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Boston Celtics big man Kristaps Porzingis told reporters on Wednesday that he will play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Porzingis, who has missed Boston’s past 10 games due to a calf strain and hasn’t played since April 29, has completed multiple scrimmages in recent days. He had initially been expected to return during the Eastern Conference finals, but …

A 6-6 point guard with high upside as a playmaker, Nikola Topić projected as a top-5 pick prior to his injury. (Srdjan Stevanovic/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images) Projected NBA lottery pick Nikola Topić has a partially torn ACL in his left knee. Topic’s agent Misko Raznatovic confirmed the diagnosis to ESPN on Wednesday. Topić, 18, was a projected top-5 pick …

Getty Images Former NBA player Chase Budinger is headed to the 2024 Paris Olympics, but he is doing so on sand instead of hardwood. Budinger and teammate Miles Evans will be one of two men’s beach volleyball teams to represent the United States this summer. Budinger and Evans qualified for the Olympic team after Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner failed …

Kyrie doesn’t seem concerned about C’s fans ahead of Game 1 in Boston originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Kyrie Irving has come a long way from flipping off Boston Celtics fans and stomping on the TD Garden logo, it appears. The Dallas Mavericks star is set to play his third postseason series against the Celtics since spurning Boston in …

Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving reached the 30-point mark three times in five games against Minnesota during the Western Conference finals, and he will try to maintain that momentum against the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals on Thursday. Irving had 36 points, five assists and four rebounds in the series-clinching win over the Timberwolves, finishing without …

Draymond predicts how Celtics-Mavericks Finals series plays out originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Game 1 of a thrilling NBA Finals matchup between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks kicks off Wednesday at TD Garden. The experts, including Warriors forward Draymond Green, have made their picks. On the latest episode of “The Draymond Green Show” podcast, Green made his …

Projected lottery pick Nikola Topić, a potential top-five prospect in the 2024 NBA Draft, has been diagnosed with a partially torn ACL in his left knee after suffering an injury late in May during Adriatic League playoff action, his agent told ESPN. Topić sustained the injury May 27 vs. Partizan in an aggravation from a previous left knee injury from …

Ahead of the tipoff for Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night, let’s take a deep dive into what this championship series will mean for the legacies of so many of the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks. We talk a lot about legacies in basketball, probably too much, but the NBA Finals have an actual impact on how …

The Boston Celtics started the NBA’s superteam boom in the summer of 2007 when they united Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett with Paul Pierce to create a 66-win champion overnight. In the process, they established a rough blueprint of what we considered to be a superteam moving forward.  At least one superstar needed to be acquired through external means. In …

SNY’s Ian Begley will be responding to and breaking down answers to Knicks questions from readers. Here’s the latest… Hey Ian, do you think the Knicks would use at least 1 of their draft picks this offseason to get a young prospect or do you think they’ll end up trading all 3 picks (if you had to guess)? – @KNYT_Hoops …

The 2024 NBA Finals have arrived. Game 1 is set for Thursday night. Dallas at Boston. The Celtics are the favorites, but most people, myself included, see this as more of a tossup series than that number would indicate.  I think this goes down as a classic series. I have the Mavericks in seven, but even if it’s Celtics in …

Giannis for the Bucks. Steph for the Warriors. Jokic for the Nuggets. The last three NBA championships have been built by finding the diamonds in the rough on draft night. This year, either the Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum or the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic will add to that list, but with an added variable: this season’s NBA Finals champion will …

How Luka Doncic developed his clutch gene at Celtics’ expense originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The NBA Finals formula for the Celtics is pretty simple: Don’t give Luka Doncic a chance to beat them. For an opponent Boston only sees twice a year, Doncic has put a hurting on the C’s in crunch time. It’s possible no opponent has …

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After a grueling seven-month campaign — followed by a restorative week off! — the 2023-24 NBA season has now reached its conclusion. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics (64-18)— the East’s No. 1 seed, and the top overall seed in the postseason bracket — will take on the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks (50-32) in the 2024 NBA Finals. It’s …

The last series of the 2023-24 NBA season is finally upon us. The Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks square off in Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals on Thursday evening. The Mavericks are seeking to win their second NBA Finals in franchise history. Meanwhile, Boston has won 17 total championships, tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for most …

Bulls linked to Providence’s Devin Carter in NBA Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Presented by Nationwide Insurance Agent Jeff Vukovich In an NBA Draft lacking in surefire starpower, mock draft predictions are all over the place. Additionally, it’s hard to drive action when you’re currently sitting in the No. 11 slot. Nevertheless, there is growing speculation that Providence …

Former NBA player Chase Budinger and partner Miles Evans clinched the last U.S. Olympic beach volleyball spot for the Paris Games after a late surge in qualifying. Budinger, 36, and Evans, 34, are headed to their first Olympics. They passed countrymen Theo Brunner and Trevor Crabb in international rankings last month in the race for the second and final U.S. …

Golden State Warriors v Denver Nuggets Thursday night, J.J. Redick will be back at his day job (well, one of his day jobs) — part of the broadcast team for the NBA Finals between Dallas and Boston. That may not be his day job for long. NBC Sports reported this week that the buzz around Redick becoming the Lakers’ next …

Getty Images Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, was ejected for the first time in her professional career on Tuesday night during the team’s 88-75 loss to the visiting New York Liberty.  Late in the fourth quarter, Reese was called for her fifth foul while battling for a rebound with Jonquel …

Utah Jazz v Sacramento Kings Lauri Markkanen played just four of Utah’s final 21 games because of a shoulder impingement. Now, that same injury is keeping him from playing for Finland in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament to earn a spot in the Paris Games. Markkanen made the announcement on Finland’s national team site (hat tip: EuroHoops). “Certainly, this is tough,” …

Minnesota Timberwolves v Phoenix Suns – Game Four The Phoenix Suns are stuck financially, which will be a good thing for Royce O’Neale. The Suns have $150.7 million committed next season to their big three: Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal. The NBA’s salary cap is expected to be about $141 million. Add in the salaries for Jusuf Nurkic …

For the 23rd time in its history, the Boston Celtics are in the NBA Finals — the place their fans, and the franchise itself, expect to be. The Celtics are one of the grand and most historic franchises in the NBA, a history littered with the great names of the game: Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, Larry Bird, John Havlicek, Dave …

For a moment in time, Kyrie Irving was on his way to becoming something of a Boston hero. It was the fall of 2018, and Irving, who had just finished his first season with the Celtics — averaging 24.4 points and 5.1 assists in 60 games — and was entering the final season of his contract, declared his informal allegiance …

The No. 1 roster-building rule in the NBA is a simple one: you need to have a superstar. Shocking, I know. Every champion since the 2004 Detroit Pistons has had a player earn either First- or Second-Team All-NBA honors. Before the Pistons, the last team to win it all without one was the 1995 Houston Rockets, who had a former …