Klay Thompson scored 25 points and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Boston Celtics 127-120 on Thursday night in their NBA Finals rematch.

Jaylen Brown, who won the NBA Finals MVP in June while leading Boston to a five-game victory over Dallas, scored 25 points and Jayson Tatum had 17. Payton Pritchard scored 21 to lead the second-string rally.

With a starting lineup of Klay, Kessler Edwards, Daniel Gafford, Dante Exum, and Kyrie Irving, the Mavericks jumped out to an early eight-point lead, and maintained a distance of

DALLAS — Jayson Tatum scored 24 points, Derrick White added 23, including Boston’s first 11 of the third quarter, and the Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-107 on Saturday night in the first meeting between the teams since the NBA Finals.

Klay Thompson's scorching start carried the Dallas Mavericks to a 127-120 victory over the NBA champion Boston Celtics, the new-look Mavs turning the tables in the NBA Finals rematch. But Thompson, acquired in the offseason,

LeBron James joined NBA icon Michael Jordan as the only players to score 40 points in a game at the age of 40, pouring in 42 on Thursday as the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Golden State Warriors 120-112.