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In this episode of No Cap roomYahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Jake Fischer is at TD Garden and drenched in champagne after watching the Boston Celtics celebrate their record-breaking 18th NBA championship after defeating the Dallas Mavericks in 5 games.
The guys start by talking about Jayson Tatum, who showed off his skills as a passer and perhaps exorcised some demons along the way while leading the Celtics in every major offensive category during the NBA Finals.
They then turn their attention to Kyrie Irving, who still seems haunted by the Boston crowd. While he didn’t respond to it, he certainly played much better in Dallas than he did in front of the pesky Celtics fans.
Luka Doncic once again seemed disconnected, especially on defense, causing Jake to express his disappointment that Luka was able to respond to criticism in such a big way in game 4 and then not carry that over into game 5.
Jaylen Brown was voted Finals MVP, and the guys talk about why Brown won that vote over Tatum and Jrue Holiday, which was that he was the guy who took the lead every time the Celtics seemed to need someone to do so. They then talk about Brown’s growth and compare him to the two guys picked ahead of him in the NBA Draft (Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram).
Finally, the guys talk about offseason decisions facing both the Celtics and Mavericks and wonder what path each team will have to take if they want to make it back to the NBA Finals next season.
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