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The Boston Celtics are ridin’ excessive after successful their league-leading 18th NBA championship, and former star Celtics hooper turned staff broadcaster Cedric Maxwell is guaranteeing the world is aware of the place the very best franchise resides — and it is not L.A.!
Maxwell, a 2x NBA champ with the Celtics who was named Finals MVP in 1981 (he performed in Boston from 1977-1985), joined Babcock on the TMZ Sports activities TV present (airs nightly on FS1) following Beantowns 4-1 sequence victory of the Western Convention Champion Dallas Mavericks.
And, in the event you thought the Celtics would not level out they’ve now received extra ‘chips than their rivals on the West Coast, you are mistaken (the Lakers have 17)!
“To get one other banner after being tied up with the Fakers, it’s completely fantastic to bypass them now,” Maxwell mentioned.
Cedric even known as out some Lakers legends by title … James Worthy, Magic Johnson, and Michael Cooper earlier than hitting them with Steph Curry‘s signature “Good Night time” pose!
Maxwell wasn’t executed trolling the Lakers devoted … then poking enjoyable at their in-season event banner hanging excessive above Crypto.com Area.
“The Lakers are literally tied up,” Maxwell joked. “They put that mid-season banner up, it appears just a little odd up there. They do have quantity 18 in the event that they wish to be technical about it!”
Talking of what really went down on the hardwood, Maxwell is not attempting to hearken to anybody saying the staff had a simple journey to the Finals (critics are saying they’d a simple journey).
“Finally, it’s a must to play the groups which might be earlier than you,” Cedric mentioned. “The perfect out of the west was Dallas. The Celtics performed the entire greatest out of the east.”
Maxwell additionally gave younger Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla his flowers. After solely his second season on the helm — assuming the function after Ime Udoka was fired following his scandal — Cedric mentioned the 35-year-old is simply getting began.
“Being one of many youngest coaches ever to win an NBA championship, that’s as cool because it will get,” Maxwell mentioned. “He was telling me in the future earlier than he seemed up all of the bangers, he mentioned, ‘You recognize what, I’ll win one among these one days.’ And I mentioned completely!”
The excellent news for Celtics supporters is the celebration is simply beginning … and Maxwell’s gonna get pleasure from each second of it.
Ear muffs, Lakers followers!
