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The Boston Celtics player not only stood out in the offensive aspect during the NBA Finals, but was also crucial in stopping Luka Doncic

Led by Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, the Celtics beat the Mavericks to win a first title since 2008 and move ahead in the perennial rivalry with the Lakers, who have 17 trophies

The Boston Celtics start as favorites after having the best regular season record, followed by the defending champions of Denver

Valued at around $3.5 billion, the deal was accepted just shy of a month since the families of Miriam Adelson and Sivan and Patrick Dumont announced their intention to buy the club

The Spurs rookie made the tying basket with 20 seconds left in regulation, the opening basket in overtime and finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds in his first NBA victory

The highly rated French center scored 15 points in his first official game but the San Antonio Spurs fell to a 119-126 defeat by the Dallas Mavericks

The league’s foreign stars include Jokic, Antetokounmpo, Dončić and Wembanyama, to name a few

The 2023-24 championship features a new in-season tourmanent, the NBA Cup, but all eyes will be on the towering 19-year-old French rookie, the number one Spurs pick

Spain defeated Brazil 96-78, and the Americans beat Greece 109-81

Austin Reaves and Tyrese Haliburton each scored 10 for the Americans, who improved to 2-0 on their five-game slate of exhibitions before getting to the Philippines for the World Cup

Spain was well-represented, with Pau Gasol shouting out his national team — “mi familia” — before joining what may be the greatest international class of inductees in the Springfield shrine’s history

Austin Reaves agreed to a four-year deal that could be worth $56 million, and D’Angelo Russell returned to the Lakers as well on a $37 million, two-year deal

The league made the announcement a day after the Mavericks held out its star players in a defeat that knocked the franchise out of postseason consideration

The Mavericks were without All-Star guard Kyrie Irving because of right foot soreness and fell 1 1/2 games behind the Warriors

Brooks earned his latest suspension when he dunked, and then danced his way back down the court.

The race for the last two guaranteed playoff spots and the four berths into the play-in tournament is as muddled and murky as possible.

It reaffirmed that getting out of the Western Conference and making the NBA Finals is going to be incredibly daunting this season

Phoenix could end up being more powerful than last season’s squad, which won an NBA-best 64 games, then flamed out with a second-round loss to Dallas

The Nets get Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith and a package of draft picks, according to a person familiar with the terms of the deal

On the court, the Slovenian NBA star has been putting up a string of stellar performances for the Dallas Mavericks. Off the court, he just ended a legal battle with his mother over his commercial rights