The Boston College Eagles women’s basketball program added Denesha Stallworth to its staff for the upcoming season as an assistant coach. 

Stallworth played basketball at Kentucky from 2012-14 and worked as a video coordinator for the Wildcats from 2020-23. Last season, she served as an assistant coach for UC Santa Barbara.  

“I’m very thankful to have the opportunity to work for not only a great coach, but an unbelievable person in Coach Mac,” said Stallworth in the official press release. “Boston College is an incredible institution and I’m honored to be a part of this amazing staff.”

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The Dallas Mavericks suffered a 107-89 defeat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals at the hands of the Boston Celtics. Outside of a promising late third-quarter run, which saw the Mavericks cut the Celtics’ lead to eight points, Dallas didn’t quite show up in Boston. Kyrie Irving, facing his former team, scored just 12 points on 6/19 shooting.

Overall, the Celtics cruised to a victory over the Mavericks. The viewership matched the game, as the ratings didn’t quite show up for the first game of the series. Game 1 averaged a 5.7 rating and 10.99 million viewers on ABC (11.04 million including ESPN Deportes).

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Outside of the COVID seasons of 2020 and 2021, the last time there was an opening game with a viewership this low was in 2007. For the six seasons before COVID though, the NBA Finals opened the series with less than 14 million viewers.

One thing that could draw intrigue in the series is the Mavericks playing to a level they’ve proven more than capable of. Making it a close, interesting series, the numbers could very well bounce back and more eyeballs will be on the series.

Of those viewers, the game drew the highest share of adults (18-34) at 50 percent. Still, the game was a five percent decrease from Game 1 last year between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat. With each passing game, and likely a closer series, there will be more interest, but the series wasn’t going to be deciding in Game 1 — which also happened to be a dud from the Mavs.

If the Mavericks can steal a game on the Celtics’ home floor or take both Game 3 and Game 4 to even out the series, one would have to assume the ratings will spike and there will be plenty more intrigue watching a wire-to-wire series.

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The Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics play on Sunday, June 9 in Game 2 of the 2024 NBA Finals.

The game is scheduled for 5 p.m. Pacific time (8 p.m. Eastern time) and can be seen on ABC (stream with free trial from FUBO).

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The Celtics are a 7.5-point favorite over the Mavericks in NBA Playoffs odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook.

Boston is -275 on the moneyline. Dallas is +225.

The over/under for the game is set at 214.5 points.

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ESPN: Celtics have a 63.5% chance to beat Mavericks in Game 2

The site gives Dallas a 36.5% shot at defeating Boston in the second game of the NBA Playoffs series.

The site’s formula predicts that the Celtics will beat the Mavericks in Game 2 of their NBA postseason series on Sunday.

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Odds Trader: Celtics 106, Mavericks 101

The site predicts that Boston will defeat Dallas in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, with a final score of 106-101.

It writes: “The 120.6 points per game the Celtics record are five more points than the Mavericks allow (115.6). When Boston totals more than 115.6 points, it is 37-20-3 against the spread and 54-6 overall. Dallas is 42-21 against the spread and 44-19 overall when it scores more than 109.2 points.”

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