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How Tatum’s maturity has helped lift Celtics to 2-0 Finals lead originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It’s one thing to talk about putting the team ahead of individual stats. It’s quite another for your superstar player to fully embrace a facilitator role on the NBA’s biggest stage, a day after the opposing coach suggested that player wasn’t even the …

Yahoo Sports is breaking down the top players in the 2024 NBA Draft by position this week. First up, the point guards, led by UConn’s Stephon Castle, who is projected inside the top 5 and has elected to turn down workouts with teams that already have established floor generals. This class also features a number of smaller guards who were …

The Dallas Mavericks bounced back from a Game 1 blowout Sunday night with a big game from Luka Dončić and an improved effort from the field. It didn’t matter. The Boston Celtics overcame poor shooting from 3 and from Jayson Tatum to secure a 105-98 win in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Jrue Holiday paced the Boston offense with …

BOSTON — If the rest of the league has one regret through two games of the NBA Finals, it is a question the Milwaukee Bucks must ask themselves daily: How did we let the Boston Celtics acquire Jrue Holiday? He was available from the Portland Trail Blazers for a moment, when the Bucks discarded him in favor of Damian Lillard, …

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BOSTON — It’s the moments the Dallas Mavericks will likely lament from their Game 2 loss to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals more than the overall performance. Luka Dončić blamed himself, the turnovers and missed free throws in the 105-98 loss at the TD Garden on Sunday night, but he more than acquitted himself fine in the wake …

Celtics fans celebrate a playoff win as Kobe Bryant sits on the bench and puts his head in a towel in Boston on June 8, 2008. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Driven by deep-seated disdain, Darrian Woods — the self-proclaimed pettiest Lakers fan, as his X.com handle suggests — can’t bear the thought of another Boston championship banner raised …

2024 NBA Finals – Game Two BOSTON — The Celtics were going to have a bad shooting night at some point this series (they always do). The kind of game where they shoot 5-of-27 (18.5%) on above-the-break 3s (and 5-of-12 from the corners), plus 8-of-18 from the midrange (including floaters). That game was Sunday night. The shots that generally propel …

Connecticut coach Dan Hurley points out instructions during a win over San Diego State in the Sweet 16 on March 28. (Michael Dwyer / Associated Press) The Lakers’ coaching search could end Monday. Dan Hurley told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski the Lakers made a “compelling case” for him to become the franchise’s next coach, but he loves what he has built …

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill is joined by Dan Devine to discuss Celtics guard Jrue Holiday’s candidacy for Finals MVP and why he’s been so effective against the Mavericks. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. View …

Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie On this very special episode of the Good Word with Goodwill, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill chats with Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Dan Devine after the conclusion of game 2 of the 2024 NBA Finals. The Boston Celtics won in commanding fashion, yet again, and took a 2-0 lead over the Mavericks …

After a starring role for the Celtics in Game 1, Kristaps Porziņģis appeared to tweak something during Boston’s Game 2 win Sunday over the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Porziņģis briefly left the sideline for the locker room and moved gingerly throughout his time on the court in the second half of his 12-point, four-rebound effort. He acknowledged after …

Yahoo Sports’ Dan Titus reacts to Game 2 of the NBA Finals, with Jrue Holiday and Derrick White coming up big on both sides of the ball for the Boston Celtics to overcome Luka Doncic’s big triple double. Meanwhile, Kyrie Irving still hasn’t found his groove yet, and it’s costing the Dallas Mavericks. View more Video Transcript All right. Game …

After the Boston Celtics dispatched the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals, the post-game TV broadcast team went around the table naming their MVP of the series thus far. There were a couple of Jaylen Brown votes, along with one for Jrue Holiday. Then, Bob Myers, architect of four Golden State Warriors …

Porzingis shares great response to injury concern entering Game 3 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — The Boston Celtics are two wins away from an NBA championship, but the injury status of one of their best players once again is a storyline. Big man Kristaps Porzingis played just 23 minutes in Game 2 of the 2024 NBA Finals …

Jrue Holiday led the Boston Celtics in scoring with 26 points in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday. Asked about his offense in a walkoff interview with ESPN’s Lisa Salters, Holiday credited Jayson Tatum, who assisted on seven of his 11 made field goals. “J.T. was taking it to the basket, they were double-teaming him and he was making …

BOSTON — Whether it was gamesmanship or pure candor from Dallas’ head coach, Jason Kidd’s proclamation of Jaylen Brown being Boston’s best player certainly shifted a blistering spotlight back onto the battle that’s brewed throughout Brown and Jayson Tatum’s seven seasons together. It’s been a fight for these Celtics to resist the temptations of external antagonism, to the point Jrue …

The Dallas Mavericks are down 0-2 in the NBA Finals after the Boston Celtics recorded a 105-98 victory in Game 2 on Sunday night, and Luka Doncic, of all people, is the one taking the blame for the Dallas defeat.  “I think my turnovers and my missed free throws cost us the game,” Doncic said. “I’ve got to do way …

Jrue Holiday clarifies response to Jason Kidd’s Jaylen Brown comment originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — Before taking questions from the media after the Boston Celtics’ Game 2 win over the Dallas Mavericks, Jrue Holiday had a statement to make. The veteran guard wanted to clear up a comment he made in response to Mavs coach Jason Kidd …

BOSTON — It’s entirely possible Jason Kidd was correct. Maybe Jayson Tatum isn’t the Boston Celtics’ best player. It’s also becoming increasingly evident it may not matter much. On Sunday, in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, Boston took a 2-0 series lead against the Mavericks behind a 105-98 victory despite Tatum’s brutally inefficient shooting night. He was a downright awful …

Mazzulla credits Pritchard for ‘play of the game’ in Game 2 win originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston After a rocky start, the Boston Celtics rallied to beat the Dallas Mavericks 105-98 in Game 2 of the 2024 NBA Finals on Sunday night and take a 2-0 series lead. And while Jrue Holiday and Jaylen Brown dominated the stat sheet, …

Celtics-Mavs takeaways: Holiday leads C’s to thrilling Game 2 win originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — The Boston Celtics will head to Dallas with a commanding 2-0 series lead in the 2024 NBA Finals. After a dominant Game 1, the C’s took Game 2 in more of a grind-it-out win in front of the TD Garden crowd. They …

From NBC Sports Betting Analyst Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper): “The key to watch tonight is 3pt. attempts. If the Celtics continue to get up twice the number of 3s compared to the Mavs, then expect another runaway.” Boston took 42 3-pointers and made 16 in Game 1 (38.1) compared to only 7 3-pointers on 27 attempts (25.9%) for Dallas (and only …

Dan Hurley of the Connecticut Huskies coaches during the national championship game against the Purdue Boilermakers at State Farm Stadium on April 8, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) UConn head coach Dan Hurley has a tough decision ahead, but the final choice may be coming sooner rather than later. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Hurley plans …

Adam Silver teases three potential NBA expansion cities originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks outlasted 28 other teams to reach the 2024 NBA Finals. That number may increase in the very near future. NBA commissioner Adam Silver joined NBC Sports Boston’s Celtics Pregame Live on Sunday at TD Garden ahead of Game …