‘A SECOND CHANCE’ 🍀 Celtics look to finish the mission, Kristaps Porzingis update | SportsCenter

‘A SECOND CHANCE’ 🍀 Celtics look to finish the mission, Kristaps Porzingis update | SportsCenter

the theme is Dallas we switched the NBA though game one NBA Finals four days away Thursday the 6th on ABC it’s the Mavericks who have won five straight road playoff games one shy of setting a new franchise record against the Celtics who have won 13 of 17 NBA titles after winning game one of a finals Tim bontemps on what a second chance at a title means for Jason Tatum two years ago Jason Tatum in the Boston Celtics reached the NBA Finals only to lose to the Golden State Warriors in six games that’s why Tatum said Saturday he views this year’s return trip to the finals against the Dallas Mavericks as a second chance one he and the Celtics hope will end with Boston claiming its record setting 18th NBA title it’s a lot that you know myself and and and we can learn from that experience being in the finals um and you know this time this go around is uh a lot different obviously we’ve been there before we came up short um and you know great opportunity uh to to make it to the finals again you know then you don’t always get a second chance so um really just looking at it as a second chance and um trying to simplify things as much as we can is just it’s another series that um we got to win now one significant difference between the Celtics two years ago and now is the presence of Center christas porzingis who missed the final 10 games of Boston’s run through the Eastern Conference playoffs with a C strain however Celtics coach Joe moula said porzingis participated fully in Saturday’s practice as he continues to Trend toward a potential return to the court in game one of the NBA finals on Thursday his importance cannot be understated porzingis impact is as large as that 73 frame career highs and field goal percentage at the rim and overall he also defends well holding opponents to 44% shooting in the paint when he was the one contesting those shots that is the best in the [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is

Tim Bontemps joins SportsCenter to report on Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics’ mindset ahead of their return to the NBA Finals with Kristaps Porzingis (calf) working to join to the lineup.

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