Columnists and beat writers from The Dallas Morning News and The Boston Globe collaborated to predict an outcome for this year’s NBA Finals.
Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic puts up a jumper over Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum during the first quarter at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, January 5, 2023.I’ve been 3-for-3 in predictions over the last three series, even though I was off by one game in the second and third rounds.
Boston has been just as good as Dallas at closing out games, but I’ll still take Doncic with the ball in his hands for the final shot over Tatum, Brown and the rest. Sometimes teams just get on a roll, and Dallas is on one. Mavericks in five.Celtics in seven games. That’s no disrespect to the Mavericks, either. The Celtics had the best net rating in the regular season and postseason, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are playoff-tested, and Boston has lost just twice in three rounds.
Picking the Mavs to beat the Celtics feels like an affront to logic. Boston was, by record, the league’s best team and has been one of the best three years running. Some of us can still remember when the Mavs lost five of six after the deadline and Kidd’s job seemed in jeopardy. Still like to know what all went down in that famous team meeting.Even as well as they played against Oklahoma City and Minnesota, the Mavs benefited from facing unseasoned players. Boston is a different story.
, Sports enterprise reporter, Mavericks and NBA. Dallas Morning News sports reporter since 1993. Prior to that he worked at The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Light. Eight-time APSE award winner; 2016 National Headliner Award; 2018 Celeste Williams Texas Sportswriter of the Year; 2021 NSMA Texas Sportswriter of the Year., Mavericks Beat Writer. Mike is the Mavericks Beat Writer for The Dallas Morning News.
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