The Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night, 105-98, to take a 2-0 lead in the 2024 NBA Finals and Jrue Holiday was the big story. The second-team All-Defense nominee scored 26 points on 11-of-14 shooting and pulled down 11 rebounds to pair with his standard excellence in guarding Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving.
Holiday was also part of the story in the lead-up to Game 2, and probably not in the way he wanted. Mavs head coach Jason Kidd made headlines over the weekend by calling Jaylen Brown the best player on the Celtics, a comment many felt was a transparent attempt to sow dissension between Brown and Jayson Tatum. For their part the two superstars essentially brushed aside the comment when speaking to media.
When Holiday was asked about it, though, he went viral because he said he didn't think Kidd was lying before going on to sing Brown's praises. After the big Game 2 win, Holiday took a moment before his press conference to address the situation.
