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For the 18th time in franchise history, the are NBA champions. The Celtics closed the first quarter of Monday’s NBA Finals Game 5 on a 9-0 run and never looked back en route to . The win secured a 4-1 win in the NBA Finals and the franchise’s first title since 2008.

The Celtics set the tone from the opening tip as they took the floor for the first time in these Finals wearing their classic green jerseys. They proceeded to put on a performance worthy of those colors. It was also worthy of a team that rolled to an NBA-best 64 wins in the regular season and produced advanced metrics that They did it on Monday with defense.



They did it with 3s. They did it with stars and leading the way. It was an optimal conclusion to a seminal Celtics season.

Boston fired the first shot on Monday, opening a 9-2 lead with its first three buckets scored by . Dallas punched back and closed the gap to 19-18 in the final two minutes of the quarter. But the 9-0 run to close the quarter pushed the Boston lead to 28-18.

The second quarter saw more of the same and ended with a buzzer-beating heave from beyond halfcourt to extend the Boston lead to 21 points. "Here's Pritchard he loves these..

. puts it up from halfcourt at the buzzer..

. BANG..

. HE'S DONE IT AGAIN!" — NBA (@NBA) Dallas never recovered. There was no Celtics letdown after halftime.

Boston extended its lead to as much as 26 points in the third quarter and never let Dallas again sniff striking distance. The fourth quarter was a coronati.

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