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On Thursday, June 6 (6/6/2024), the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks will square off in Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

When: NBA Finals, First Round

Who: Celtics vs. Mavericks

When: June 6, 2024, Thursday

Time: 8:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time

Where: Boston, Massachusetts’s TD Garden (TICKETS)

TV: ESPN Deportes, ABC

Channel finder: Cox, DirecTV, Optimum/Altice, Verizon Fios, Xfinity, and Spectrum

Live streaming options include Hulu + Live TV, Sling (first month half off), FuboTV (free trial), and DirecTV Stream (free trial).

With Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and the Boston Celtics seeking redemption in the postseason against Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, and the Dallas Mavericks, the Finals promise to be a genuine clash of titans. Dallas will be making its final appearance in the finals since winning the championship in 2011, while Boston will be making its second attempt at the title in the last three years after losing to GSW in 2022.

Doncic, the Mavericks’ 25-year-old scoring star, will be making his NBA Finals debut on Thursday. If he can lead his team to a win in the best-of-seven series, he could become the first player to win a national title and a scoring title in the same season since Shaquille O’Neal in 2000. He is already chasing Shaq’s records during this postseason, after Doncic and Irving became the first pair of teammates to have more than 35+ points each in a playoffs performance since Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal in 2001.

The other most-talked-about tandem in the tournament, Tatum and Brown, both now have a chance to win the ring that has so-far eluded them. Pundits love to compare them, and even pit them against one another, but the pair have already proven they can come together to bring Boston wins this postseason, and will try to do it again in the Finals.

Fans may already purchase Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks 2024 NBA Finals merchandise on Fanatics. On the secondary market, NBA Finals tickets start at more than $500.

The NBA Finals schedule is as follows:
Finals Game 1: Mavericks vs. Celtics, Thursday, June 6, 8:30 p.m. ET – STREAM
Finals Game 2, Mavericks vs. Celtics, Sunday, June 9, 8 p.m. ET – STREAM

Wednesday, June 12: 8:30 p.m. ET, Celtics at. Mavericks, Game 3 of the Finals – STREAM
Finals Game 4, Celtics vs. Mavericks, Friday, June 14, 8:30 p.m. ET – STREAM
Monday, June 17: 8:30 p.m. ET (if necessary): Mavericks vs. Celtics in Game 5 of the Finals – STREAM
Thursday, June 20: 8:30 p.m. ET (if necessary): Celtics vs. Mavericks, Game 6 of the Finals – STREAM
Finals Game 7: Mavericks vs. Celtics on Sunday, June 23 at 8 p.m. ET (if required) – STREAM
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The Celtics enter as -210 favorites to win the championship and are -230 to win game 1.

Here’s a recent AP NBA Finals preview:

Dallas Mavericks (50-32, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (64-18, first in the Eastern Conference)

Boston; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

NBA FINALS: Celtics host first series matchup.

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Celtics host the Dallas Mavericks to open the NBA Finals. Boston went 2-0 against Dallas during the regular season. The Celtics won the last regular season matchup 138-110 on March 2 led by 32 points from Jayson Tatum, while Luka Doncic scored 37 points for the Mavericks.

The Celtics have gone 37-4 at home. Boston is the NBA leader with 35.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Tatum averaging 7.2.

The Mavericks have gone 25-16 away from home. Dallas ranks ninth in the Western Conference shooting 36.9% from 3-point range.

The 120.6 points per game the Celtics average are 5.0 more points than the Mavericks allow (115.6). The Mavericks are shooting 48.1% from the field, 2.8% higher than the 45.3% the Celtics’ opponents have shot this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tatum is shooting 47.1% and averaging 26.9 points for the Celtics. Derrick White is averaging 3.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Daniel Gafford is scoring 11.0 points per game and averaging 7.6 rebounds for the Mavericks. Doncic is averaging 29.1 points and 10.5 rebounds over the last 10 games.