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The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Celtics Win Banner 18 With Bill’s Dad

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.529.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by his Dad after watching the Celtics win their 18th NBA title from TD Garden. They relive some key moments from Game 5, give Joe Mazzulla his flowers, litigate the Finals MVP, rank this title in Boston sports history, wonder what's next for the Celtics, and more. Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Bill's Dad Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Coming up, the Celtics have won their 18th title.

0:05.0

I'm here with my dad next.

0:07.0

We're also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network,

0:11.0

where we have a bunch of basketball pods you can listen to all of them please do because

0:15.8

the Boston Celtics have won the NBA title I have a new rewatchable coming tomorrow night

0:20.2

that's why we did the longest yard. We do. I like the

0:24.8

original one. Yeah that's what we're doing.

0:26.4

1974 longest yard. That's coming Tuesday night because we had to do a special

0:29.7

Monday night podcast because the Boss Celtics won their 18th NBA Championship my dad is here

0:35.3

it's all next first our friends from Pro Oh, yeah. All right I'm here with my dad. He was 11-44 Eastern time. What happened today? You know I'm still nervous. Did we actually win that game?

1:06.0

The game's over, right? The game's over, right? It's over. We didn't give up that 18-20-point lead, right?

1:12.2

16 years ago, same day. didn't give up that 18-20 point lead, right?

1:13.1

16 years ago, same day, June 17, 2008.

1:17.1

We were there.

1:18.2

We were there, and the Celtics you knew within probably the midway mark of the second quarter was like they're definitely winning and

1:25.0

then the Lakers you could see that Celts are up by like 40 the whole second half was a party

1:29.7

Never a doubt we're gonna win this time around we're 21 with three minutes left and you and

1:34.8

I are like we got to stop Luca this time out. He might hit seven threes.

1:39.3

Even when we were up by 21 at halftime I had still had trouble getting Friday night's game out of my head.

1:46.4

And what an anomaly that whole game turns out to be.

1:51.1

We were terrific tonight. And I thought Tatum played the game of the year.

1:55.8

Yeah that was the most proud I've been of Tatum after a basketball game including

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