BOSTON — The Celtics are set for a championship parade this week but the weather will make the wait to celebrate a little longer than normal. A team source told MassLive that the tentative plan will be to hold the victory parade on Friday, creating a three-day wait after the Celtics won their 18th NBA championship on Monday night against the Dallas Mavericks.
Normally, a parade would occur just a couple days after a championship win, but the city pushed the Celtics to wait until Friday to celebrate due to a record heat wave expected to hit Boston Tuesday through Thursday.
An expected start time is projected to be late Friday night morning with the duck boats serving as the parade vehicles for the champion Celtics. It will be the first parade in Boston since the Patriots won the Super Bowl in February 2019.
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With a few days to celebrate, the Celtics are scheduled to fly to Miami on Tuesday to keep the party going until celebrating with Boston fans on Friday. Jayson Tatum is one who will be happy to cherish the experience with Boston fans after winning his first title on the Garden parquet.
“I mean, this is going to be a night that I will remember for the rest of my life, from the game, the celebration, these moments,” Tatum said. “You know, over the last couple years, we had some tough losses at home in the playoffs. We’ve lost the NBA Championship at home in front of our fans. We had a chance to beat Miami in Game 6 a few years ago and lost that one. So to have a big win, the biggest win that you could have in front of your home crowd, I felt like that was really important to go out there and do everything in my power to make sure we won this game tonight.”
