Boston (USA).- The Dominican Al Horfordafter Boston’s second victory in the NBA Finals, highlighted this Sunday the unity and determination of the Celtics to try to win the title.
“I think we are very connected as a group. We’re trying to play hard, compete and make plays. The will of these guys in this locker room is incredible,” he said.
“I am very very proud of this group. We understood that we had to protect our field. We knew that they were going to come out more aggressive. “We were able to resist their partials and protect our court,” he added.
At 38 years old and already in his 17th season in the NBAHorford is just two wins away from the first ring of his career after the Celtics, once again with a fantastic defense, went 2-0 in the Finals this Sunday after beating the Dallas Mavericks 105-98.
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If Kristaps Porzingis, who ended up injured this Sunday, was the key ingredient in the first victory, this time it was Jrue Holiday who was the offensive lighthouse with 26 points (11 of 14 shooting) and 11 rebounds. Derrick White also stood out with 18 points, 8 of them in the last quarter to close out the victory.
It was a very choral performance by Joe Mazzulla’s team – Jayson Tatum almost reached the triple-double with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists, Jaylen Brown had 21 points and 7 assists, Porzingis contributed 12 points and Horford added 5 points and 7 rebounds.
“Jrue was incredible. His defensive effort (…) and then in attack making the game easy, making the right decisions. He is very calm and you can see that he has already been in these types of moments,” he said about a Holiday that he was already an NBA champion in 2021 with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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The series now travels to Dallas, where games three and four will be played on Wednesday and Friday, respectively.
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