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Prior to Monday night’s tip-off of the In-Season Tournament quarterfinals matchup between the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers, Charles Barkley confidently called his favorite to win the NBA Finals, going as far as guaranteeing it.
In a pregame segment during NBA on TNT, Barkley, along with Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie Johnson, and Kenny Smith, were discussing championship favorites. When the 15-4 Minnesota Timberwolves were thrown out as a contender, Barkley quickly inserted his opinion.
“I’m still not sold on the Timberwolves, that’s just my personal opinion,” Barkley said. “But I will say this, the Celtics are going to win the championship.”
Currently tied for the NBA’s best record with the Timberwolves (15-4), the Celtics have been off to a rolling start. They entered the new season with a new-look roster built around their foundation players of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, only having weeks to prepare with the newest addition Jrue Holiday arriving just before the start of the preseason. Now dealing with injuries, with Porzingis still sidelined, Boston has remained strong with impressive performances from bench players stepping up.
“The Boston Celtics are the best team in the NBA,” Barkley proclaimed. “The Boston Celtics are going to win the championship, guaranteed!”
Fans of other teams around the league quickly celebrated Barkley’s pick, as history has not been on his side.
Last season, in a battle between the Nikola Jokic-led Denver Nuggets and a heavy underdog Miami Heat team, Barkley predicted that the Heat would win it all — the Nuggets went on to beat the Heat four games to one. A year prior, Barkley also predicted that the Celtics would win the 2022 NBA Finals — the Golden State Warriors beat Boston four games to two.
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