These NBA Finals they are among the “strangest” of the recent era. THE Boston Celtics they moved up 3-0, demonstrating a clear superiority despite the vacuous complaints and the likefrom the non-foul on PJ Washington in Game 2 to the expulsion for fouls of Luka Doncic in Game 3. All episodes on which the fans could create debates lasting entire days, but which do not deny the fact that the green-whites, as a team, proved to be more stable, cohesive and consistent than the Dallas Mavericks. This, at least, until Game 4, where the home team literally plowed through the Celtics, winning 122 to 84 after also reaching +48. As Jaylen Brown so well said: “These are the moments that can make you or break you. We have to get back together.”, and it’s absolutely true. Also because it is not a “normal” defeat, but one of the heaviest in the history of the NBA Finals. In this regard, here is a ranking of the 5 blowouts, the heaviest blowouts ever that have ever occurred during the final series of the American League, in which Boston entered last night and even entered the top-3:
- NBA Finals 1998: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 96-54, Game 3 – series won by the Bulls
- NBA Finals 2008: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers 131-92, Game 6 – series won by the Celtics
- NBA Finals 2024: Dallas Mavericks beat Boston Celtics 122-84, Game 4 – series at 3-1 for Boston
- NBA Finals 2013: San Antonio Spurs beat Miami Heat 113-77, Game 3 – series won by the Heat
- NBA Finals 1978: Washington Bullets beat Seattle SuperSonics 117-82, Game 6 – series won by the Bullets
While the majority indicates that blowout writers often take home the ring, this is a small sample size of 5 series. Broadening, the most recent example concerns the 2016 NBA Finals, where the Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 110 to 77 in Game 2, then ended up losing the series and taking a 3 to 1 lead back. And there are other examples, like the Heat’s top-5 match against the Spurs, like the Lakers’ one in 1985 against the same Celtics – after losing Game 1 114 to 148 – and so on. These NBA Finals, again, appear to be headed towards Boston, which however must not miss the opportunity to respond and close the series at home, before complicating its life and having to return to Texas with just one victory to spare.
