The Boston Celtics have won the Larry O’Brien Trophy after defeating the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in game-five. The Celtics took a three game lead over the Mavericks last Wednesday when Boston went into American Airlines Center and squeezed out a 106-99 victory which inevitably became the point when Boston never really looked back despite losing game four 122-84.
The Celtics were favorites in the East to meet up with the Denver Nuggets in the Finals both last post season and this post season. Last post season, Denver went on to play the Miami Heat after Miami defeated the Celtics 4 games to 3 in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Nuggets went on to defeat the Heat 4 games to 1 and the rest is history.
The Celtics didn’t get a chance to play the Nuggets in the Finals due to Denver’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round, but many have been saying that the only team to have a chance to beat them this year would have been the Nuggets. The Nuggets defeated Boston 102- 100 in January and 115-109 in March during the regular season.
In other sports the Denver Broncos are on a break before returning back to Dove Valley for training camp in a about a month (July 28th). This will be when the real competition heats up for the quarterback position, wide receiver, and center. Denver Broncos Bo Nix has been a beacon of hope for a lot of Denver Broncos fans despite the long string of quarterbacks who have been under center with the Broncos over the past two decades.
Bo Nix has received praise from fellow teammates about how he carries himself and his ability to connect with his teammates. Head Coach Sean Payton had everyone fooled that Denver was interested in moving up in the draft to pick, Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy, when in reality his sights were set for only Nix.
While J.J. McCarthy has been praised for his work during OTA’s in Minnesota, the Vikings will not likely be naming McCarthy to the starting position anytime soon, especially since the Vikings recently invested $10 million in quarter- back Sam Darnold.
Both the Broncos and Bo Nix have agreed to the terms of his contract, which includes, four-years worth $18.61 fully guaranteed with an additional $10.36 million signing bonus. While McCarthy has yet to sign his deal, it is estimated that he will earn close to $22 million.
The Rockies had a big night on Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates scoring 16 runs to 4 in their defeat of the Pirates. Unfortunately for Colorado, that was their only win in a three-game series that took place over the weekend at Coors Field. Colorado kicked off a four games series with the L.A. Dodgers at home by losing 9-5 on Monday afternoon. Colorado will close up the series with L.A. this Thursday before hosting the Washington Nationals this weekend at Coors Field.
