Celtics Win 18th NBA Championship: The Rhode Island Connections
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Celtics Win 18th NBA Championship: The Rhode Island Connections
The Celts was 106-88.
Jaylen Brown was the MVP for the Finals.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTIt was a dominating 4-1 series victory.
The win reaffirms the Celtics as the greatest franchise in NBA history.
The Celts have 18 championships and have lost in the finals five times.
The Los Angeles Lakers are second with 17 titles, and they have lost 15 times in the finals.
The head coach of the Celtics is the youngest head coach in the NBA and Rhode Island’s own Joe Mazzulla.
The Johnston native and former Bishop Hendricken star won the NBA title in his second year as head coach.
Following his days at Hendricken, he played at West Virginia, where he was captain of the team that went to the Final Four in 2010.
He then went on to be an assistant coach at Glenville State and then Fairmont State, before becoming an assistant coach for the Maine Celtics for a stint before returning to Fairmont as head coach.
Mazzulla first served as an assistant coach under Brad Stevens with the Celtics.
His father played at Bryant University and in South America following college.
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ESPN's lead analyst in the playoff was none other than Providence College grad Doris Burke.
GoLocal's basketball analyst Kevin Stacom won one NBA Championship as a player with the Boston Celtics and a second ring as a scout with the Dallas Mavericks. He was also an All-American at Providence College.
The Championship Trophy - RI Made
According to the NBA, “Tiffany & Co. has designed and manufactured the NBA championship trophy, also known as the Larry O'Brien Trophy, since 1977. The trophy is handcrafted at Tiffany's hollowware workshop in Cumberland, Rhode Island, where Tiffany artisans have been designing and crafting sports trophies for over 160 years.”