The NBA Finals are set, with the Celtics set to take on the Mavericks after Dallas took down Minnesota, 124-103, in Game 5 on Thursday.
While there were few surprises in the Eastern Conference playoffs, with the Celtics rolling through three rounds with just two losses, few expected the fifth-seeded Mavericks to be here. Dallas found itself tied, 2-2, against both the fourth-seeded Clippers and the top-seeded Thunder, before winning two Game 5s on the road and closing out each series at home in Game 6.
Then they blew through the Timberwolves, the Western Conference favorites after vanquishing the defending champion Nuggets, to book an unlikely place in the Finals.