The Boston Celtics became NBA champions last night for the eighteenth time in their history after defeating the Dallas Mavericks at home 106-88 and thus sealing the series 4-1, in the fifth game of the final of the competition.
The forward of the winning team Jayson Tatum was the top scorer of the match with 31 points and led his team to achieve a new title, which allowed them to separate themselves from the Los Angeles Lakers, who were left with 17, and be the most winning franchise of the competition .
The Celtics won a title after 16 years after having been the best team all season: in the regular phase they finished as number one with 64 wins and 18 losses in the Eastern Conference, while in the playoffs they achieved 16 wins and barely three falls.
The surprising Dallas Mavericks of the brilliant Slovenian point guard Luka Dončić and the flat-earther Kyrie Irving could do nothing against the champion and could barely take a game from them when the series was 3-0.
Jaylen Brown was chosen as MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the NBA Finals won by the Boston Celtics against the Dallas Mavericks (4-1).
“It was a team effort, I share it with my brothers, with Jayson Tatum who was with me the whole way,” said an emotional Brown in the fieldside interview during the Celtics’ celebrations.
27 years old and already this season’s winner of the Eastern Final MVP, Brown’s biography escapes the usual stereotypes of NBA stars. His college-educated mother, Mechalle Brown, raised him alone, placing a heavy emphasis on both education and activism.
Jaylen could have played basketball at a very powerful university in the sports field, but he opted for Berkeley (University of California), one of the most important, prestigious and progressive educational centers in the United States.
That interest beyond the purely sporting has marked his life. For example, Brown has been one of the vice presidents of the NBA players union since 2019, in 2020 he drove 15 hours from Boston to his native Georgia to demonstrate in the protests after the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Police and he has a foundation (The 7uice Foundation) also focused on fighting racism.
2024-06-18 10:29:46
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