KRISTAPS PORZINGIS WAS THERE DERRICK WHITE IS ON THE COURT. LET’S LISTEN TO HIM. PULLED OUT ALL YOUR TEETH. IF IT MEANT WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THAT I’M JUST KIDDING. YEAH. HELL YEAH. WAS IT WORTH IT I’D DO IT AGAIN. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT A LARGE CONTINGENT HERE. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE TONIGHT IN THE BUILDING? I’VE GOT A LOT OF LOVE FROM. YOU WANT TO SHOUT HIM OUT? WHO YOU GOT HERE? OH, UH, FIRST I GOT MY WIFE. MY KID WAS HERE. ANDREW, NEED A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MY MOM? YEAH, I GOT YOU. START FROM THE BACK, MIKE. HOLLY. MARCUS HERE. ALEX WELSH. THAT’S IN DERRY. MARCUS. PAPA WALSH. THANK YOU. EMILY. BROOKE. ABBY. DAN. RED. JAMAL. REECE.
Derrick White chips tooth in Game 5 win, says after game, ‘I’d lose all my teeth for a championship’
Updated: 12:49 AM EDT Jun 18, 2024
Celtics guard Derrick White truly gave his all in helping Boston win its 18th NBA championship.In fact, White gave up a piece of one of his teeth!Late in the second quarter, White dove for a loose ball before Mavericks’ Dereck Lively fell onto his head, slamming his face onto the floor. He was slow to get up and was bleeding from the mouth, but he stayed in to play his normal minutes for much of the rest of the game. After the game, White said, “I’d lose all my teeth for a championship.”
Celtics guard Derrick White truly gave his all in helping Boston win its 18th NBA championship.
In fact, White gave up a piece of one of his teeth!
Late in the second quarter, White dove for a loose ball before Mavericks’ Dereck Lively fell onto his head, slamming his face onto the floor.
He was slow to get up and was bleeding from the mouth, but he stayed in to play his normal minutes for much of the rest of the game.
After the game, White said, “I’d lose all my teeth for a championship.”