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The Celtics’ Kristaps Porziņģis dunks over the Mavericks’ Dereck Lively II during the first quarter of Thursday’s Game 1 of the NBA finals.Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images “You want Boston?” asked the mock-incredulous hype video voiced by the part-owner of Birmingham City FC, who had a decent career dabbling in the other kind of football. “Take it from me,” warned Tom …

Getty Images Dan Hurley has surprisingly emerged as the top choice for the Los Angeles Lakers as they attempt to fill their head coaching vacancy, and so far, virtually every major stakeholder that has commented publicly has approved. In April, LeBron James shared his admiration for Hurley in response to a video clip of an interview between the UConn coach …

Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie On this very special episode of No Cap Room, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Jake Fischer is at TD Garden after the Boston Celtics won game 1 of the NBA Finals and Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Dan Devine is in the office to podcast about what just happened. The guys talk about how dominant …

BOSTON — There was a brief flash of a moment in the third quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals here when it seemed, just maybe, that Luka Doncic alone might beat the Boston Celtics all by himself.  And that perhaps this whole winning-a-ring thing wouldn’t be too hard after all for the Dallas Mavericks superstar. He hit a …

2024 NBA Finals – Game One Throughout an 82-game regular season, the Boston Celtics were the best team in the NBA. In the playoffs, they beat whoever was in front of them, usually handily. Still there were doubters — and the Celtics answered them emphatically in Game 1 with an 18-point win that wasn’t that close and was in garbage …

Kristaps Porzingis played coy when reporters asked him if he was at 100% leading into the NBA Finals. “Good question,” he said, reportedly with a smile on his face. “I don’t know. We’ll see.” The former All-Star missed Boston’s last 10 games with a calf strain, and his health was the single most significant story leading into the highly anticipated …

BOSTON — Kristaps Porziņģis ripped off the shirt that said “Walton” on it, rising to a standing ovation upon playing for the first time in a month — then proceeded to play like the missing piece from the second-to-last Celtics championship. Players from the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks honored the late NBA great, Bill Walton, by wearing a shirt …

On the eve of the NBA Finals, Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday was asked how his team could possibly stop talented Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving. Holiday’s answer was simple: Pray. For at least one night the basketball gods smiled favorably upon the Celtics, as Irving was held under wraps in Boston’s dominant 107-89 Game 1 victory over Dallas on …

Yahoo Sports’ Dan Titus discusses how Kristaps Porzingis and Jaylen Brown were key in the Boston Celtics Game 1 win over the Dallas Mavericks, and why Kyrie Irving and company are going to need more than nine assists to get it done in Game 2. View more Video Transcript Game one of the NBA finals is a wrap. The Boston …

Getty Images Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics fans that fill TD Garden don’t exactly have the best relationship. At a 2018 event in the arena, he promised fans in attendance that he planned to re-sign with the team as a free agent in 2019. One year later, he was playing for the Brooklyn Nets. When he returned to Boston …

Porzingis’ big Game 1 fueled by ‘unreal’ support from TD Garden crowd originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — Before Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals tipped off, Kristaps Porzingis was all smiles as he took the court to thunderous applause from the TD Garden crowd. Porzingis hadn’t played since suffering a calf strain in Game 4 of …

Holiday credits Brown’s leadership as Celtics maintain poise in Game 1 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics put on a clinic in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night, blowing out the Dallas Mavericks 107-89. But the Mavs did make things interesting at one point, cutting the Celtics’ 21-point halftime lead to eight in the …

In a perfect world, commissioner Adam Silver tonight would tee up his traditional NBA Finals table-setter with an official announcement about the league’s next round of media rights deals, which—in their current embryonic state, anyway—are expected to generate some $76 billion between 2025 and 2036. The world being what it is (which is to say: resolutely imperfect), Silver likely will …

What should we expect from Porzingis in Game 1? NBA insider weighs in originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics will get a key player back in the lineup Thursday night for Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks. Star center Kristaps Porzingis will make his return after missing the previous 10 playoff games …

Celtics-Mavs takeaways: No rust for Porzingis as C’s cruise to Game 1 win originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — The Boston Celtics’ 2024 NBA Finals run couldn’t have gotten off to a much better start. The C’s treated the raucous TD Garden crowd to a dominant performance vs. the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 on Thursday night. They …

The Boston Celtics honored longtime center and former ESPN analyst Bill Walton on Thursday night as they kicked off the NBA Finals. The Celtics handed out small tie-dyed pins with Walton’s name on them to fans entering TD Garden for Game 1 of their NBA Finals series against the Dallas Mavericks, which made for the perfect tribute for their former …

Connecticut coach Dan Hurley speaks during a news conference ahead of the NCAA Final Four on April 4. Hurley is considered a leading candidate for the Lakers’ coaching job. (David J. Phillip / Associated Press) Surprise, surprise. That echo you heard was the Lakers doubling down on the coach who just followed one dominant march through March with another. Dan …

Report: Kings host four prospects for pre-draft workouts Wednesday originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Kings continue to do their due diligence ahead of the 2024 NBA Draft, with Sacramento holding the Nos. 14 and 45 overall selections. Sacramento hosted Weber State’s Dillon Jones Kentucky’s Trey Alexander, Pittsburgh’s Carlton Carrington and Miami’s Kyshawn George for a pre-draft workout …

How Celtics honored Bill Walton at Game 1 of NBA Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston With emotions already high ahead of tip-off for Game 1 of the NBA Finals at TD Garden, the Boston Celtics took the time to honor the life and legacy of one of their own: 1986 champion Bill Walton. Walton, who lost his battle …

Getty Images The Boston Celtics honored the late Bill Walton ahead of Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks. There was a tribute video and moment of silence at TD Garden, and players wore special Nike warmup shirts with his name written in tie dye to represent the basketball legend’s iconic style. Walton passed away on …

The ball is in the NBA’s court, so to speak. After days of reports about the future of the NBA on TV, weeks of speculation around the potential end of TNT’s relationship with the league (plus the dissolution of its award-winning studio show), and months of negotiations with multiple media conglomerates, the NBA Finals tipped off Thursday night without a …

WATCH: Kyrie gets deafening boos in return to TD Garden for Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — Kyrie Irving is public enemy No. 1 at TD Garden for the 2024 NBA Finals. The former Celtic, now taking on his ex-teammates with the Dallas Mavericks, received thunderous boos upon taking the parquet for Game 1 on Thursday night. …

MacMullan shares insight on Jaylen’s relationship with Kyrie originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston To say Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics have history would be an understatement. Irving spent just two seasons in Boston from 2017 to 2019 but departed as a villain for a variety of reasons, from reneging on his October 2018 promise to re-sign with the …

The Los Angeles Lakers are, above all else, star-chasers. This is franchise whose core philosophy more often than not boils down to landing the big fish and figuring the rest out later. For the better part of 60 years, that philosophy has worked, and that success has informed future decision-making.  That much was evident in the way that they conducted their coaching …

The Boston Celtics honored longtime center and former ESPN analyst Bill Walton on Thursday night as they kicked off the NBA Finals. The Celtics handed out small tie-dye pins with Walton’s name on them to fans entering TD Garden for Game 1 of their NBA Finals series against the Dallas Mavericks, which made for the perfect tribute for their former …