It was another poor performance coming home from a successful road trip. The Celtics have the league’s best road record but continue to struggle at TD Garden, and on Thursday the shorthanded Dallas Mavericks dominated Boston, 127-120, to avenge last month’s loss in Dallas.

BOSTON — The shorthanded Dallas Mavericks handed the Boston Celtics one of their ugliest losses of the year on Thursday night, staying in command from start to finish in a 127-120 win at TD Garden.

Klay Thompson scored 25 points and Spencer Dinwiddie added 22 off the bench as the undermanned Dallas Mavericks earned a 127-120 road victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday in a matchup of teams that met in last year's NBA Finals.

The team made no big moves and president of basketball operations Brad Stevens is encouraged by where the Celtics are headed.

After a fairly quiet NBA trade deadline by the Boston Celtics, the defending champs will now hit the buyout market to fill at least one open roster spot

Springer first joined the Celtics ahead of the 2024 NBA trade deadline by way of the Philadelphia 76ers. The 22-year-old saw little playing time with Boston, but has flashed momen