Mavericks' plan to stop Celtics in NBA Finals: Get them to fight among themselves
by Jimmy Golen
Jun 08, 2024
3 minutes
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Jason Kidd couldn’t figure out how to stop the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
Now he’s hoping they will get in their own way.
The Mavericks coach seemed eager to sow dissension in the Boston locker room on Saturday when he singled out Jaylen Brown as the Celtics’ best player — words transparently designed to irk Jayson Tatum, an actual NBA first-teamer who was sixth in the voting for the league’s MVP.
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