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28 May 2024
Boston Celtics Dominate Eastern Conference Finals, Sweep Indiana Pacers to Secure Berth in NBA Finals; Jaylen Brown Named MVP

Boston Celtics Dominate Eastern Conference Finals, Sweep Indiana Pacers to Secure Berth in NBA Finals; Jaylen Brown Named MVP

The Boston Celtics makes their way back into the championship arena after earning a spot in the NBA Finals. The decisive basket was made during the final minute when Andrew Nembhard missed the chance to tie the game after Jaylen Brown’s brilliant lead-up play for Derrick White’s winning triple. Despite a miss a potential game-winning 3-point shot by Jayson Tatum, a turning point was Jrue Holiday’s offensive rebound that sealed the victory for Boston. Because one spot in the Finals series has been confirmed, all the focus will be on the Dallas Mavericks who could easily clinch the other.

 

They went to Indiana on Monday, as the top-seeded team, and did their part to sweep through the Eastern Conference finals and take down the Pacers 105-102. The Celtics sweep the Lakers and advance to the NBA Finals, it is their second straight NBA Finals appearance.

 

Jaylen Brown especially in the series was named the Larry Bird Eastern Conference Finals MVP. The owner of the team Wyc Grousbeck dedicated the win in a very special and emotional tribute to Bill Walton, who had passed on earlier that Monday.

 

Indeed, the whole game was a great balance of tension and anxiety that switch sides frequently. However, Boston stepped up during the final moments of the game, particularly when Derrick White scored a big 3-point basket to give his team the lead. The Celtics were calm, did not lose their concentration and clinched the sweep with a great defense, and even when Andrew Nembhard tried to equalize the score.

 

Scoring 26 points of 11/22 shoot, 6 rebounds, 2 assist, and 3 steals Brown played a great game attacking on the side of the Boston team. However, Brown was involved in the play that was decisive in the game that involved White and he provided an assist. Jayson Tatum is another player who also gave his input as well. He made 13 rebounds, got eight assists and scored as many points as Brown, 26.

 

All-Star Tyrese Haliburton also sat out Game 3, which made it particularly tough on the hosts. Nembhard then decisively set himself in his rightful position and laid down a career night of 24 points to turn on his scoring ability. McConnell had 15 points of his own again to maintain his status as the great energy guy of the bench. The Pacers could only succumb to the onslaught of the Raptors thus much to the dismay of their followers while Kawhi Leonard managed to record a remarkable double-double of ten rebounds and 19 points.

 

The Celtics are at this time eagerly waiting for the forthcoming game against the Timberwolves or Maverick. The team will be expecting Porzingis to help build up their starting five again or continue to play without for the season. With so much optimistic feeling at the end of the tremendous 2024 season, the Pacers will return home as they look forward to bigger and better things ahead.

 

However, the dynamism which Porzingis brought since the first round is missing as he no longer has the spot in the Celtics’ starting five. Sometimes they made it through despite his insistence on not being taken along, it wasn’t a smooth journey.

 

Boston struggled shooting in the second and the third quarters, and it was especially evident outside of the arc, where the team made only two shots out of seventeen attempts. This phase established Porzingis as vital to the team’s dynamics, as he was still learning how to properly play for his teammates. At any rate, no matter where the team or the individual players are on the court or how the game is progressing, there might still be a situation where the Celtics’ offense could become mechanical, rigid and, in essence, almost always taking only the ‘correct’ shot that the ‘analytics’ are calling for at the time. However, when they don’t do it like they did in game 4, the flow of offense becomes stagnant and the offense seems to just be waiting for the threes to go in.

 

Moreover, being a big man, Porzingis has skills required to open the Celtics’ attacking style on the floor. For instance, he has a wingspan of 7’6’’, while he stands at 7’2’’, which makes him have mismatches all over the floor. To mention an example, all Boston has to do to get their offense going is give the ball to him and let him hit put back mid-range shots because he becomes focused on scoring easy baskets.

 

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