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How to watch Celtics-Mavs in the 2024 NBA Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The wait is over. The 2024 NBA Finals begin Thursday night at TD Garden, where the Boston Celtics will host the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the series. This will be the 23rd Finals appearance for the Celtics in their storied history. They have …

UConn women’s basketball coaching legend Geno Auriemma happened to be with UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley on Wednesday night at the university’s “Road Show” event that brought the school’s coaches together to interact with fans. Unprovoked, Auriemma made a remark to his colleague that is fitting in hindsight given the bombshell report on Thursday that the Los Angeles Lakers …

NBA Finals a reminder of Grant Williams’ missed opportunity originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Grant Williams is in the news this week. On Monday, he’ll be the featured speaker at the Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards honoring the best student athletes from the Volunteer State. It’s on brand for the civically minded Williams, whose mom is a NASA …

UConn women’s basketball coaching legend Geno Auriemma happened to be with UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley on Wednesday night at the university’s “Road Show” event that brought the school’s coaches together to interact with fans. Unprovoked, Auriemma made a remark to his colleague that is fitting in hindsight given the bombshell report on Thursday that the Los Angeles Lakers …

Yahoo Sports Senior NBA reporter Jake Fischer examines the impact on various head coaching candidates as Los Angeles shifts focus to the two-time reigning national championship coach from UConn. View more Video Transcript The Los Angeles Lakers are now targeting uconn head coach Dan Hurley to be the next leader of the Lakers sidelines. A source confirmed to Yahoo Sports …

Getty Images The Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics will kick off the 2024 NBA Finals tonight, and both teams pulled out all the stops for their hype videos. Two of the greatest quarterbacks in the modern era, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes, helped get the respective fan bases fired up for Game 1. Mahomes, who grew up outside Dallas, narrated …

In a sharp turn from the rumors floating around in recent days, the Lakers are “targeting” two-time NCAA national champion coach Dan Hurley of UConn to take over as their next head coach. Los Angeles is preparing to offer Hurley—a gifted Xs and Os coach known for player development—a “massive, long-term contract” in hopes he cannot only coach LeBron James …

Beyond the scoring: Tatum opens up about ‘do-everything’ role for C’s originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston If you go back and read Jayson Tatum’s scouting reports coming out of Duke in 2017, you’ll find plenty about his scoring ability. You’ll find decidedly less about his other attributes — particularly his playmaking ability. “He wasn’t the most willing passer on …

The 2024 NBA Finals begin on Thursday when the Boston Celtics host the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1. Celtics forward Jayson Tatum led the way in a sweep over Indiana in the Eastern Conference finals, finishing with at least 23 points in all four games. He has posted 10 double-doubles so far this postseason, averaging 26.0 points, 10.4 rebounds and …

Jason Kidd faces one last NBA mountain with Mavs in Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Having experienced the great and ugly of sports, and of life, the most popular high school athlete in Bay Area sports history now wears his gray facial hair like a badge of maturity earned through years of toil, turbulence and accomplishment. Jason …

The Dallas Mavericks are heading to the 2024 NBA Finals, where they’ll meet the Boston Celtics. Their best-of-seven series will open Thursday as Game 1 tips at 8:30 p.m. ET from TD Graden in Boston. It will be more than a decade since either franchise has hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy.  The Mavs ousted the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-103 to win the …

Tom Brady will always be woven into Boston sports fabric. The Celtics reminded fans of that with a video released on 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 NBA playoffs was narrated by Brady, who best represents Boston’s championship …

Though the Boston Celtics are nearly a 2-to-1 favorite to win the title over the Dallas Mavericks, this feels like a much closer series than that. Maybe the books are right. Maybe Boston has been the best team all season and will validate that status with authority over the next few weeks. Personally, I don’t think it will play that …

UConn coach Dan Hurley celebrates after the NCAA men’s basketball title game in April in Glendale, Ariz. (Brynn Anderson / Associated Press) The Lakers are planning to offer their head-coaching position to UConn head coach Dan Hurley, according to people with knowledge of the team’s plans not authorized to speak publicly. The sides are expected to have increased discussions in …

The 2024 NBA postseason is well underway, and the basketball betting market is hotter than ever. CBS Sports will provide daily picks for the duration of the postseason. Sam Quinn will make at least one pick for every game between now and the NBA Finals. I’m going Dallas across the board in Game 1. Until I have visual evidence that Kristaps Porzingis …

Dan Hurley high fives center Donovan Clingan during this year’s NCAA Tournament, which UConn won. Photograph: Bob Donnan/USA Today Sports The Los Angeles Lakers aim to hire Dan Hurley, who has led UConn to back-to-back NCAA national titles, as their next coach, according to ESPN. Hurley is known for his tactical prowess as well as his ability to develop players, …

Teams with superstars generally win in the NBA, but you might not realize just how few exceptions there are to that rule. Prior to this year, 31 of the past 33 NBA champions had a current or former MVP on the roster. Since the MVP award was first given out, 65 of the 67 NBA Finals featured a player who …

by Zak Hanshew, Rotoworld Previous team recaps: DET, WAS, POR, CHA, SAS, TOR, MEM, UTA, BKN, ATL, CHI, HOU, SAC, GSW, MIA, PHI, ORL, LAL At a glance: Record: 47-35 (6th, East)  Offensive Rating: 120.5 (2nd) Defensive Rating: 117.6 (24th)  Net Rating: 2.9 (10th)  Pace: 102.1 (2nd)  2024 NBA Draft Picks: 36, 49, 50 After three straight seasons without a playoff appearance, the Pacers made a tremendous postseason run, making it to the …

Dan Hurley could be heading to the NBA. According to ESPN, the Los Angeles Lakers are targeting Hurley as the team’s next coach. UConn has won back-to-back NCAA tournaments under Hurley over the last two seasons. The Lakers are looking for a coach to replace Darvin Ham after getting eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Denver …

The Mavs are here because … Their trade deadline moves. The Luke Dončić-Kyrie Irving axis is what makes the Mavs go. But acquiring PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford transformed this team. The pair beefed up the team’s frontcourt and helped ratchet up the defensive intensity, covering up for any flaws in Dončić and Irving. OC The Mavericks made some very …

NBA: Toronto Raptors at Detroit Pistons Former Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter has been banned for life from the NBA, but the gambling case that led to his banishment is still active and led to an arrest of one of the people who allegedly bet big on Porter “prop unders” as part of the scam. Long Phi Pham, better known by …

How Mazzulla is challenging media ahead of Celtics-Mavs Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston NBA playoff series are a chess match, and Joe Mazzulla is eager to make the first move. The Boston Celtics will be back in action Thursday after a nine-day layoff when Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals tips off at TD Garden. The Celtics …

Watch the first match of the NBA Finals live – the Boston Celtics take on the Dallas Mavericks in the early hours of Friday morning (UK only, 01:30 BST) on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and the BBC Sport website and app [Getty Images] As the curtain rises on the opening game of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and …

Previous team recaps: DET, WAS, POR, CHA, SAS, TOR, MEM, UTA, BKN, ATL, CHI, HOU, SAC, GSW, MIA, PHI, ORL At a glance: Record: 47-35 (8th, West) Offensive Rating: 115.4 (15th) Defensive Rating: 114.8 (17th) Net Rating: 0.6 (19th) Pace: 101.38 (4th) 2024 NBA Draft Picks: 17, 55 Having reached the Western Conference Finals the season prior, the Los Angeles Lakers began this season with hopes of taking the next step. …

When Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks tips off on Thursday, there’ll be some history on the line — beyond the obvious. The Celtics will be trying to break their current tie with the rival Lakers atop the leaderboard for the most championships in NBA history. Those two teams dominate that board, …