Luka Doncic and Jaylen Brown Exchanged An Touching Moment Following The Celtics’ 2024 Championship Victory

The Boston Celtics won the 2024 NBA Championship, defeating the Dallas Mavericks 4-1. Jaylen Brown was chosen MVP of the Finals.

Beyond merely his offensive prowess, Brown’s contribution to the series extended to his dominating one-on-one defensive of Luka Doncic for the majority of the series. After the show concluded, the two spoke briefly and expressed their love for one another.

Jaylen Brown: “You’re a killer, Luka; you brought out the best in me.” I cherish you, my friend.

Luka Doncic said, “Hey, I love you too.”

When matched up with Doncic, Brown was known to play a style of aggressive defense, and his statistical influence as a defender is evident.

Brown guarded Doncic on 154.4 possessions in the Finals, during which the Mavericks scored just 131 points, for an offensive rating of 84.8. Throughout the course of the five games.

Luka was covered by Brown for more than 32 minutes, during which time the Slovenian only managed 21 points on 40.9% shooting from the field and committed five turnovers.

Doncic averaged 29.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 5.6 assists in the series, while Brown averaged 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 5.0 assists.

Even though Jaylen didn’t have the same statistical production as his teammate Jayson Tatum, his defense on Luka should be the prime reason why he edged out Tatum to win Finals MVP.

The Dallas Mavericks are still getting clowned by fans despite making it to the NBA Finals in a season where most preseason forecasts had them as a play-in team.

Despite a string of injuries to players like Kyrie Irving, Luka Doncic had the best season of his young career and led the Mavericks to a 50-win record. However, Doncic is being chastised for not being a winner.

It stings to lose in the Finals, but the Celtics were simply superior to this Mavericks team. Doncic expressed his optimistic outlook following Game 5 and acknowledged that the Mavs have many reasons to be pleased with how they have performed this season.

“I feel fantastic. We took some really smart actions. We’ve been dating for around five months, I would guess. I’m proud of all the guys who worked hard on the floor, the coaches, and the backstage crew.

We obviously lost the Finals. We did, however, enjoy an incredible season. And I’m happy for all of them.”

In the regular season, Doncic averaged 33.9 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 9.8 assists. In the postseason, he recorded averages of 28.9 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 8.1 assists.

Even though he suffered from injuries during the postseason, he was still the main player responsible for the Mavs’ playoff success in terms of output, efficiency, and defense.

It’s not easy to get back to this point in the West, but Doncic’s arrival will make the Mavs a constant threat.

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