Before the start of this season's NBA regular season, many powerful teams have upgraded their lineups, but from the overall performance, the powerful Eastern Conference that introduced Porzingis and Holiday The Boston Celtics is The most successful thing is that they not only had the best record in the league during the regular season, but also did not face much resistance in the Eastern Conference playoffs. They easily secured the division championship and returned to the finals stage, facing a bloody battle from the Western Conference. The Celtics showed strong dominance in the first two home games of the series, winning two games in a row and taking a 2-0 lead. However, when the two sides moved to Dallas, they faced Before the third game of the Finals, Porzingis, the core inside line, was injured and entered the injured list, causing the Celtics' combat effectiveness to decline. This also gave the Mavericks hope of winning back a victory! The Mavericks, who returned to their home court for this game, fought back and forth with the Celtics on both offense and defense in the first half. However, the Celtics began to show their strength in the second half and gradually expanded their lead to double digits. Winning 106-99, we got the championship point in the finals away from home!
Mamba's successor bottomed out, filling the void left by Porzingis
Before the start of the finals, the Celtics, who were not optimistic about the outside world, were able to win two games in a row at their home court. Porzingis, who returned from injury, contributed a lot. No, after coming on as a substitute in the first two games, he took up the offensive banner of the second team and dealt a heavy blow to his old team, the Mavericks. This is why many fans were worried about Kyle after Boshen was absent due to injury in this game. The reason for the prospect of winning away from home.
Fortunately, Tatum, who performed poorly in the first two games, regained the dominance of the Mamba successor when the team needed him most. In the first two games, Tatum only had 16 and 18 points at home respectively. It is not an exaggeration to say that he won by himself, but in the away game, Tatum scored 13 points in the first quarter, sounding the clarion call for the team's offense. After the final four quarters, he also handed over 31+6+5+ 1ās all-around performance.
Brown continued his outstanding performance and refused to let the finals fmvp
With Tatum, the team's absolute core, performing poorly in the first two finals, Jaylen Brown became the most stable player on both offense and defense in the Celtics' first two games. The data of 22+6+2+3+3 and 21+4+7+3 also gave Jaylen Brown hope of winning the FMVP again after winning the Eastern Conference Finals MVP.
In the crucial third game, although Tatum bottomed out, Jaylen Brown continued his consistent stable performance during the Finals, hitting 12 goals in 22 shots, not only scoring 30 points, but also 8 With 2 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 block, he is still the most popular candidate for the Finals Most Valuable Player.
In the absence of Porzingis, the Celtics were able to defeat the Mavericks in the away game, not only taking a big 3-0 lead, but also greatly damaging the opponent's self-confidence. It can be said that the championship has become After all, in the history of the NBA, no team has ever been able to stage a shocking comeback when falling behind 0-3. The only suspense in this season's finals is the ownership of FMVP. From now on Judging from the situation, as long as Jaylen Brown does not perform too poorly in the next finals, he will be able to overtake Tatum and become the most valuable player in the finals!