The Boston Celtics grabbed a 122-107 victory on the road against the Dallas Mavericks Saturday night behind a strong offensive performance that saw all five Celtics starters score 17 or more points. This was the first meeting between the two clubs since the 2024 NBA Finals.

Isaiah Thomas is attempting another NBA comeback, and got off to a great start in his G League debut for the Salt Lake City Stars on Tuesday night.

As well as Kyrie Irving has played, the hobbled Mavericks have been a bottom-seven offense over the past month, minus Luka Dončić.

Individually, Irving’s numbers were better against the Celtics on Saturday, but for the Mavericks the result was all too familiar. They will see the Celtics again, in Boston, on Feb. 6, trade deadline day. Perhaps they will have Doncic back, or nearly back, by then.

Jayson Tatum scored 24 points, Derrick White added 23, including Boston’s first 11 of the third quarter, and the Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-107 on Saturday night in the first meeting between the teams since the NBA Finals.

And one league analyst who knows as much about the Celtics as anyone recently tipped his hand that he thinks Boston does have some reason to be concerned about their recent spate of mediocre play -- Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix.

The Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics met in Dallas on Saturday for their first matchup since last season's NBA Finals. Dallas was missing many key pieces, including starters Luka Doncic and Dereck Lively II, while Boston was wrapping up a four-game road trip.

The Boston Celtics became NBA champions for the 18th time at the end of last season, after knocking off the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the 2024 NBA Finals. But the path to another ...

Jaylen Brown has been working through an adjustment period. The 2024 NBA Finals MVP has been tasked with playing a different role this season. Rather than being the spearhead to the Celtics offense and first-quarter leader,

The Dallas Mavericks fell to the Boston Celtics in an NBA Finals rematch on Saturday evening, 122-107. While it was a disappointing result for the Mavs, there was one shining moment for them.

For the third consecutive year, the NBA All-Star Game will feature two Boston Celtics. Jaylen Brown was announced Thursday as one of the seven All-Star reserves from the Eastern Conference. It was the third straight All-Star nod and fourth in the last five years for Brown,