Boston Celtics win NBA-record 18th franchise championship
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The GIST: ICYMI, the Boston Celtics won their NBA-record 18th championship with Monday’s 106–88 Game 5 rout of the Dallas Mavericks. While they fire up the duck boats, here’s a look at Boston’s historic victory, by the numbers:
2: As in the dynamic duo of Jayson Tatum and NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown, who silenced the haters and came together to win their first title after seven rollercoaster seasons together.
- Boston already inked Brown to a supermax $304M deal last offseason, and now they’re reportedly set to offer Tatum a five-year, $315M extension, which would be the largest contract in NBA history. Cha-ching.
6: There’ve been six different NBA champions over the last six years, but the Celtics — who have every player on this championship roster under contract next season — appear to have the makings of a dynasty poised to shake up that parity.
18: Boston finally raising that elusive 18th banner means they now have the most ’ships in NBA history, breaking a tie with their archrivals, the LA Lakers. Different here, indeed.
186: The record number of playoff games 17-year NBA veteran Al Horford competed in before finally hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Soak up that confetti.
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