The Dallas Mavericks faced the Minnesota Timberwolves in game 5 of the Western Conference Finals series on Thursday night at Target Center. The Mavs secured their spot in the NBA Finals following a series-ending 103-124 win. As the NBA world gears up for the highly-anticipated clash between the Mavericks and the Celtics, the league announced the dates for the finals.
All the games of the NBA Finals will be shown live on ABC with the first game starting on June 6.
Here is the full schedule of the 2024 NBA Finals:
Game 1: Celtics vs Mavericks, Thursday, June 6 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Game 2: Celtics vs Mavericks, Sunday, June 9 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Game 3: Mavericks vs Celtics, Wednesday, June 12 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Game 4: Mavericks vs Celtics, Friday, June 14 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
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If the above games don’t decide the series, the necessary games will be as follows:
Game 5: Celtics vs Mavericks, Monday, June 17 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Game 6: Mavericks vs Celtics, Thursday, June 20 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Game 7: Celtics vs Mavericks, Sunday, June 23 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
The home team’s name is on the front of all the games above.
Kyrie Irving’s history with the Celtics added an extra layer to the game, but have the two franchises ever met in an NBA Finals?
Has Celtics ever faced Mavericks in NBA Finals?
If we look through the history of the NBA Finals, the Celtics have won the competition 17 times, and not on a single occasion were their opponents the Mavericks. Compared to Boston’s record-setting title haul, the Dallas side has only won the championship once, in 2011. Dirk Nowitzki-led Mavs beat the Miami Heat on that occasion, and this time, they’ll have the chance to do it with Luka Doncic.
While the two sides never met in the NBA Finals, they have met on 86 occasions in the regular season. The Cs have a 46-40 overall lead historically in the regular season, and they are on a current win streak of 4-0 against the Mavs.
While historically, the Celtics are in a favorable position going into the Finals, the occasion speaks for itself. The Mavs have enough firepower in their arsenal to get the better of the men in Green this time.
