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The NBA Finals will go to a Game Five after the Dallas Mavericks got on the board with a 122 to 84 home win over the Boston Celtics

The NBA Finals will go to a Game Five after the Dallas Mavericks got on the board with a 122 to 84 home win over the Boston Celtics

15 June 2024

It's the third-largest margin of victory in NBA Finals history.

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla insists his team were well prepared and up for the chance to sweep the Mavs today... but their hosts were just too good.

Boston lead the finals series 3-1 now and can close out the championship at home on Tuesday afternoon .

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17 Jan: The Breakers have kept their hopes of making the ANBL basketball play-offs alive with a 85-75 win over the Jack Jumpers

17 Jan: Learner Tien has beaten Daniil Medvedev in a four hour and 48 minute, five-set, second-round thriller to complete the fifth day of the Australian Tennis Open at 2.54am local time

16 Jan: A second quarter-slump sees the Breakers trailing the Tasmania Jack Jumpers 45-39 at halftime in their Aussie NBL basketball clash in Auckland

14 Jan: Breakers coach Petteri Koponen admits the implementation of Tacko Fall has been a challenge, following a 91-89 ANBL basketball loss to Melbourne United in New Plymouth

13 Jan: The Sydney Kings have held off the Cairns Taipans 91-87 in their ANBL basketball contest at home

12 Jan: Australia's NBL says Cairns Taipan Jackson Makoi has been arrested by New South Wales police, over alleged domestic violence charges

12 Jan: The Breakers' inability to lean on Tacko Fall has again contributed to a 108-100 defeat by the table-topping Illawarra Hawks in basketball's NBL

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