Celtics vs. Mavericks NBA Finals: Game 2 score, live updates, highlights, analysis as Boston looks to go up 2-0

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  Sun, June 9, 2024 at 5:05 PM PDT

  TD Garden is prepared and rowdy for Game 2

  The crowd in Boston for Game 2 feels a bit extra lubed up than in Game 1. When the Jumbotron flashed Kyrie Irving’s quote, “I thought it would be a little louder in here,” followers responded with a loud “Kyrie sucks!” chant — roughly half an hour earlier than tipoff. And as soon as once more, Kristaps Porzingis made a WWE-style entrance, roughly 5 minutes after his teammates took the ground, igniting one other ovation. TD Garden is about to pop off.

• Sun, June 9, 2024 at 4:45 PM PDT

  Dan Hurley Lakers choice reportedly coming quickly

  Elsewhere across the NBA — not that Celtics followers, particularly, are paying an excessive amount of consideration to or care a lot about what’s occurring in L.A. — UConn males’s basketball coach Dan Hurley is reportedly set to determine if he’ll take the Lakers job or head again to the Huskies looking for a three-peat after successful nationwide championships every of the previous two seasons.

  Yahoo Sports’ Ryan Young had UConn at No. 5 in his way-too-early 2024-25 rankings after the Huskies lower down the nets for a second straight season

  UConn coach Dan Hurley plans to decide on his future Monday, per @wojespn.

  Lakers reportedly made a “compelling case” to him, however he loves what he’s constructed with the Huskies and is weighing all of it now. pic.twitter.com/s1yhcAvTWW

  — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) June 9, 2024

• Sun, June 9, 2024 at 4:41 PM PDT
• Sun, June 9, 2024 at 4:37 PM PDT

  Luka meets followers earlier than Game 2

  Despite being on the highway and banged up earlier than Game 2 of the NBA Finals, Luka Doncic remains to be a person of the individuals as Dallas followers made the trek to TD Garden to try warmups.

• Sun, June 9, 2024 at 4:29 PM PDT

  Is Jaylen Brown Boston’s greatest participant?

  While Mavericks coach Jason Kidd known as Jaylen Brown the Celtics’ greatest participant — many would argue Jayson Tatum in that spot, and Kristaps Porzingis was doubtless their greatest participant in Game 1 — through the NBA Finals, it might not matter if the NBA’s first $300 million man is or is not, says Yahoo Sports Senior NBA Writer Ben Rohrbach.

  “You could make the argument that Brown has been Boston’s best player in these playoffs. He did win Eastern Conference finals MVP honors and deserved it. He has been the heartbeat of his team, playing with a force whenever the game has demanded it — however rarely, in Boston’s case this postseason.”

• Sun, June 9, 2024 at 4:23 PM PDT
• Sun, June 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM PDT

  Luka to play by means of the ache tonight in Game 2

  As anticipated, deapite being listed as questionable heading into Game 2 of the NBA Finals, Luka Doncic will play tonight in Boston. He’s coping with three accidents in accordance to to the Mavericks, however the NBA’s main scorer will give it a go tonight in Boston. The Mavs will want huge manufacturing from their celebrity to keep away from heading again to Dallas for Game 3 dealing with a 2-0 collection deficit.

  Luka Dončić (thoracic contusion, proper knee sprain, left ankle soreness) will probably be AVAILABLE for Game 2 in opposition to the Celtics.

  — Mavs PR (@MavsPR) June 9, 2024