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With Finals underway, answers coming soon in Sixers’ offseason of possibilities originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia This Sixers offseason isn’t short on possibilities. As president of basketball operations Daryl Morey acknowledged last month, everything from mammoth home runs to much less satisfying outcomes sounds plausible. “I think that there’s a chance that all the balls go up and they …

Tom Brady will always be woven into Boston sports fabric. The Celtics reminded fans of that with a video released Wednesday, a day before they face the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The latest in the Celtics’ series of hype videos featured throughout the playoffs was narrated by Brady, who best represents Boston’s championship pedigree with …

Finally! The 2024 NBA Finals tip off Thursday night between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks. Both Finalists have taken unique paths to the championship stage, where there will be familiar faces, star reunions, intriguing matchups and lots of legacies on the line. Who will be crowned champions? Our staff offers 24 takes on the ’24 Finals. 1. Who …

Tobias Harris did not have a great playoffs, meaning his fantasy standing is in peril for next season. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) The NBA Finals begin on Thursday, so with a couple of days in between, let’s discuss a few players who caught my attention in the postseason. Rather than pull from the teams competing for the championship, I revisited …

Report: Lakers targeting UConn’s Hurley as next head coach originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly want to make a back-to-back national champion their next head coach. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday morning that the NBA franchise is preparing a “massive, long-term” contract offer for UConn’s Dan Hurley. BREAKING: The Los Angeles Lakers are targeting …

Earlier this week, during an appearance on “The Mike Francesa Podcast,” UConn’s Dan Hurley left open the possibility of one day leaving for the NBA. The coach of college basketball’s two-time reigning national champs said that UConn fits him perfectly but that he aspires to test himself at the highest level “if the right NBA situation were to come along.” …

BOSTON — Kyrie Irving knows what’s coming. He’s heard it before — and it got to him. Boston Celtics fans have a special kind of venom when it comes to Irving, who once stood at center court in the TD Garden and said, “If you guys will have me back, I plan on re-signing here,” but a few months later …

NBA Finals Game 1 result: Boston Celtics win 107-89 Kristaps Porzingis returned to the Boston Celtics’ lineup for the first time since suffering a calf injury in late April and frankly, the Unicorn dominated as the Celtics took Game 1 of the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks by the score of 107-89. Acquired this past offseason by Boston, Porzingis …

Celtics’ game plan for Luka yields historic results in Game 1 win originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — Conventional wisdom would suggest the key to beating the Dallas Mavericks is to stop superstar Luka Doncic from scoring. In Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics employed a different strategy: stop everyone else. Doncic tallied a game-high …

Jaylen Brown starred as the Boston Celtics put on a dominant display to beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 in game one of the NBA Finals. The 27-year-old top scored with 22 points, while five of his team-mates also recorded double figures for the Celtics who are aiming to win a record 18th title. But the Celtics’ defensive display was just …

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Jake Fischer and Senior NBA writer Dan Devine discuss what the Dallas Mavericks need out of Kyrie Irving after his subpar Game 1 performance in order to be competitive against the Boston Celtics. Hear the full conversation on “No Cap Room” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, …

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 …