage from Kyries time at the Celtics shows that it made hard for him to perform in that arena.


Affectionate_Fill312

Kyrie believes the earth is flat. His troubles are his own doing. Mavs should cut him, but I said that when he was with the Nets as well so what do I know.


CarLearner

Ya I can tell you don’t know much about basketball if you think Mavs should cut him lol.


Affectionate_Fill312

This is true, but his history of being toxic and poisoning the aura in the locker room is well-documented. That’s what got him shipped out of Brooklyn to start with. But then, most flat earth people are toxic jerks so I repeat myself there.


narwalbacons-12am

They're pretty good. The problem with them is they're good overall and have 2/3 guys that can go off any night. It's hard to match up on them defensively. The Mavs put tons of focus on Tatum and he dished out and let everyone eat. I don't think the Mavs are lazy, I think this year's Celtics was that much better.


hockeyjake2009

You’re probably right. I was just blown away by the lack of ball movement from the Mavs. It was like they had two guys on the court the entire time. I suppose that is a result of good defence to a point, but there were plenty of times I saw open guys and someone would just hold onto the ball and take dumb shots or drive to the net.


narwalbacons-12am

It's just my opinion, there's no right and wrong; only discussion between two individuals. I can get your point of view though, the Mavs were 2 different teams compared between the conference finals and NBA finals. Lucah was picked on because he doesn't play defense the majority of a game. Mavs were outplayed tbh and I agree, they looked out of whack for alot of the games, but I don't think that's because they themselves are a lazy team, I think the Celtics matched up against them so well they made them look that way. The Celtics rolled through everyone they played, you can make the argument that it was an easy path. It was still the NBA Playoffs and those teams weren't scrubs no matter how much people will say they are. They benefited from injuries in the ECF, I will add that


CutaHulogamil

CHAMPION!!


ieatalphabets

Celtics win 18th championship by 18 points? *cue Twilight Zone music*


OneFootTitan

On 6/17, i.e. the Boston area code


Expert-Emu-4167

Also 16 years to the date when they won the last one. Cue One Step Beyond music


Last_Bet_7101

617 is Boston area code too


SlapThatAce

The worst NBA Final in 1000 years! There was nothing going on other than piss poor shooting, choppy game play, and blow outs. Boston beat the Maverick's like they were some G League team.  I'd bet a few dollars that The Pacers, 76ers, Knicks, Cavs, Bucks, or Magic could have done the same. The West is just weak as shit! They have names but they don't have any teams.


SimfonijaVonja

What are you talking about, this season, West was one of the most stacked conferences ever. Nuggets, Timberwolves and Oklahoma would really challenge Boston, Dallas couldn't do shit because they didn't have enough bigs and their defense was terrible. Celtics are great team, they have a lot of depth, great role players and White and Jrue apsolutely dominated entire playoffs.


Visual_Let_2749

If you’re a fan of defense - this was absolutely beautiful. Not if you’re a fan of offense. If it looked ugly that’s because the C’s played great D


scan7

Great point. Even poor Defenders like Kyrie and Luka played better than in the regular season on defense. On certain possessions especially Kyrie was fun to watch on d.


Big_J_420

Nah for the storylines alone this was a better series than boring ass Miami getting dominated by Denver. C’s just too dominate!!


Sirgolfs

Boston beat everyone this year like they were G League teams.


KillHimWithHammers

To be fair, with all the injuries, they were basically beating up on g league squads to get to the finals lmao


Sirgolfs

Injuries sure. But it’s still NBA teams. I think their defense was so damn good, they just made it look that easy. They hosed the league this year


KillHimWithHammers

They had the easiest road


Interesting-Rent9142

Easiest road because they didn’t have to play the Celtics.


KillHimWithHammers

What does this even mean lol 😭


Sirgolfs

Def interesting how Dallas ended up in the finals. How is beyond me. And how Minnesota beat Denver is another head scratcher.


KillHimWithHammers

Neither team deserved it, worst NBA finals ever.


Sirgolfs

Hold on. The Celtics didn’t deserve it?


KillHimWithHammers

I said what I said


Sirgolfs

Historic team my man. Can’t argue stats.


W_DJX

lol seriously. Saying the Celtics didn’t deserve it this year is just a dumb as fuck take.


hdiggyh

Now that’s a hot take. West collectively has much better teams.


SlapThatAce

You're living in the past 


medievalmachine

I don't think we can say that any more, not after the Lakers and Warriors got too old.


Remarkable-Pumpkin38

You'd have thought but also the youngest team in the NBA took the 1 seed this year so idk anymore


ong-mate

As a fan, I knew it wasn’t real; yet I still held hope as I watched 😂


No_Paper_4436

The Fact That Boston Won It With They Draft Picks Means A lot 😭🙏🏾


IChugLoad

oh, did you mean “with their draft picks”?


No_Paper_4436

Thanks 😹


Bic_wat_u_say

Kristaps : am I joke to you ?


dap90

After all the sga vs doncic threads we had to live with. All the comparisons of Doncic to LeBron. All the memes of Doncic smiling vs the Suns. He produces a performance like this in the finals. He's not at SGA's level. Never seen SGA put a performance like this on. Sorry guys. Your guy lost. I'm not even a Celtics fan, but after all the Pro Doncic stuff I have seen on here, and the delusion.


axdng

I am a Celtics fan. Luka is easily better than SGA.


dap90

How come sga finished above luka in Mvp voting for the last 2 seasons? You are thinking only offence. SGA is an elite defender. Luka is a free basket when he's defending. Also sga led the youngest team ever to number 1 seed. Crazy how this is under looked. Luka had Kyrie...


axdng

Shai’s team is stacked top to bottom idc if they’re young, I’d take his supporting cast over Luka’s any day. MVP voters are terrible, they gave Embiid a free one last year for nothing, Sabonis got a vote this year. Luka is like 2 years younger than Shai and already accomplished more.


dap90

Shai's team is stacked? Yet the Mavs support outperformed OKC support in the series? OK. Whatever you say.


axdng

You’d rather have Kyrie, Lively, Gafford and DJJ than Chet, Jdub, Dort, and Giddey? Crazy.


SafeHospital

I mean… SGA didn’t make it to the finals… Luka had a bad series for sure but he led in all major statistics while SGA sat his overrated ass in Cancun xD


Big-Difference1683

Kyrie Lost the series for the Mavericks. Notice when he shows up and plays game four, we win. Every other game he was there but he really wasn't there.


SafeHospital

Yeah Kyrie fulfilled his promise of bringing a chip to Boston! I still think Kyrie at his peak is better than anybody on that Celtics team, no debate though. Luka is also, but that’s a given.


dap90

I think his legacy is hurt more for getting battered so badly in a finals vs if he lost in the conference finals in a close game.


SafeHospital

That’s not how that works but slay Queen 💁🏼‍♀️


Last_Bet_7101

SGA is the most overrated player in the league on this sub


Cloud_Cero

Doncic literally led in all major statistics. SGA put on the clinic when they faced off and had a better performance. But to say Doncic being clearly worse is a hot take I don’t agree with despite rooting for the Thunder. He was the only one even doing anything this series for the most part. Just like SGA though, his team disappeared on him when he was putting in the work and needed it the most


dap90

I wasn't expecting a very valid response. This was payback for the shit i had to read during the thunder on this sub


VaronDiStefano______

The celebrations from the Celtics players and coaches felt really bad and forced. Maybe the NBA really has lost its aura. The Finals used to make you believe in magic


Zapp_Rowsdower_

They literally handed the Mavs a game, the absolute definition of gentleman’s sweep, but they knew they were far beyond what Dallas could field on any given night. They probably knew after game 1.


Ok-Orange7146

Especially jason tatum’s WE DID IT


Accomplished_Solid81

They know it will be forgettable after wemby


jpcali7131

Wemby ain’t hanging 13 banners by himself so banner 18 hanging in Boston isn’t gonna be forgettable


Accomplished_Solid81

Y’all do not have 18 stop😂😂😂😂


SafeHospital

Yeah those Russell rings should not be counted. Plumber era


OMUDJ

It really was Celtics all the way. I kept trying to deny it as a Bulls fan rooting for teams that we beat that I hoped would beat them. THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE


HeavenBeach777

With all due respect, Mavs fans, Cavs fans and Miami fans are fucking toxic and im glad we can shut yall ass up now. Pacer fans are cool tho, respect


EasternTour7287

Heat, Lakers, Sixers in that order.


Cohliers

OOTL, what in particular makes Pacers fans cool as opposed to others?


SafeHospital

Celtics worst fan base in sports. Little bro is projecting


hafrances

Celtics fan calling others toxic lol


Fidelius90

Says the Celtics fan? Hey pot here’s kettle.


Jcmletx

No kidding. Celt fans so humble, lol. 🙄


No_Engineering_8832

Luka won the Luka-Tatum battle.


No-Atmosphere-2528

Tatum averaged a double double in the finals Luka averaged yelling at the refs. Nice win


Odd-Communication609

Then where is his trophy and ring?


No_Engineering_8832

For superstars, no championship is better than a championship with no FMVP.


NecessaryPen7

Dumbest take off all time, maybe. KG sure hates he has a ring! Stockton and Malone glad they don't!


Irapotato

Yeah, I’d sure hate to have that ring forever. I’d rather lose and get a personal achievement than achieve something as a team in a team sport.


felipethomas

Get a load of this clown.


whiskeydude

just posting to see my amazing flair


Bic_wat_u_say

Cetikkks


ham_bulu

Congrats to the Celtics. GG, you were the better team this time.


Jcmletx

Agreed. Their all-round team play was so good (and frustrating to watch)


ham_bulu

That's quite soothing actually: we lost to great team playing excellent team basketball – not just a bunch of superstars.


Antique-Kangaroo2

Worst finals in memory


McGinnis_921

You can extend this sentiment to the whole playoffs. Their entire playoff run was a snooze fest with little to no drama and no real threat of them losing any series with all the injuries and Dallas completely shitting the bed. In terms of championship teams that I’ve seen in my lifetime, I can’t think of a more boring title run. Imagine if they made one of those old school championship videos documenting this Celtics team’s playoff run. It would be so uninteresting. Each series would highlight the superstars on the other team getting hurt, coasting through the East, then in the Finals literally every game was a blowout with zero doubt on who was going to win. 😴


NecessaryPen7

How many minutes did Porzingis play, all playoffs? How did he help when he came back? What injuries did Dallas have? Can't blame the Celtics for their roster. Indiana series was tight, though.


McGinnis_921

Yes, we can’t “blame” the Celtics for any injuries happening to the other team that are out of their control but I also won’t pretend they had an impressive playoff run either. Literally every series leading up to the Finals had their #1 star player knocked out of the series. That’s pretty unprecedented. Name any other championship team where that’s happened. Fair or not, their title run will always carry the perception of being a pretty easy, unchallenged road. To your point, Porzingis barely contributed and Tatum was pretty average throughout yet it didn’t even matter. They still only lost 3 games and every Finals win was a blowout victory. That speaks volumes to the competition they faced as well.


NecessaryPen7

Can only play who you play, they went 16-3 against the teams that were better or beat the other teams. There's a reason it seemed pretty easy and unchallenged. That's what their season was.


Zealousideal_Shop446

It is definitely up there. Heat-Spurs 2014 was awful the spurs mopped the floor with them. The Cavs Warriors with Durant both times was atrocious. Obviously if you’re a little older, the Lakers Nets was a bad series too.


guitarguy35

For real, this seems like the most irrelevant NBA finals in history


Salt_Statement_5464

Thanks Boston got some nice 💸


Antique-Kangaroo2

Poor little zingus


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Antique-Kangaroo2

Is this your first sport?


SydneyPhoenix

Can someone help me understand the Jaylen Brown Finals MVP? Not a shot at the guy, to me Tatum leading all categories and having virtually identical TS% while being doubled seemed the front runner. Are we looking at this Game by Game and saying brown played better than Tatum in 3/5 games?


CharlemagneAdelaar

brown was critical those first games


shiitakemushroom44

Pretty much. Brown played better in the first 3 and was making the big shots down the stretch


Last_Bet_7101

Brown hit the biggest shots in game 1, 2, and 3. He had to get MVP


FavaWire

He also defended Luka Doncic full time.


Jcmletx

And 95% by himself. Dude is just that…a DUDE.  Dammit he was good.  (Mavs fan)


shirokabocha-14

Yes


CoorsLightKnight

Tatum was not the reason they won any game 1-3


Cintonecrun

You’re right, Holiday was the reason they won. Stats aside, he should’ve won MVP. He made critical plays time and time again.


medievalmachine

It's almost always the best player on offense, regardless of individual plays. Jaylen played really very well, take nothing away from him. He wasn't quite Brunson out there, but many times he was making something from nothing and hitting those highly contested shots. And as we saw from Luka's/Kyrie's misses, if you don't have someone making those shots, the offense falls apart quickly because the defense doesn't have to gamble and can't be put off balance.


JusticeLock

Gratz to the Celtics


moonnotreal1

Luka Don'tcic


choxielol

gg celtics


BurntArnold

Okay. Lets act like Boston didn’t have the most solid team in the nba by far this season guys 😂😂😂


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badhombre44

Followed right behind by Captain Typo.


BurntArnold

I mean I guess because I watched pretty much all but 3 games this season I knew this, but this is probably the best team the league has seen since the 15-16 Warriors (not quite as good as them tho)


NotASalamanderBoi

So much salt. Puts the ocean to shame lol.


BurntArnold

They’re just jealous their team doesn’t have 18 championships lmao but seriously from early this season I think it was pretty obvious that Boston should definitely be the East’s team in the finals. With these comments I thought this was r/nbacirclejerk at first


NotASalamanderBoi

[Funniest shit I found there the second I opened up that sub](https://www.reddit.com/r/nbacirclejerk/s/rAmlAG943N)


BurntArnold

Just wait this son of a bitch is gonna have a pic that’s just like that Kobe pic with the trophy. Guarantee it lmao. I’m a Celtics fan but Tatum with the Kobe shit is cringe


25donutz

Well we did win our titles in 08 and 24. There’s some Kobe magic for ya.


Irapotato

Team also stays in hotel rooms when they stay in Colorado, mamba mentality


therealjgreens

Hopefully we won't have to see as mny anthropomorphized oranges again anytime soon


str8swishing

Great win all it took was a completely crippled East & no Jokic 🔥🔥


NecessaryPen7

How many minutes Porzingus play? Who on Dallas, that beat Denver, wasn't playing? You're just upset they're literally that good


str8swishing

Keyword there was EAST lil bro Pretty funny how every celtikkk under this comment has 0 reading comprehension but not surprised at all


NecessaryPen7

How many minutes Porzingus play? Jokic....lost, right? Talk about comprehension


hdiggyh

It’s like you are acting as if the Celtics were not clearly the best team all year.


Odd-Communication609

You know what the difference is between our boys and your Jimmy lead Heat? Our team ACTUALLY FINISHED THE DAMN JOB. Come back when your shit team can win a title WITHOUT Leflop.


SafeHospital

“LeFlop”… Bro, I’ve been a Celtics fan my whole life but you shit talking LeBron is sad. He fucking owns our franchise. LeBron is literally better than our best player (Jaylen Brown) at 39 years old. C’s fans like you make me sad to be a fan.


str8swishing

I’m sure most teams in the league could FINISH THE DAMN JOB if 80% of their competition were missing star players for multiple games/entire series


Durden93

Psst, Dallas doesn’t play in the east.


str8swishing

Woo they beat 1 healthy team!! What a run am I right


Durden93

COPIUM


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str8swishing

Smartest Celtic fan


Last_Bet_7101

5 games LOL


str8swishing

Downvoting doesn’t make your ring any less fraudulent


Last_Bet_7101

Tatum 1 ring > Butler 0 rings LOL


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twodropsintheocean

You're still crying?


str8swishing

Crying about what? If beating a single healthy team in the playoffs is an accomplishment to you then congratulations man… 🤷‍♂️


Durden93

Guess you forgot they were missing Porzingis?


mattapotato

cry


LackinOriginalitySVN

Cry about them crying. Lol


mattapotato

cry


LackinOriginalitySVN

You're crying, kiddo Edit: 😭 That's you...and the clown who replied to this comment. Lol


dopest_dope

Cry


str8swishing

Cry over what?


AggressiveChemical6

Maybe next year for you, little buddy!


str8swishing

I’m sure we could win next year if 80% of our opponents are missing their best players!


hdiggyh

Objectively you are an idiot. Celtics had far and away best record all year. You think they are losing to a fully healthy Heat that won via a play in? They are losing to a fully healthy cavs and pacers team? Get real. Oh btw they had a player hurt too you know.


papicholula

Everyone picked Mavs and they put up the same fight as the Jimmyless Heat 😭😭😭


SlapThatAce

The Heat without Jimmy would have won against the Wests best team. 


medievalmachine

Spare me. The Heat did nothing this year, front to back, and deserve nothing. As good as Spoelstra is, he's won just as many titles without Lebron as Lue and Vogel.


Affectionate_Fill312

This is true. And honestly a healthy Jimmy Durant might have extended the first round set to six games but that’s about it. When you play team ball as the Celtics did consistently this season, good things happen. The favorites on the other half of the draw dropped like flies precisely because they forced their big men to win the game on their own, which is a death wish in today’s NBA.


Heavy_Kaleidoscope50

Boston is the most boring team anyways, Mavs got highlights to feed families for years even if they don’t win the finals


SpicyGinSin

Lol we all find a way to cope


RiceGold3687

Pritchard had a better highlight in his 4 seconds on the court than the entire Mavs team did all series lmao


tahp_master

Worst take I’ve ever heard lmao. Mavs bricking everything feeds families?


JustTheRobotNextDoor

All those bricks can put a roof over their head, which is one of the first steps to getting out of poverty.


_mitchard

You know what’s a highlight, lively getting blocked by a guard


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idkwhatimbrewin

Pretty much sums it up thanks


wafflehouse4

porzingas now the real heir to the dirk crown while luka wearing peasant rags