From being the youngest player ever on Real Madrid to entering his first NBA Finals... Luka has never shied away from the big stage! Doncic and the Mavs take on the Celtics in Game 1 of the #NBAFinals presented by @YouTubeTV Thursday at 8:30pm/et on ABC.

From the 3/21 game vs Utah, this Mavs highlight of a Luka steal, diving to secure the loose ball, passing to Kyrie & Kai's lob to Derrick Jones Jr. for the alley-oop is now the most viewed video ever on NBA social media platforms - over 260 million views!

“I don’t think he gets enough credit.” @PJWashington on Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd.

“Put some damn respect on the Mavericks name!” The Celtics may be favored to win the title but @NoisyHuevos has an impassioned case to make for the Mavs … as well as a wager on the total number of games in the NBA Finals 🦾🦾

Happy to be approved to cover the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Thank you to everyone who has supported my work this season, and I’m looking forward to covering this series.

The Mavs had a ridiculous path to their first ring in 2011 🏆👀

Jean Sibelius and his wife Aino at their home outside of Helsinki, desperately scouring the morning newspapers to find out if Kristap Porzingis' injury has healed sufficiently to start in Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks.

It's a Big Sports Week Canada vs USA Stanley Cup Mavs vs Celtics Gridiron Greats For Me Thursday/Friday

One of my biggest core beliefs in sports betting has always been to avoid the public underdog: The Dallas Mavericks are one of the biggest public underdogs I've seen in a quite a while.

In the predictions piece that's up on Bleacher Report, I picked the Mavericks in seven. Pretty much every day since, I've thought Celtics in seven. This is one of the toughest "best player vs. best team" series to call that I can remember.

Flashback: All the way to back March 1st of this season when the Mavs came to TD Garden... Counting down the moments until Game 1 🏆 ☘️ pic.twitter.com/GQIa…

KP has only played in 14 playoff games in his entire career Mavs rookie Lively has played 16 so far 👀

It’s #NBAFinals week in DFW. Sitting in @raisingcanes and look what happens to be behind me. #Mavs #MFFL

Mavericks NBA Finals poster up in Dallas. 🔥 (via @GrantAfseth)

Mavs guard Kyrie Irving spoke at length on his time in Boston today, where he played for two seasons before spurning the Celtics to join the Brooklyn Nets. "Regardless of the attention that's being paid to what it's going to be like on my end, I have a group to lead that's going…

Finals prep. #OneForDallas // #MFFL pic.twitter.com/q1b6…