The growth of White over the past two seasons has coincided with the growth of a champion in Boston.
Perhaps more than any other team sport, basketball has a way of drawing its legends back to the game long after their playing days are done — if they ever left at all.
One of basketball's most accomplished contributors, West was a staple of the sport across eight decades, winning nine championships as a player, scout, coach, executive and consultant.
Role players play better at home, as the saying goes. Can the Mavs find the range as the series shifts to Dallas for Game 3?
The Boston Celtics on Tuesday announced a new injury to one-time All-Star center Kristaps Porziņģis — "a torn medial retinaculum allowing dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon in his left leg."
Two days from his 34th birthday, Holiday logged team highs of 26 points and 11 rebounds Sunday night. He made 11 of his 14 shots. Defensively, he drew Kyrie Irving and Luka Dončić late, wearing down both. It was everything Boston needed.
Mavs coach Jason Kidd was likely using a little gamesmanship Saturday when he said, "Well, Jaylen's their best player."
Little went right in Game 1 for Irving, who struggled with his shot and finished a game-worst minus-19 on the night.
Here's a deep dive into what this championship series will mean for the legacies of so many of the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks.