Porzingis, who hadn’t played in a game in 38 days, returned from injury to come off the bench and helped Boston establish a large early lead it never relinquished.
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It will go down in the annals of NBA history as The Kristaps Porzingis Game.
In Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals, former Dallas Mavericks center Kristaps Porzingis led his new Boston Celtics squad to a 107-89 win over his old team.
It was a dominating performance, the kind of effort Dallas hoped the Latvian would’ve provided its franchise back when it acquired him from the New York Knicks in 2019.
Things didn’t improve much for the Mavericks from there. In the second quarter, the team expanded its lead to 29 at one …