The Celtics won their first title since 2008 on Monday, marking Boston's history-making 18th championship.
A number of Boston Celtics lived down their reputations Monday night. One lived up to it. All of it translated into an 18th championship for the men in green with a 106-88 win over the Dallas Mavericks, breaking a tie with Boston’s hated rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, for the most titles in NBA history. Jayson Tatum, regarded as a great player a few molecules short of a clutch gene, had a team-leading mark of 31 points and finished two rebounds short of a triple-double.
It took the Mavericks three minutes to score their first points, a lob from Doncic to Derrick Jones Jr. for a dunk. It would be another two minutes before they scored again, on a 3-point play by Doncic, giving Boston a chance to build an early 13-5 lead. Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla then went for the kill shot, inserting Kristaps Porzingis with just under 7 minutes left in the first quarter.
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