Celtics 2024 championship parade: live updates and best moments

Celtics 2024 championship parade: Live updates and best moments originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

Head coach Joe Mazzulla has already started preparing for the 2024-2025 season. But for a majority of the 2023-24 Boston Celtics, it’s time to celebrate.

The Celtics will hold their championship parade in Boston on Friday, capping off a week that began with defeating the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals to win their 18th championship, the most in NBA history.

The parade kicks off at 11 a.m. ET in front of TD Garden, and it should be quite a celebration on the streets of Boston as the city celebrates the Celtics’ first title since 2008 and the region’s first “Big Four” professional sports championship since February celebrates. 2019 after the New England Patriots won Super Bowl LIII.

NBC Sports Boston will have full coverage of the parade all day long, starting with exclusive interviews with Celtics players at the Garden and continuing with live footage of the rolling rally. Below you will find an overview of the best moments before, during and after the parade:

12:03 PM ET: Derrick White keeps Boston fans hydrated…

11:58 am ET: Celtics sharpshooter Sam Hauser went undrafted in the 2021 NBA Draft. Now he’s an NBA champion.

11:55 AM ET: Head coach Joe Mazzulla wore an awesome jersey featuring Celtics legends Red Auerbach and Bill Russell celebrating a championship in the 1960s. It was a fitting choice, as Mazzulla just became the youngest head coach since Russell in 1969 to win an NBA championship.

11:50 AM ET: Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown received huge ovations as their duck boats began their journey through the streets of Boston.

11:45 AM ET: Legendary NBC Sports Boston play-by-play announcer Mike Gorman takes it all in after the Celtics sent him into retirement with a championship.

11:30 AM ET: You didn’t think Mavs star Luka Doncic would be spared the wrath of Celtics fans, did you?

11:15 am ET: Jayson Tatum threw shade at the Miami Heat during a pregame interview with NBC Sports Boston’s Brian Scalabrine at TD Garden:

10:45 AM ET: Kristaps Porzingis is ready to party.

10:45 AM ET: Al Horford showed up in a shirt with a photo of Tom Brady at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Super Bowl parade in February 2021 — and Brady approved.

10:25 am ET: Jaylen Brown kept the receipts.

The 2024 NBA Finals MVP walked into TD Garden wearing a shirt that read “State Your Source,” in a nod to a post he made on social media in late May calling out ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith for claiming that some people believe Brown is not. not marketable because he has a big ego.

10:15 AM ET: Celtics guard and half-court buzzer-beater specialist Payton Pritchard paid tribute to his alma mater of Oregon with his parade attire.

10:10 AM ET: Luke Kornet’s pre-parade interview with Abby Chin did not disappoint, as the affable big man reflected on his participation in his first parade, complained about not bringing sunscreen, and admitted to putting maple syrup (!) in his coffee:

9:55 AM ET: Abby Chin caught up with guard Derrick White, who showed off some new dental work after his nasty fall in Game 5 and gave a shout-out to his sponsor, Sam Adams: