Ramp to Camp: Final(s) predictions for how Celtics’ season will end

Ramp to Camp: Final(s) predictions for how Celtics’ season will end originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

During his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week, Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum offered a prediction for the 2025 NBA Finals, suggesting that Boston and Dallas will meet again on the championship stage.

So, for the 14th and final installment of our Ramp to Camp series, we asked our NBC Sports Boston panel to channel their inner Tatum and offer a prediction for a potential 2025 Finals matchup. We also asked them to detail how the Celtics season ends and how we’ll reflect on the 2024-25 campaign as a whole.

(Check out our full Ramp to Camp series here.)

Maybe we’re still dizzy from all the Green Kool-Aid from last season, but it’s really hard to see these Celtics fading back to the pack. Yes, injuries are the ultimate wild card and the health of Kristaps Porzingis will remain a perpetual storyline. A midseason ownership change could add a layer of complexity, too.

But it feels like it will take multiple bumps in the road to derail the Celtics Express. This team has become elite at blocking out the noise — or turning negative energy into a positive. We’re slotting them right back in the Finals and predicting a season that starts with two preseason games against the Nuggets in Abu Dhabi will end with a much more high-stakes series between those same two teams in June.

The Nuggets were pretty much the only team that had Boston’s number last season — even if both games were competitive — and it seems only fitting that the Celtics’ title repeat goes through another proven champion.

What happens after that is anyone’s guess, particularly given the financial hurdles that will exist and a potential new owner at the helm. But the NBA’s first repeat champion of the past half-decade will generate some dynasty chatter, particularly with Boston able to keep its core intact for the 2025-26 season, so long as it’s willing to pay the ransom to do so.

We’ll admit it feels a little weird to be so bullish on Boston’s chances. Winning one title is hard, and sometimes it feels like…

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Publish date : 2024-09-19 13:50:53

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