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The Boston Celtics entered the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks as the prohibitive favorites and they showed why in Game 1 with a dominant two-way performance that has them up 1-0.
Boston was the clear-cut best team during the 2023-24 NBA season as they finished with the best record and subsequently waltzed through the Eastern Conference in the 2024 NBA Playoffs.
The Celtics have the ideal roster for postseason basketball as they’ve got size, shooting, and length at nearly every position plus quality depth behind their two stars in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
Boston only needs three more games to capture the franchise’s 18th championship and look well on their way to doing so unless Luka Doncic and Dallas can come up with an answer to slow them down.
The Mavericks are the best team the Celtics have played in the postseason so far, but even they’re vaunted defense doesn’t have many good options to keep the latter from scoring so efficiently.
Detroit Pistons rookie Ausar Thompson helped explain why it’s so difficult for teams to defend Boston via SiriusXM NBA Radio.
“They just run,” Thompson said.
“They just run.”
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As Thompson notes, the Celtics play with pace on the offensive end and will take advantage of missed shots from other teams by getting into early transition and hunting 3-pointers.
Head coach Joe Mazzula talks a lot about needing to win the math battle in games and shooting a high volume of threes ensures his team has an advantage against any opponent.
Dallas plays a similar style of offense hunting the same amount of shots, but they’ll need to find a way to prevent Boston from bombarding them from downtown.
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