Boston Celtics guard Derrick White did a painful-looking face plant on the TD Backyard court docket on Monday evening and stayed within the sport.
In the long run, he acquired to smile because the Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Recreation 5 to win the franchise’s record-setting 18th NBA championship.
The smile revealed one thing else: a chipped tooth.
“I would lose all my tooth for a championship,” he advised ABC in the course of the postgame celebration.
This championship was all about teamwork and sacrifice. White was diving for a unfastened ball when Dallas’ Dereck Vigorous landed on prime of White, rolling onto his head. White was handled briefly on the sideline for bleeding.
He ended up taking part in greater than 38 minutes and scoring 14 factors with eight rebounds.
“We did not skip any steps from the start to the top,” he mentioned. “Simply the locker room, every thing, it is particular.”
A parade, the staff’s first since 2008, is within the Celtics’ future. A visit to the dentist shall be in White’s future, too.
“I am going to get it fastened and luxuriate in this one,” he mentioned.
Contributing: Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY