The Dallas Mavericks are in title contention this season but have unfortunately dealt with injuries to Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving as the role players try to steer the ship until the stars return.

On the night that Kyrie Irving returns to the lineup, another Dallas guard left due to injury. Early in the second quarter of the Mavericks’ game against the Thunder, Jaden Hardy collided with Oklahoma City’s Isaiah Joe near the 3-point line.

Kyrie Irving accidentally hit a young boy sitting courtside with an errant pass during the Mavericks-Celtics NBA Finals rematch game on Jan. 25, 2025.

The Dallas Mavericks returned home to host the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics in a Saturday matinee on ABC and ESPN. The Mavericks lost to the Celtics 122-107 in an NBA Finals rematch at the American Airlines Center.

OKC had won 13 straight home games since a 121-119 defeat on Nov. 17 to the Mavericks, who also played without Doncic that night. This was the fourth and last meeting of the season between these teams that met in last season’s Western Conference semifinals.

Dallas will face the defending champion Boston Celtics for the first of two matchups in a 12-day period on Saturday.

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The Dallas Mavericks opened a five-game Eastern Conference road trip with a Wednesday night game against the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center.

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Murphy III 13-17 1-1 32, Williamson 11-17 7-9 29, Missi 0-4 0-0 0, McCollum 9-21 2-2 23, Murray 9-17 6-6 27, Theis 0-3 2-2 2, Green 0-0 0-0 0, Alvarado 4-5 0-0 11, Boston 5-11 1-2 12. Totals 51-95 19-22 136.

3-Point Goals: 20-45, .444 (Thompson 7-12, Grimes 3-6, Dinwiddie 2-2, Hardy 2-4, Prosper 2-4, Irving 2-6, Edwards 1-2, Washington 1-3, Williams 0-2, Morris 0-4). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 1.

Midway through the second quarter while trying to set up a play for Dallas, Irving tried to pass the ball to Jaden Hardy. The problem was that the pass was off-target and too high. Instead of ...