The Celtics will need to play well at home to prevent another deflating loss to a team they should beat on paper.

The Celtics return to TD Garden after a four-game road trip as they’ll face a familiar foe in the Rockets and ex-C’s coach Ime Udoka. They have two players listed on the injury report for the 7:30 p.m. Monday game.

The Dallas Mavericks (24-21) host the defending champion Boston Celtics (31-14) in a NBA Finals rematch on Saturday afternoon on ABC. Dallas is riding high after an improbable win against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

A Rockets shootaround went very wrong. Kansas City's win over Buffalo was like many of its close-call victories this season: a little timing, execution, luck, talent and occasional controversy. The end result puts the Chiefs of the cusp of a Super Bowl three-peat. The Chiefs beat the Bills on Sunday to reach Super Bowl LIX.

Dallas and Boston go head to head tonight. The Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks will play at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, this evening, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. The defending NBA champions have the second seed in the Eastern Conference,

The Celtics are pretty much the same team that played in last year’s Finals as they kept their core together. The Mavericks have had some changes since they lost in Game 5 of th