Celtics to celebrate NBA title at White House on Thursday

The Boston Celtics will likely be making their journey to the White Home to have a good time profitable their record-setting 18th NBA championship with President Joe Biden on Thursday.

Boston hosts the undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA Cup motion on Tuesday, then has two days off earlier than enjoying one other NBA Cup recreation in Washington in opposition to the Wizards on Friday, making this a straightforward alternative for the Celtics to have a good time their accomplishment on the White Home.

The Celtics went 16 years between profitable titles earlier than claiming the 2024 championship in June with a five-game victory over the Dallas Mavericks within the NBA Finals.

The Denver Nuggets did not go to Biden in 2023 after profitable the title in 2023 attributable to scheduling conflicts, and the 2020 Los Angeles Lakers had been unable to make the journey after Biden took workplace in January 2021. Previous to that, the 2017 and 2018 Golden State Warriors and 2019 Toronto Raptors didn’t go to the White Home throughout President Donald Trump’s first time period in workplace.

That is already Boston’s second and last journey to Washington of the season, having performed the Wizards in D.C. for the primary time this season on Oct. 24.