It was close but no cigar for the Celtics in the 2022 NBA Finals.

No cigar in a figurative sense, as they squandered a 2-1 series lead against the Warriors and watched their title hopes slip away. No cigar in a literal sense, in that they didn’t have a chance to light up the cigars Jaylen Brown gave the team to ignite the run.

After the heartbreaking loss, Celtics guard Derrick White gathered those cigars and held onto them for safekeeping for two years.

“I kept it in my locker from that moment,” White said on the White Noise Podcast. “I was like, ‘When we win, I’m going to give these out.'”

Derrick White says he kept cigars from when the Celtics lost the finals in 2022 and handed them out when they won in 2024 pic.twitter.com/bDApoUHwOZ — jb (@lockedupjb) August 12, 2025

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