DALLAS – Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd likes to antagonize in his soft-spoken manner. The Celtics didn’t bite ... after the Mavericks defeated Boston 122-84 in Game 4 of the Finals.

The lowlights for Boston were many, some of them historic: The 35 points represented the Celtics’ lowest-scoring total in a half, either half, in Joe Mazzulla’s two seasons as coach.

C’s coach Joe Mazzulla said he had no update on Tatum, but said the star will get an MRI on Tuesday to determine the injury. The Celtics now ... 5 when we get back to Boston.

Player/head coach Bill Russell won 11 total championships with Boston during his 13 ... player to earn the honor with the Celtics, joining Kevin McHale (1983-84 and 1984-85), Bill Walton (1985-86 ...

“You just take solace in the fact that we have a challenge ahead of us and we have a chance to go after it together, and we have to do it,” Celtics coach ... when a Boston team was involved ...

even in the third quarter when the Celtics were up big on the Knicks. Boston coach Joe Mazzulla explained why they kept the strategy up regardless of time, score and other factors. It was a ...