The Boston Celtics are entering the NA Finals as a huge favorite over the Dallas Mavericks. We have seen the Celtics path be arguably the easiest of a team in quite some time.

The veterans we have come to know over the years in Al Horford, Jayson Tatum, and Jaylen Brown have endured failure countless times, and seemed ready to take the throne two seasons ago. Steph Curry and the Warriors had different plans and adjusted beautifully from a defensive standpoint

Two years later the Celtics made some adjustments by adding Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis. Holiday may be 33 years old but has been through the grind of the NBA dating back to 2009. He also experienced an NBA title with the Milwaukee Bucks.

He has found his offense this postseason and continued to excel on the defensive end of the floor, including a big stop on Tyrese Halburton in game one. In the ECF he averaged 19 PPG, including a huge game one with 28.

His defensive excellence could be the main difference going up against Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks.