The NBA on Thursday tipped off league-wide celebrations honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and those celebrations will run through Monday.
A civil rights leader, activist and minister, Dr. King is best known for advancing civil rights through non-violence until he was assassinated on Apr. 4, 1968.
The Dallas Mavericks paid homage to Dr. King during Friday’s 120-112 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers at American Airlines Center with video tributes from some of his speeches, and words of praise from their players that were shown on the overhead Jumbotron.