Hello and welcome to Game 1 of the NBA finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics. After a 10-day layoff since Boston's clean sweep of Indiana and a full week since Dallas finished off Minnesota, we're ready at last for some basketball to decide this year's NBA championships.
The Celtics went 2-0 against the Mavericks during the regular season. Boston won the most recent matchup 138-110 on 2 March behind 32 points from Jayson Tatum, while Luka Doncic scored 37 points for Dallas. They also won 119-110 on the Mavericks' court on 22 January.
Boston is the NBA leader with 35.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Tatum averaging 7.2. Dallas ranks ninth in the Western Conference.
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