The best team of the season, with masters like Jayson Tatum i Jaylen Brown or the "killer" of better placed teams in the playoffs with the magicians that they are Luka Dončić i Kyrie Irving...
The rings are ready, the NBA league will get a new ruler through the next seven matches - Boston, who with the 18th title would officially become the biggest in history, or Dallas, who after 13 years dreams of a second crowning.
The spectacular final of the strongest league in the world starts on the night between Thursday and Friday at 2.30:XNUMX a.m. our time, the Celtics have the home field advantage.
Who has the better tandem?
It is clear that the grand final cannot be decided by just two players, but also that a lot will depend on the mood of the four from the beginning of the text.
- It's a simple scenario. The one that writes itself. The one that should entertain and enchant the basketball audience before the final decision of who will be the new NBA champion. One scenario, two tandems - Irving and Doncic, Tatum and Brown - writes on the NBA website.
Stats say that the Boston duo combined to average 51 points, 16,5 rebounds and 8,5 assists in the playoffs, while the Mavs duo scored 51,6 points, dished out 14 assists and collected 13,5 rebounds.
It is not difficult to see that the differences are small, just as many predict that the difference in the final will also be small, or rather that the issue of the new champion will be resolved in six or seven games.
Tatum: You don't always get second chances
Boston wants to write history and be the most trophy-winning NBA team of all time, and the opportunity to become that was missed two years ago in the grand final against Golden State. But also last time when he had to congratulate Miami in the Eastern finals.
- We could learn a lot from those two seasons and it's really great that we're here once again, because you don't always get a second chance. That's how we look at this final, with the desire not to complicate things too much - emphasized Tatum.
Team By Joe Mazula dominated the league part of the NBA with a record of 64 wins and 18 losses, and in the playoffs on the way to the finals, he eliminated Miami (4:1), Cleveland (4:1) and Indiana (4:0).
Dončić ready for incredible basketball
They know very well in Texas that the best team of the season is waiting for them, but in the playoffs all rivals were placed better than them, so Dallas eliminated the LA Clippers (4:2), Oklahoma (4:2) and Minnesota (4:1) from the fifth position. XNUMX:XNUMX).
- There is no doubt that Boston is the best team, they have a great record this season and incredible weapons both in attack and defense - Dončić does not hide.
The Slovenian master also knows what could be the remedy for such a team.
- We will have to be very strong and play incredible basketball - said Dončić.
Kid for the second ring, Mazula for the first
The coaching clash will also be interesting - Mazula, who sat on the Celtics bench in 2022 before the start of the season after suspension Udoka's name chasing the first ring, a Jason Kidd second in his career, after as a player, with Dirk Novicki, led Dallas to its first title in history in 2011.
It's time for the crown of the season - Boston or Dallas?
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