When the 2024 NBA playoffs began, many predicted that the Celtics would take on the Nuggets in the NBA Finals.
Jayson Tatum was among that group. The Celtics star thought Boston would have to beat Denver to win the NBA title, admitting that the defending champion might have been its toughest test in the postseason.
“People always ask me, when did you guys know you were going to win a championship?” Tatum recently told an audience of parents and kids at the Maynard Fine Arts Theatre, via The Boston Globe‘s Gary Washburn. “When Minnesota beat Denver, I felt like Denver was the only team that they matched up best with us.