Moments after his team advanced to the NBA Finals, Ime Udoka wasn’t celebrating. He wanted to put something in perspective.
At the end of his postgame press conference, the Celtics coach — fresh off a 100-96 Game 7 win over the Miami Heat at FTX Arena — took time to address the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers last week.
“One thing I do want to say and bring awareness to,” he began, unprompted, “as we’re all celebrating this win, I can’t help but think — you know, when I talk to my son, a 10-year-old — I think about Uvalde and what’s happened.