Celtics Win Record-Breaking 17th NBA Championship
Celtics Crowned After Game 5 Victory
WEB After Boston finished the finals job in Game 5 downing Dallas 106-88 in front of a TD Garden crowd that saw the Celtics crowned for a league-leading 17th time. The Celtics clinched the series 4-1, solidifying their dominance in the Eastern Conference.
Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award Winners
The Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award, formerly known as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award, is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the player who is deemed to have played the most valuable to his team during the NBA Finals.
Despite Russell's Celtics defeating the Lakers in the championship that season, the late great Jerry West earned the first-ever Finals MVP.
Celtics defeat Hawks 4-3
Head coach: Red Auerbach
No Finals MVP
Tommy Heinsohn BOS
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