Boston’s iconic Duck Boats will carry the NBA champion Boston Celtics and the Larry O’Brien Trophy in a victory parade through the city on Friday. Boston beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to win the series and put an exclamation point on their dominance of the 78th NBA season. Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that the city will celebrate the Celtics’ 18th NBA Championship with a rolling rally. During the parade, Celtics players will celebrate on Boston’s famous Duck Boats, as is tradition for championship-winning teams. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. in front of the TD Garden on Causeway Street, pass through City Hall Plaza and Boston Common on Tremont Street, and end on Boylston Street next to the Hynes Convention Center. The top-seeded Celtics finished 64-18 in the regular season, securing home field advantage during the playoffs, and only lost one game in the Finals. With their 18th championship win, the Celtics also broke a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers, the only other team in the league with 17 championship wins. The Celtics’ last victory parade was after the team won the 2008 championship. StormTeam 5 says the weather for the team’s first parade in 16 years should be mostly sunny and hot, with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon .
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Boston’s iconic Duck Boats will carry the NBA champion Boston Celtics and the Larry O’Brien Trophy in a victory parade through the city on Friday.
Boston beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to win the series and put an exclamation point on their dominance of the 78th NBA season.
Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that the city will celebrate the Celtics’ 18th NBA Championship with a rolling rally.
During the parade, Celtics players will celebrate on Boston’s famous Duck Boats, as is tradition for championship-winning teams.
The parade will begin at 11 a.m. in front of the TD Garden on Causeway Street, pass through City Hall Plaza and Boston Common on Tremont Street, and end on Boylston Street next to the Hynes Convention Center.
The top-ranked Celtics went 64-18 in the regular season, securing home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, and lost only one game in the Finals.
With their 18th championship win, the Celtics also broke a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers, the only other team in the league with 17 championship wins.
The Celtics’ last victory parade was after the team won the 2008 championship.
StormTeam 5 says the weather for the team’s first parade in 16 years should be mostly sunny and hot, with a chance for thunderstorms in the afternoon.
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