The Boston Celtics cruised to an NBA championship this past season without a whole lot of friction against them as they went 64-18 to win the Eastern Conference by 14 games before going 16-3 in the playoffs and never even seeing a Game 6.
Superstar forward Jayson Tatum has been soaking it all in since winning his first title and recently revealed when he knew his Celtics would win it all.
In an interview with ClutchPoints, Tatum said “People always ask me, when did you guys know you were going to win a championship? When Minnesota beat Denver, I felt like Denver was the only team that matched up best with us. I thought that we were going to play Denver in the Finals and it was going to be a good one.”
“People always ask me, when did you guys know you were going to win a championship? When Minnesota beat Denver, I felt like Denver was the only team that they matched up best with us. I thought that we were going to play Denver in the Finals and it was going to be a good one.”
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) September 22, 2024
This feels like a reasonable answer, as many expected the Celtics to wind up facing the defending champion Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals before the upstart Minnesota Timberwolves took them out in the second round.
Boston wound up having to deal with Luka Doncic and the No. 5 seed Dallas Mavericks, who made a surprising run to the Finals before running out of gas and having no answers for Boston’s defense.
Tatum won a gold medal with Team USA this summer and signed the richest contract in NBA history, so it has been a great few months for No. 0 as he gets ready to defend his title next season alongside a similar cast.
Perhaps he’ll get his wish and see the Nuggets in the Finals this upcoming season.
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