ESTIMATED 22-MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY. THE N-B-A RELEASED ITS SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SEASON. THE BOSTON CELTICS WILL START ON OCTOBER 22ND WHEN THEY HOST THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS BUT THE BIG GAME FOR MAINE FANS ON THE SCHEDULE IS ON FRIDAY MARCH 6TH WHEN THEY HOST COOPER FLAGG AND THE MAVERICKS. FLAGG’S FIRST MATCHUP AGAINST BOSTON WILL BE IN DALLAS ON FEBRUARY THIRD. FLAGG AND THE MAVERICKS WILL BE FEATURED IN 23 NATIONALLY BROADCASTED GAMES WHICH IS TWO LESS THEN THE CELTICS. FOR immediately FLAGG HAS BEEN ENJOYING A LITTLE RELAXATION IN MAINE. SO IT’S JUST REFRESHING, YOU KNOW, TO BE HOME. YOU KIND OF LEAVE ALL THE OUTSIDE STUFF BEHIND FOR A LITTLE BIT. USUALLY WHEN I’M USUALLY WHEN I’M HERE, MAN, I THAT’S MY TIME TO KIND OF FORGET ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT I’M OBLIGATIONS I HAVE. SO THERE’S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE SU
NBA reveals when Cooper Flagg, Mavericks will face the Celtics in Boston
Updated: 6:30 PM EDT Aug 14, 2025
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The NBA has announced the full schedule for every team in the league, which means we immediately know when Maine native Cooper Flagg will be facing the Boston Celtics at TD Garden.Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks are scheduled to play the Celtics in Boston on Friday, March 6. The game is set to be broadcast on ESPN.That matchup, however, will not be the first for Flagg against his favorite team growing up. The Mavericks host the Celtics on Tuesday, Feb. 3.Flagg, an 18-year-old from Newport, will make his NBA debut in Dallas against the San Antonio Spurs on Oct. 22. That game will feature the best two picks in the 2025 NBA draft in Flagg, the No. 1 pick, and Spurs rookie Dylan Harper. The matchup between Flagg and Harper is set to mark the second time since 1966 that the best two picks in the same draft face each other in their first career regular-season game.The NBA also previously revealed that Flagg and the Mavericks will be playing on both Christmas Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.The Mavs will be playing at the Golden State Warriors on Christmas. Flagg is set to turn 19 just four days before that holiday game.On MLK Day, Flagg is set to play his first NBA game at Madison Square Garden as the Mavs face the New York Knicks on the road. Flagg most recently played at MSG in February, when he helped Duke demolish Illinois during his lone collegiate season.
The NBA has announced the full schedule for every team in the league, which means we immediately know when Maine native Cooper Flagg will be facing the Boston Celtics at TD Garden.
Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks are scheduled to play the Celtics in Boston on Friday, March 6. The game is set to be broadcast on ESPN.
That matchup, however, will not be the first for Flagg against his favorite team growing up. The Mavericks host the Celtics on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Flagg, an 18-year-old from Newport, will make his NBA debut in Dallas against the San Antonio Spurs on Oct. 22. That game will feature the best two picks in the 2025 NBA draft in Flagg, the No. 1 pick, and Spurs rookie Dylan Harper. The matchup between Flagg and Harper is set to mark the second time since 1966 that the best two picks in the same draft face each other in their first career regular-season game.
The NBA also previously revealed that Flagg and the Mavericks will be playing on both Christmas Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The Mavs will be playing at the Golden State Warriors on Christmas. Flagg is set to turn 19 just four days before that holiday game.
On MLK Day, Flagg is set to play his first NBA game at Madison Square Garden as the Mavs face the New York Knicks on the road. Flagg most recently played at MSG in February, when he helped Duke demolish Illinois during his lone collegiate season.
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