The Mavericks return home to play their fifth game in seven nights, this one against the Boston Celtics. The Celtics, winners of three straight, outlasted Washington Saturday, 119-117, and sit in a tie with Indiana for the Eastern Conference’s final pair of playoff spots. The Mavericks and Memphis share the fifth- and sixth-best record in the West after Dallas dropped its contest against the Spurs Sunday, 112-83. The loss, in which Rick Carlisle rested his starters for much of the second half, was the Mavericks’ fourth in their last six games.
History
The Mavericks beat the Celtics 106-102 in these teams’ previous meeting this season Nov.