Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic contests a shot attempt from Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown during the second half of an NBA game, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Dallas. The Celtics defeated the Mavericks 119-110.“Good. I think, obviously there’s storylines and that’s always good for the game. You have the whole Porzingis thing, the Kyrie Irving thing. So those are always good. And that happens a lot more in the NBA now with player movement.
“What they’re gonna try to do is move those guys around and then attack Luka and Kyrie, then hopefully you kind of wear them out. I do think that you’ll see a lot of Jrue Holiday early. Maybe a lot of Jaylen Brown late, but you will get that Tatum-Luka matchup as well. One thing the Celtics gotta try to do is keep Derrick White on Kyrie Irving. Keep Derrick White off of Luka Doncic.
“It’s a lot of time, 40 days off. He was questionable to return maybe Game 4, Game 5 of the Indiana series if it happened. Then the fact that he got 10 more days off, I’m assuming they’re pushing them and doing all they can, but I’m not sure that they feel totally 100% comfortable just releasing him and allowing him to play 35 minutes in Game 1.”Scalabrine: