The Boston Celtics come out of a season after they received their first NBA championship in 16 years.
They beat the Dallas Mavericks (in 5 video games).
Earlier than the beginning of the season, the Star of Celtics Jayson Tatum was invited to present his prediction for the NBA 2025 finals (through Jimmy Fallon on September 12, 2024).
Fallon: “Predict which groups shall be within the NBA ultimate subsequent summer season.”
Tatum: “The Boston Celtics … it’ll be a revenge match. We’re going to play Dallas once more.”
The MAVs ended up having a troublesome season.
They have been the tenth seeded of the Western Convention with a 39-43 file and misplaced in opposition to the Memphis grizzly grozz within the sport event.
Through the Bleacher report: “Mavs usually are not playoffs after a NBA finals”
Mavs usually are not playoffs after a NBA finals pic.twitter.com/vqha1agsdz
– Bleacher report (@beckerreport) April 19, 2025
Along with exchanging Luka Doncic, the MAVs additionally handled accidents to Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis and others.
It’s honest to say that they may have achieved one other race if they’d been wholesome.
Nonetheless, the MAVs are actually in a spot completely totally different from what they have been solely a yr in the past.
Through statmuse: “Dallas Mavericks within the Nico period.
2025: missed playoffs
2024: NBA finals
2023: missed playoffs
2022: Convention finals
Curler coaster.”
Dallas Mavericks within the Nico period.
2025: missed playoffs
2024: NBA finals
2023: missed playoffs
2022: Convention finalsCurler coaster. pic.twitter.com/rdvlfo71ez
– Statmuse (@statmuse) April 19, 2025
As for Tatum and the Celtics, they nonetheless have a superb opportunity of returning to the ultimate.
They completed the common season on the second seeded from the Japanese Convention with a 61-21 file.
The Celtics are at present down 2-1 of their sequence of playoffs within the second spherical with the New York Knicks.
Match 4 will happen on Monday night.
