Aaaaand it's the C's in Game 1.
It's the Boston Celtics, favored in an NBA Finals for the first time since Bird and McHale ''n' them were doing their deal in the mid-1980s, taking down Luka, Kyrie and the Dallas Mavericks 107-89, and not looking particularly stressed doing it. The Celts' dynamic duo, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, went for 38 points, 17 rebounds and seven assists; Kristap Porzingis scored 20 off the bench in 21 minutes; and the Celtics looked like what they are, which is a far deeper team than the Mavs.
The Mavs?
Well, Luka Doncic dropped 30 points and 10 boards, but his running buddy Kyrie Irving struggled, managing just 12 points and going goose-egg-for-five from the 3-point arc. Except for P.J. Washington, who scored 14 points and pulled eight rebounds, no one else did much to speak of. Which has pretty much been Dallas' M.O. in this playoff run.
All five starters and Porzingis, meanwhile, scored in double figures for Boston. Which is going to be the Mavericks' major issue in this series.
The Blob is lousy at math, see, but even I can figure out that five (or six) beats two almost every time. The Mavs have the dynamic duo in Luka and Kyrie, but the Celtics have Jayson and Jaylen and Kristaps and Al Horford and Jrue Holiday and ... well. You get the idea.
That's why the Blob's official, probably-way-off NBA Finals prediction is this: Celtics in five.
May Luka and Kyrie make me look the fool. Wouldn't be the first time.
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