As Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown Take a Backseat, Magic Johnson Admits Celtics’ Heavy Toll on Mavs

Magic Johnson was hesitant to call it before but the team of his once biggest rival is proving him right. After Boston secured a 2-0 lead over Dallas in the finals, the 5x champion’s analysis is coming true. While Luka Doncic did his thing, scored 32 points and became the game’s leading scorer, tonight it was Jrue Holiday’s time to shine on the home court. Magic saw it coming before Game 2 ended 105-98 for the Celtics, a franchise Magic had his most epic clashes with.

As is customary for the league’s representative hypeman, he hopped on to X to give tonight’s star a shoutout. “The Celtics continue to prove that their overall talent is too much for the Mavs, winning tonight even without their stars Tatum and Brown as the lead scorer! They dominated both the paint and the perimeter – Jrue Holiday went 9-9 in the paint in his 26 point performance, and 4 other Celtics scored in double figures (Brown, Tatum, White, and Porzingis).”

Before the series began, Magic had a cautious analysis instead of an all-out prediction. When he says the Celtics have overall talent, he refers to Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum having reliable backups in Jrue Holiday, Derrick White, and Kristaps Porzingis. Before he was sure the Celtics can distribute the scoring burden, a privilege Dallas doesn’t seem to have.

He is a huge fan of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving individually. He even loves their backcourt chemistry. Moreover, the reformation of the Mavericks post trade deadline gave him a lot of hope. Sadly, Magic also predicted that Luka and Kyrie would be outnumbered with Dallas’ reliance on them.

This is a developing story.

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