On the morning of June 18, Beijing time, Game 5 of the NBA Finals returned to the Celtics' home court. The Celtics, who returned to their home court, once again found the feeling of winning, and finally defeated the Mavericks at home, defeating the opponent 4-1 and winning the 18th championship.
After the start of the game, Holiday broke through the layup to open the scoring, the Mavericks did not score for a long time, Gaverd scored on an empty dunk, and the Celtics continued to counterattack. The score soon came to 9:2. Doncic scored on a driving layup and drew a foul on Horford and hit a free throw, Doncic scored for the first time. White made both free throws for a foul. Porzingis came out and the crowd cheered. Jaylen Brown countered and scored on a layup. Josh Green hit a three-pointer. Josh Green hit another three-pointer. White hit a three-pointer. Irving assists Lively for a dunk. Porzingis was not moving enough to be targeted, and Celtic asked for a timeout.
After a timeout, Doncic scored on a driving layup, and Porzingis made one of two free throws for a foul. Lively was whistled for a covering foul. Tatum scored on a breakaway layup. Josh Green hit another three-pointer. Holiday assists Jaylen Brown for a dunk. Hauser hit a three-pointer and Jaylen Brown countered and scored on a layup. Tatum countered and scored on a layup, and the difference was 10 points in the blink of an eye. At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics led 28-18. At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics beat the Mavericks 9-0.
In the second quarter, Jones Jr. scored on a layup and Hauser hit a three-pointer. Irving scored on a breakaway layup. Brown hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner. Porzingis hits mid-range shot. Cromber scores on a layup. Tatum made two fouls and made both free throws. Irving hit a three-pointer. Holiday returned a three-pointer. Jones Jr. hit a three-pointer. Tatum scored on a breakaway layup. Tatum scored on a driving layup and drew a foul, adding free throws.
Jaylen Brown hit a three-pointer to extend the Celtics' lead to 15 points. Then the Celtics hit a three-pointer. The Lone Ranger returned the salute with two points. Owen made a steal and fell to the broadcast box. Jaylen Brown made one of two free throws for a foul. Tatum hit a three-point shot against Doncic's defense, and Doncic scored a layup that caused Tatum to foul and miss the free throw. Pritchard hit a long-range three-pointer just past halftime. At halftime, the Celtics led 67-46.
In the third quarter, Doncic hit a mid-range shot. Holiday assists Tatum for a dunk. White hit a three-pointer. Garver scores. Horford hit a three-pointer. Horford singled out Lively for a foul and made both free throws. Holiday scores on a layup. Josh Green hit a three-pointer. The Mavericks went 7:0 to narrow the gap to 19 points. Holiday hits mid-range shot. Doncic made one of two free throws for Porzingis for a foul. Tatum made Hardaway foul and made both free throws. Doncic scored on a layup, and the Celtics called a timeout. Coming back from the timeout, both teams fell into a scoring drought. Horford grabbed the rebound and fouled, and Exum hit one of two free throws. Hauser hits mid-range shot. Jaylen Brown hits mid-range shot. The margin returned to 21 points. Josh Green drove to the basket and was blocked by Tatum. Doncic wipes the board and hits. At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics led 86-67.
In the fourth quarter, Lively's dunk was blocked by White. In two minutes, both teams did not score a point. Brown assists Porzingis for a dunk after breaking through. Doncic hit a three-pointer. White hit a three-pointer. Doncic scored on a driving layup. Tatum scored on a driving layup and drew a foul on Lively and hit a free throw. Irving hit a three-pointer. Tatum rolls over and hits a jumper. Josh Green and Irving missed open three-pointers, and Jaylen Brown countered with a foul and hit both free throws. Doncic hit a three-pointer. Doncic missed a three-point shot, and Tatum named Doncic for a layup. The Lone Ranger made another mistake. Tatum scored on a strong attack. The score came to 102:78, with 4:39 left before the end of the game, and the Mavericks called a timeout. Doncic fell. Tatum made two fouls and made both free throws. Doncic scored on a driving layup. Jaylen Brown made both free throws for a foul. Irving hit a three-pointer. Doncic steals Holiday and assists Washington on a layup. The Mavericks are ready to come off the bench. With 2:02 left in the game, the Celtics led by 21 points. In the end, the Celtics defeated the Mavericks 106-88 and defeated the opponent 4-1 to win the championship.