There's history here with these players and teams and journeys as Irving and Porziņģis reach a career crescendo on the sport’s biggest stage.
“My job is to build something," Kidd told Yahoo Sports. "Everybody’s into this instant thing. It doesn’t happen. Championship organizations aren’t built overnight.”
The data regarding the overall success of the NBA Finals' best player depends on how you slice it, but one thing is for sure: Each Finals is its own animal.
BOSTON (AP) — Whether injured Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis will be ready in time for the start of the NBA Finals this week is still to be determined. But signs are pointing to him being able to return to the court sooner rather than later during Boston’s matchup with the Dallas Mavericks. The 7-footer hasn’t appeared in a game since sustaining a strained left calf in Game 4 of Boston’s first-round playoff series against Miami on April 29. But 4-1 victories over the Heat and Cleveland in the