Tag: 2021 NBA Finals

Celtics alumni, adjacent react to former Boston guard Jeff Teague, Bucks’ Finals win

A number of Celtics alumni and Celtics-adjacent personalities took to Twitter to congratulate Jeff Teague and the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.

While he couldn’t have known it would be with another team, it seems former Boston Celtics team president Danny Ainge managed to sign a player at the start of the 2021-22 NBA season who would earn himself a championship ring by the end of the season.

That would of course be veteran point guard Jeff Teague, who latched on with the newly-crowned league champion Milwaukee Bucks after being cut by the team he was dealt to by the Celtics at the trade deadline. Several current and former Celtics and Celtics-adjacent personalities took to the Twitterverse to congratulate the former Boston guard and his new team on their hard-fought win secured by a historic 50-point performance by league and finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Let’s look at some of their messages.

Milwaukee Bucks, Bryn Forbes win 2021 NBA Finals over Phoenix Suns

Bryn Forbes will get his first ring as the Milwaukee Bucks have won the 2021 NBA Finals over the Phoenix Suns

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With a 105 to 98 victory on Tuesday night, the Milwaukee Bucks are your 2021 NBA Champions. Former Michigan State Spartan guard Bryn Forbes will get a ring with Bucks after they defeated the Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2.

While Forbes only played in three games during the Finals (scoring 9 points in total), he played an important role on the Milwaukee team this year. Forbes started in 10 games in the regular season and averaged 10 points per game on 45-percent three-point shooting.

Forbes was also a big part of the Bucks first round win over the Miami Heat, where he averaged 15 points per game. Forbes has now played in the playoffs in four years of his career, averaging 6.6 points between those years.

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All the awesome angles of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s dunk of the playoffs that had everyone in awe

Adele’s court-side reaction was too good.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks went into a raucus Footprint Center (for real, that’s the new name of the arena) in Phoenix on Saturday night and beat the Suns 123-119 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals and are now a win away from their first title since 1971.

Antetokounmpo finished with 32 points and none were more impressive than his final bucket that came on an alley-oop with just over 13 seconds left in the game. His incredible dunk gave the Bucks a three-point lead and all but wrapped up the win for Milwaukee.

I feel like we’re not giving this dunk enough attention… because it was insane.

So let’s give this some attention.

This Suns fan counting $100s during Giannis Antetokounmpo’s free throws is the biggest flex

Show me the money!

This Phoenix Suns fan has taken the trolling of Giannis Antetokounmpo during his free throws to a new level. Alongside the usual counting of seconds during Antetokounmpo’s free throw, this Suns fan was counting $100 bills too.

On Saturday during the first quarter of Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Suns and the Milwaukee Bucks, Antetokounmpo was up to the free throw line with fans continuing their tradition of trolling him with counting the seconds before his attempts. As the camera cut to the fans, one in particular stood out, as he was counting some good old Benjamin Franklins casually in the crowd along with the chants.

It’s an incredibly surreal experience that you must see for yourself.

The Suns fan instantly went viral for his huge flex, with some loving the show of bravado while others… not as much.

Former Rockets Chris Paul, PJ Tucker to meet in 2021 NBA Finals

The former Houston teammates and childhood friends will face off when the Suns meet the Bucks in the 2021 NBA Finals.

Courtesy of Milwaukee’s win in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals at Atlanta on Saturday night, the 2021 NBA Finals features a matchup of two recent Houston Rockets stalwarts: Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul and Milwaukee Bucks forward PJ Tucker. They also happened to be childhood friends and competitors in North Carolina.

Paul played for the Rockets in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons as their floor general, while Tucker was arguably the team’s most valuable defensive player from 2017-18 until midway through 2020-21.

Both veterans had their exits influenced, either directly or indirectly, by former Rockets teammate James Harden. In the case of Paul, his trade to Oklahoma City in the July 2019 deal bringing Russell Westbrook to Houston was reportedly done at the request of Harden. Meanwhile, after Harden leveraged his way to Brooklyn via a January 2021 trade, Tucker was dealt to Milwaukee in March — once it became clear that Houston had been forced into a rebuilding approach.

Featuring Paul and Tucker, Game 1 of the 2021 NBA Finals is set for Tuesday night from Phoenix. The full schedule can be seen below.

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Odds for the exact matchup in the 2021 NBA Finals

Odds for the exact matchup in the 2021 NBA Finals