After a grueling 82 game season and 3 rounds of playoff games, we now know the 2 teams in the NBA Finals.....the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks. I predict Boston in 6.
Besides the additions of Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday, the biggest difference between the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 Celtics is the coaching. So far this playoff season Coach Joe Mazzula has learned from his and Ime Udoka's past playoff mistakes. These Celtics have that killer instinct to finish off their opponents. Mazzula has made coaching decisions in the playoffs that havepaid off. Whether it be switching personnel at the right time or not waiting to use his timeouts to regather and draw up plays for the team, he is just making the right decisions at the right time. That is the biggest factor in these playoffs than in years past./