GameDay: Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics
Mavericks at Celtics
6:30 p.m. Friday, TD Garden, Boston
TV: FSSW, NBA-TV
Radio: ESPN/103.3 FM, ESPN/1540 AM (Spanish)
Records: Mavericks 23-10, Celtics 11-18
About the Mavericks: This will be point guard Rajon Rondo’s first game in Boston since the Celtics traded him to the Mavericks on Dec. 18. The Mavericks are 4-2 since acquiring Rondo. … The Mavericks are 10-5 on the road, including six of their last eight. … The Mavericks are 32-35 all-time against the Celtics, including 12-21 in Boston. … Dallas has won nine of the last 11 meetings. … The Mavericks defeated the Celtics in Dallas 118-113 on Nov. 3. The Mavericks led that game by 31 points, only to see the Celtics cut it to 114-113 with 39 seconds left. Chandler Parsons (29 points) and Dirk Nowitzki (27 points) led the Mavericks in that win. … Nowitzki is 45 points away from passing Moses Malone and becoming the seventh leading scorer in NBA history.
About the Celtics: They snapped a four-game losing streak Wednesday with a 106-84home win over the Sacramento Kings. Jared Sullinger had 20 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks in that game and the bench outscored Sacramento’s 54-34. Off the bench, former Mavericks players Jae Crowder (12 points), Brandan Wright (six points, eight minutes) and Jameer Nelson (eight assists, 20 minutes) figured prominently in the win. … Crowder, Wright and Nelson were part of the trade for Rondo. … Jeff Green leads Boston in scoring with 18.5 points, Sullinger averages 13.5 points and 7.9 rebounds, ex-Texas star Avery Bradley is averaging 12.3 points and Kelly Olynyk averages 12.1 points and 5.6 rebounds. … The Celtics are 8-9 at home and 3-7 against the West.
— Dwain Price
This story was originally published January 1, 2015 at 8:19 PM with the headline "GameDay: Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics."