Dave Portnoy and the rest of his fellow Boston Celtics fans will have to wait a little longer to light up their celebratory cigars after a tough loss in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
The outspoken Barstool Sports supreme headed to Dallas for a championship win and came prepared with a cigar to light up when his team completed the job.
Leading up to the game, Portnoy had been optimistic in his prediction that the Celtics would sweep the Mavericks in four, but it turned out to be wrong.
Instead, Luka Doncic put on a monster display to help the Mavs to the third-largest victory in NBA Finals history, guaranteeing a Game 5 in Boston on Monday.
It’s not like Portnoy watched the entire game, though, as he posted a video of himself outside the American Airlines Center toward the end of the third quarter.
Dave Portnoy left Game 4 of the NBA Finals early and his Celtics lost badly
The clip begins with a cigar in Portnoy’s mouth, then he takes it out and puts it safely in a bag, before putting it in his back pocket.
He then followed his video with a tweet in which he listed the “positive points from tonight.”
They were:
- 1. I’d rather be knocked down like this than lose close
- 2. The Dallas fans were very nice.
- 3. More fun to win in Boston
Had Portnoy stayed until the end, he would have seen the Mavs win 122-84, with Doncic adding 29 points, five rebounds and five assists.
Portnoy sits courtside at the American Airlines Center before Friday night’s Game 4
Luka Doncic put on a show by scoring 29 points in the Mavericks’ impressive rout of Boston
Portnoy was previously seen at a Celtics game with Camryn D’Aloia, 25 years old (center right)
However, it’s still the Celtics who have a big lead in the Finals, and they travel back to Boston on Monday with a 3-1 lead and the ability to win it at home.
The Celtics last won the championship in 2008 and tickets are expected to sell for thousands of dollars on Monday night.
Portnoy also has financial problems when it comes to the NBA Finals, as he could earn $1.6 million if the Celtics win.
He already claims to have won $5.4 million on sports betting this year and may increase his winnings to $7 million by early next week.
His bet was a two-game parlay that began with Scottie Scheffler winning the Masters in April, and the second part was the Celtics winning the Finals.
