The Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals on Monday night, and when the clock rolled over to Tuesday morning, teams — in many cases — could start talking to their own free agents. “This is a business,” Miami Heat President Pat Riley said when his…
TIM REYNOLDSJake Fischer and Dan Devine recap game 5 of the NBA Finals, which saw the Boston Celtics win their 18th NBA championship with Jaylen Brown winning Finals MVP.
Dan DevineAll season long, Boston's rallying cry has been "DIFFERENT HERE," and it is. And everyone on this year's roster has become a member for life.
Ben RohrbachTatum and Brown refused to be divided, and they refused to lose the stranglehold they had on this NBA Finals, delivering Boston championship No. 18.
Vincent GoodwillYou cannot make the NBA Finals and expect anything less than a return to that level. Next season’s goal is an NBA championship, hands down.
Morten Stig JensenDallas needed Doncic and Kyrie Irving to be at their best in Game 5 against the Celtics on Monday night. Instead, the Mavericks’ best players got off to a terrible start, and by the time their shots started falling the Celtics were coasting to a…
JIMMY GOLENRule of thumb: If you win a championship, your goal is to defend it the following year. The Celtics are no different.
Morten Stig JensenThe Celtics cruised to another dominant win in Game 5 on Monday night to claim their first championship since 2008.
Ryan YoungThe Celtics are NBA champions for the first time since 2008.
Jason OwensLas Vegas tourism chief Steve Hill said he will interview Tuesday with the lead investigator who is examining whether WNBA rules were broken when sponsorship deals were offered last month to Las Vegas Aces players. Hill announced to the players on…
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