From Real Madrid to the Mavs with the Celtics as opponents

Luka Doncic will play his first NBA Finals. He’ll do so after a dream year in which the Mavericks started fifth in the Western Conference, beating the Clippers, Thunder and Timberwolves, three teams with more than 50 regular-season wins, while the Texans managed to do so. after a year of dreams. beat each and every one of them, something no one has done since 2010, when the Lakers Kobe Bryant and Paul Gasol. Now they will face the Celtics, the best team of the season. regular season with 64 victories. The green monster will take part in the finals for the first time since 2022. looking for her first ring since 2008the only one they have won since 1986. And they will do it to end their historic connection to the Lakers, the 17 rings that two of the biggest franchises in history have.

The Slovenian star reaches the final qualifying round for the title for the first time in his career, and it’s spectacular. In his sixth year in the NBA The player finished third in voting for MVP of the season and became MVP of the Western Conference Finals.. Accompanied by Kyrie Irving, he headed straight to the finals and will play against an old friend. One that he already faced in 2015, when he was a Real Madrid player and was barely 16 years old. Having won the Novena and spent a summer of joy and pleasure, the white team played a friendly match against the Celtics. One of those who served the NBA to promote its expansion and the Old Continent to come face to face with the franchises of the best league in the world.

This was not the case the day the Greens visited the WiZink Centre. ended with an unfavorable result for Madrid: 96-111.. White held out until the 35th before collapsing. That day, Doncic was on the court for 16 minutes and had extremely poor numbers: 0/2 on field goals, 1/2 on free throws, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Of course, he was 16 years old, and soon the world was his. What’s more, it took the Slovenian star less than three years to conquer the EuroLeague and become MVP before he made the jump to the NBA and went on to build a meteoric career. The sky is the limit and the Celtics are waiting there.. Before you touch the glory. Four victories away from the ring. They say soon.

Data against Boston

Luka Doncic has faced the Celtics 11 times in the NBA (something normal since they are teams from different conferences, Eastern and Western respectively) with a 5-6 record. His averages against the Greens are 29.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 7.5 assists.. He has topped thirty points in seven of his 11 games, with his best score coming on November 23, 2022. Then he scored 42 points. A good hint of what’s to come, an absolutely exciting fight and all looks at a generational player looking for the jewel in the crown at just 25 years of age. That long-awaited award that everyone in the best league in the world strives for sooner or later. The pinnacle of American sports. The long-awaited ring.

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