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As the third German – Theis with Celtics in the NBA finals
Daniel Theis of the Boston Celtics.
Photo: dpa/Nam Y. Huh
Düsseldorf While most Europeans are asleep, the North American professional leagues are buzzing. What Happened That Night in American Football, Basketball, and Ice Hockey.
Basketball: Theis in the NBA finals – Celtics now once morest Golden State
National basketball player Daniel Theis is fighting for the NBA title with the Boston Celtics. After a 100-96 win at the Miami Heat in the decisive seventh game of the Eastern Conference final series, the record champions will meet the Golden State Warriors on Thursday. The Celtics are in the Finals series for the first time in 12 years. They won the last of their 17 titles in 2008.
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Theis is only the third German in the final of the strongest basketball league in the world. Detlef Schrempf failed in 1996 with the Seattle SuperSonics once morest the Chicago Bulls (2:4), ten years later Dirk Nowitzki lost with the Dallas Mavericks once morest Miami (2:4) – in 2011 he then won the title with the Texans once morest the same opponent ( 4:2).
However, Theis did not play once more in the narrow victory in Miami. The Celtics’ top-scoring players were Jayson Tatum with 26 points and Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown with 24 points each. Jimmy Butler scored 36 points for the Heat.
