The Boston Celtics Receive The Bob Cousy Trophy As The NBA Eastern Conference Champions!🏆

Fans now for the presentation of the 2024 NBA Eastern Conference Finals trophies. Please welcome ESPN's Lisa Selters. Thank you. Here to present the Bob Cousy trophy to the Eastern Conference champion, Boston Celtics, is another Celtics legend, two time champion and the NBA Finals MVP, Cedric Maxwell. Girl, this is how it's done. Wick, fourth time as Eastern Conference champion for this team, for you, second time in the last three years. Just what's been most satisfying, though, about this run? All I can think about right now is we lost a great Celtic today. Bill Walton, one of the greatest Celtics of all time. This is dedicated to Bill. These guys are not satisfied with this trophy. We want to go one more, but credit to the Pacers. Great organization, great fans, great players. Congratulations, Pacers, on a good season. Here we go, Celtics. Wick, this team, this team has been good up short last year. You said you felt you needed to shake things up a little bit. How did all of the moves that you made, how did it help get you back here? Well, credit to Brad Stevens for bringing in some great players. We lost some great guys as well. This whole team is a team, a team, the way the Celtics are supposed to play their true Celtics and on to the next round. Congratulations to you, Lisa. Let's hear from your head coach. Joe, expectations have been high all season, and you've been able to you've just stressed all year that to stay even keeled. Just how have you been able to do that for the team, for yourself and yet still get the job done? I mean, look at all the look at all the talent. Look at the players that we have. It's really all about them. They let us coach them. They allow us to push them. They listen to us. And they set the temperature of the organization every single day. And so it's a credit to the ownership, to credit to Brad. And as a coach, the greatest gift you could have is a group of guys that trust you and that allow you to coach them. And you guys give that to us every day. So I appreciate that. And you've said that the NBA is all about timing. Yeah. Why is this the right time for this group? It's just where God has us right now. And, you know, we're all we're exactly where we're supposed to be. And right now, everyone's mindset is on helping each other and winning. And there's nothing more important than that. Thank you, Joe. Congratulations to you. Eastern Conference Finals most valuable player trophy is aptly named after one of the greatest players in NBA history, Larry Bird, to do the honor of presenting that. Let's welcome back Larry Bird's former teammate, Cedric Maxwell. How about them damn Celtics? It is my honor and it's my privilege. Jalen Brown. Jalen, just what's it mean to you to be holding that trophy right now? All praise to the most high. We was in this building not too long ago. We was getting booze. Thankful to God to be here. Appreciate everything, man. Let's get some more of this postseason. Just hearing you guys saying we're back, we're back. Just what has the weight been like? The offseason, the this season, the regular season. What's the weight, the work been like to get back here going to the NBA Finals? It's been nothing but a grind. We haven't skipped no steps all season. We got a bunch of great guys in his locker room, a bunch of tough guys. Our coaching staff has been great. Front office has been great. And now we want to take it to the next step. Thank you, Jalen. Congratulations to you. Let's hear from some of your teammates. Jason. Expectations, Jason, for this team. They've been high all year long, but you guys have said all year long that the expectations are the same, but we're a different team. Just what makes this team special? Experience. We never say die. You know, these are some tough games that we had to play in. We we always find a way to figure it out. There's different guys every single night. And, you know, we sacrifice in order to reach our ultimate goal. And you guys have always talked about navigating emotions throughout the playoffs. Just how have there been so many emotional moments in this series alone? Just how have you been able to navigate the emotions of a playoff run? I think just learning through experience. The playoffs present is like an emotional rollercoaster. The team that can stay even kill employees the whole time is, you know, probably going to win. Congratulations to you. Appreciate it. All right. How about where's Drew? Drew, you were brought to Boston to help this team get right. Very cute. You were brought to Boston to help this team get right back here. Just what did you envision that this journey was going to be like? You know, I don't know. This is a great team, and I think going through everything I went through, going through some injuries and then making it how we did. It's it's been an awesome journey. You've said that you've been the ultimate X factor for this team throughout the regular season, throughout the playoffs. And you've said that you come into each game not knowing really what you're going to be needed to do, but that that has been fun. It's been freeing. It's brought you so much joy. How is that? Man, it's just helped me build my game. Some days I might score some days on my rebound. Some days I might assist and most days I'm going to defend. So it just elevates my game. And then my teammates really make it really easy, though. I got the I got the best teammates in the league. So many versatile players. I I literally got the best teammates, so they make it easy for me. Congratulations to you, Drew. And how about Al Horford going back to the NBA finals? Another shot at it. You're getting another shot at it. You've arguably made the biggest sacrifice for this team. You said it wasn't really a sacrifice. You were just doing whatever it took to get the team to where it needed to go. Why has it all been worth it? Glory to the Lord. And I'm just grateful to be in this position. And it's not a sacrifice at all. There's a special group. And and I'm just very happy to be in this position. Just how hungry are you to finally get that time? Starving, starving. We're ready for it. We can't wait. Congratulations. We'll see in the finals. Thank you. Conference finals MVP Jalen Brown and to the twenty twenty four Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics.