The Celtics got off to a torrid start in the NBA Finals on Thursday night.
Many of those statements were true. The Celtics ran through injury-plagued versions of the Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers en route to their second NBA Finals appearance in three years., the Celtics reminded NBA fans that they were an league-best 64-18 in the regular season, and that they were rightfully the Finals favorites.
Boston surged out to a 37–20 first quarter lead—the largest first-quarter lead in a Game 1 in NBA Finals history—and took a 63–42 lead into halftime. The Celtics shot 54.5% from the floor and hit 11 first half threes, while celebrating the triumphant return of Kristaps Porzingis, who poured in a team-high 18 points on 7-for-9 shooting in 13 minutes.
The Mavericks lacked defensive intensity from the jump, and couldn't get out of their own way offensively against a stout Celtics defense. The Mavericks shot 43.9% from the floor in the first half, but went just 3-for-13 from three . Luka Doncic led the way with 17 points on 7-for-14 shooting, but no other Mavericks player scored in double-digits in the first half.It's crazy how the first basketball game anybody on the Dallas Mavericks ever played was Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
if the celtics win it'll be a mickey mouse ring since some players in the nba were injured this seasonBoth teams running their offense through Luka Doncic right now. Literally, in Boston's case.Boston's defensive mentality coming into this series was "limit lobs and corner 3s"Kristaps Porzingis spent the last few weeks becoming the greatest player on earth I guess
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