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NBA Finals | Game 4 | Mavericks 122, Celtics 84

Jayson Tatum's facial expression during the loss to the Mavericks sums up Game 4 for the Celtics.

ADAM HIMMELSBACH | INSTANT ANALYSIS

The Celtics’ bid for a Finals sweep misses badly with 122-84 blowout loss to Mavericks in Game 4

The game was all Mavericks from the get-go. The Celtics trailed by 26 points at halftime and by 32 after the third quarter. Game 5 is Monday at TD Garden.

See photos from the game

The Celtics sat their starters down in the third quarter after falling into a huge deficit in Game 4

How bad was the Celtics’ Game 4 loss? It ranks among the worst in the history of the NBA Finals.

Streamers fall around Jayson Tatum (left) as the Celtics leave the court following a blowout loss to the Mavericks.

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics getting blown out by the Mavericks in Game 4 has an upside: They can win Banner 18 on the fabled parquet floor Monday

Jayson Tatum is fouled by Kyrie Irving in the first quarter of Game 4 on Friday at the American Airlines Center.

Game 4 was one of Boston's worst playoff performances in franchise history

Boston once again has a chance to close this series out when it returns home for Game 5 on Monday. NBA teams are 156-0 all-time when holding a 3-0 lead in a best-of-seven series.

Celtics fans began to leave the Game 4 watch party at TD Garden before the fourth quarter began Friday night.

‘It’s a wrap’: With Celtics loss, fans pour out of TD Garden watch party

Early Friday night, around 16,000 Celtics fans packed the Garden, confidence sky-high. Dallas had other ideas.

Trooper testifies that data from Karen Read’s SUV was ‘consistent with’ pedestrian strike
A digital forensic expert also testified as the the seventh week of the murder trial came to a close Friday.

See how Friday's testimony unfolded

Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor took the stand on Monday during the Karen Read trial at Norfolk Superior Court.

So help us God. Thanks to Trooper Proctor, the Karen Read trial gets even uglier.

The lead investigator was forced to read his vile texts out loud. He used vulgar words for women and people with intellectual disabilities. Said he hoped Read “kills herself.” He’s sorry now. That he’s been caught.

What to know about Michael Proctor

Derismond Germinal gave flowers to Chef Michelene Desormeau during the New England Culinary Arts Training school graduation. Seventeen Haitian migrants graduated from the New England Culinary Arts Training school after their two month program.

They made it from Haiti to Boston. Now, they’re graduates.

The culinary arts school graduates, age 27 to 48, were among the 11,633 migrants who entered Massachusetts last fiscal year. The vast majority of those newcomers hailed from Haiti, where violence and political instability has surged.

A hot buttered lobster roll and a cold lobster roll with mayo. Which would you choose?

NATIONAL LOBSTER DAY

Is the best lobster roll hot or cold? Two Globe writers face off.

Let’s be clear: All lobster rolls are good lobster rolls. But in the game of "if you could only eat just one variety for the rest of time," which is superior: Hot with butter or cold with mayo? There's a lot to chew on.

Our travel writer shares his New England summertime favorites, from the best beach to the perfect miniature golf course

Search continues for suspect in Seaport shooting following school graduation

The investigation remains open and no arrests had been made as of 2 p.m. by Friday evening, police told the Boston Globe.

Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5b Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed.
Judge Christopher Lopez approved converting Jones’ proposed personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation but threw out the attempted reorganization of his company, Austin, Texas-based Free Speech Systems.

Trees, power lines down in wake of thunderstorm

A quick but powerful thunderstorm rolled through the Boston area Friday afternoon, leaving downed trees and power lines in some communities in its path.

Tracker: Severe weather across New England Quick-hitting thunderstorms dump rain, hail across Boston, rest of New England

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, rapid-fire gun accessories used in 2017 Las Vegas massacre

The high court found 6-3 the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles in 2017.

Trump once defied the NRA to ban bump stocks. He now says he ‘did nothing’ to restrict guns. What to know about bump stocks and the ruling

Kate, princess of Wales, announces first public appearance since cancer diagnosis
The princess of Wales said she is “making good progress” in her cancer treatment and will attend Saturday’s royal Trooping the Color ceremony in London.

Four tourists injured near Boston Common after they verbally intervene in road rage incident

The four people were walking near the MBTA Park Street station on Tremont Street just before midnight when they spotted two groups arguing in a road rage incident, police said.

Speaker Johnson says House will go to court for Biden audio after Justice Dept. refused to prosecute
Speaker Johnson says the House will go to court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Biden’s special counsel audio interview.

Food delivery driver in Allston stabbed, slashed on arms and hands, apparently by angry customers

Mistrial declared in case of former Hudson middle school teacher accused of sexually assaulting student

The beard may be gone, but the large gold chain gives away that it was Alex Verdugo celebrating his two-run home run in the first inning on Friday at Fenway Park.

YANKEES 8, RED SOX 1

Alex Verdugo throws his own welcome-back party against Red Sox, knocking in four as Yankees keep Brayan Bello reeling

Peter Abraham: Looks like the Red Sox’ Alex Verdugo trade to the Yankees has worked out for both teams, so far

This week's daters: Courtney and Andrew

Dinner with Cupid

‘Opening up to a lawyer during a blind date is not easy!’

Will these two Duke University alums be a match?

A Table Talk worker moves pies into correct lines at their Worcester facility. The company expanded its production facilities in 2023, roughly a year after the company nearly shut down.

Worcester-based Table Talk Pies sold to Minneapolis baking company

Table Talk Pies, an iconic New England brand, said Friday it has been sold to Rise Baking Company for an undisclosed amount of money. Operations in central Massachusetts are expected to continue unchanged, the company said.

Opinion

A screenshot of three recent TikTok posts about the Karen Read murder trial.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The Karen Read trial and TikTok bias

Consuming news on TikTok is becoming an irresponsible endeavor because most news-related content on the platform is basically infotainment.

Flagging Martha-Ann Alito’s right-wing flag-flying antics

Primary care is in crisis. Here’s how to fix it.

The Supreme Court delivered a win for abortion access, but the war is far from over

IDEAS | SEÁN CARLSON

What’s in a name? In Ireland, a host of letters that Americans find hard to pronounce

LGBTQ Pride Month

The rainbow flag flies over Boston during the Pride Week (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

Boston Globe Today

‘Pride is a riot’: Elevating queer voices and stories in June

The Boston Pride for the People parade and festival, held Saturday in Boston, is estimated to draw more than 1 million people.

Boston Pride parade awash in positivity

Actress Elizabeth Montgomery, right, in character as Serena, Samantha's sassy cousin on the beloved sitcom Bewitched, on location in Gloucester in 1970. She is talking to the famed Gloucester fisherman, whose statue came to life in a memorable episode, "Darrin on a Pedestal."

Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester explores the LGBTQ+ appeal of ‘Bewitched,’ the classic TV sitcom

Leslie Rosenberg of Boston sported a pair of rainbow boots to match her rainbow skirt at a Pride flag raising at Boston City Hall on June 3.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

How parents can support LGBTQ+ youth in an often hostile world

More recent News

Red Sox reliever Chris Martin opens up about anxiety battle, scheduled to begin rehab assignment Saturday
“Accepting it and speaking about it to professionals, getting a better understanding of how to take care of it, is what I’m working on right now,” said Martin, a critical bullpen piece last season who has struggled relatively in 2024.

‘House of the Dragon’: 5 things to know ahead of Sunday’s season two premiere
The hit “Game of Thrones” prequel series is set for a fiery return, with more big battles, more royal drama, and, of course, more high-flying, CGI-dragon action.

Couples ask judge to find Alabama law that provides legal immunity to IVF providers unconstitutional
The new statute, which took effect immediately, shields providers from prosecution and civil lawsuits “for the damage to or death of an embryo” during IVF services.

Trump pledged to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. He faces pressure to name names.

Former president Donald Trump has made pardoning Jan. 6 defendants a signature campaign promise as he seeks another term in the White House, saying in a recent interview that he would consider all of them.

Demolition of the Parkland classroom building where 17 died in 2018 shooting is underway

A large excavator stretched up and punched out a window on the top floor of a three-story classroom building as a long-awaited demolition got underway.

Israelis and Palestinians are hopeful but cautious over latest cease-fire proposal

A proposed cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is raising hopes across the Middle East and beyond that eight months of fighting could soon come to an end.

Pine Street Inn graduates 75 students from its job training program

Many of the graduates spent time in Pine Street’s homeless shelter, and all of them are leaving the program with new vocational skills and financial literacy training.

Man charged with threatening FBI agent who had been involved in Hunter Biden laptop investigation

The agent hung up, prosecutors said in a news release, and Muller called back and threatened the agent and his family in a voicemail that lasted more than a minute.

Woman charged with assault for alleged attack on MBTA bus driver, authorities say

The incident occurred around 4 p.m. Thursday at Nubian Station when a 23-year-old woman allegedly struck the bus driver with a closed fist and with her cell phone, according to Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan.

Recommended reads

Yvette Fernandez on the front porch of her deed-restricted home in Jamaica Plain.

Money, Power, Inequality

The deed restrictions debate: How to balance affordable homeownership and wealth building?

Deed restrictions in income-restricted units have sparked debate about balancing individual wealth building with limiting gentrification.

A 23-minute ride for $3.52: Boston’s food delivery drivers are getting squeezed from all sides
With little oversight from app-based companies, a largely migrant workforce trying to make ends meet is rushing around the city — and raising safety concerns — to satisfy the insatiable demand for takeout.

Cold Case Files

‘I don’t know why they’re not talking.’ People know who killed Charline Rosemond. They’re not cooperating with police.
Charline Rosemond borrowed her father’s car to go to work one morning in 2009. Almost a week later, she was found dead in Somerville.

‘If we lose the hospital, where are we going to go?’ A community is on edge amid Steward bankruptcy.
There are no clear answers to questions facing communities like Haverhill that are home to Steward hospitals in Massachusetts and across the country.

Culture & Lifestyle

The second season of "House of the Dragon" premieres Sunday.

‘House of the Dragon’: 5 things to know ahead of Sunday’s season two premiere

A summer screening of "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" at Boston Common last year. More free movie nights in public parks, put on by the City of Boston, will be held this August.

Six Bay State film fests and events to soak up this summer

From left: Hong Chau, Casey Affleck, and Matt Damon in "The Instigators."

First trailer for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s ‘The Instigators’ features Fenway, Gronk, and a whole lot of Boston

Hanover, NH - 6/5/2024 Intern Kaitlyn Anderson (cq) was working with Photographer Cara Romero (cq) who stages and photographs elaborate scenes. Romero has a show coming to the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College . She and her crew were creating works for that show. (Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff)

Photographer turns subjects into life-sized ‘American Girl’ dolls, with an Indigenous twist

Special Projects

Illustration of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White along with other NBA greats for the 2024 Finals preview.

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

If Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown beat the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals and carry the team to Banner No. 18, their legacies would be cemented. But all of this year’s success means nothing without a ring.

Lauren Friel (left) owner of Rebel Rebel, chatted with customers while working at her wine bar in Bow Market in Somerville. The restrictive Boston liquor license system has pushed throngs of innovative chefs to neighborhood towns with laxer laws, including Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge.

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.

Interactive map

Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

stuart landing page illustration

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Rev. William Barber, center, at a rally in Washington, D.C., in December 2021. Barber's new book, 'White Poverty,' extolls America's moral obligation to all poor people, including the white ones.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

‘White Poverty’ and the limits of progressive empathy

Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor faced cross-examination by lawyer Alan Jackson during Karen Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, June 12.

Crude and sexist State Police investigator compromises Karen Read trial

Former Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire at a campaign rally, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at Lanconia Municipal Airport in Gilford, N.H.

Could Massachusetts’ losses be Kelly Ayotte’s gain?

Beware of identity fraud empowered by generative AI

For assistance in dying, please press 1

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

‘It’s a wrap’: With Celtics loss, fans pour out of TD Garden watch party

Early Friday night, around 16,000 Celtics fans packed the Garden, confidence sky-high. Dallas had other ideas.

Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester explores the LGBTQ+ appeal of ‘Bewitched,’ the classic TV sitcom

When she hid her magic from all mortals, was TV witch Samantha Stephens also sending a message of solidarity to other marginalized groups, particularly the LGBTQ+ community? Hammond Castle hosts a day of screening an episode of the show filmed in Gloucester on Saturday as part of its first-ever Pride Month.

Photos: Celtics lose to Mavericks in Game 4 of the NBA Finals

Dallas avoided elimination and forced a Game 5 on Monday in Boston. See images from Globe photographers at the game.

Here’s a partial list of events to celebrate Juneteenth in Greater Boston

Concerts, performances, and community gatherings will be spread across Boston and surrounding communities leading up to Wednesday in celebration of Juneteenth.

Sports

The Celtics bench looked glum as coach Joe Mazzulla opted to sit his starters in the third quarter after things got out of hand in a 122-84 loss to the Mavericks in Game 4 of the NBA Finals Friday at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

It’s not that the Celtics squandered a chance to win an NBA title, it’s how they did it that’s become the real concern for Game 5

The Celtics made it clear they didn’t want this game bad enough, knowing they had four games to win one and perhaps the lure of clinching their 18th title in Game 5 at home.

Jayson Tatum is fouled by Kyrie Irving in the first quarter of Game 4 on Friday at the American Airlines Center.

Celtics crushed by Mavericks in Game 4 of NBA Finals, 122-84, in one of worst playoff performances in franchise history

Boston once again has a chance to close this series out when it returns home for Game 5 on Monday. NBA teams are 156-0 all-time when holding a 3-0 lead in a best-of-seven series.

The Celtics sat their starters down in the third quarter after falling into a huge deficit in Game 4

How bad was the Celtics’ Game 4 loss? It ranks among the worst in the history of the NBA Finals.

The Celtics surpassed their previous worst defeat in the Finals, a 33-point loss to the Lakers in Game 3 of the 1984 Finals

celtics notebook

Kristaps Porzingis available but a DNP-coach’s decision while ‘not quite there’ in ankle/foot recovery

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Looks like the Red Sox’ Alex Verdugo trade to the Yankees has worked out for both teams, so far

‘It’s a wrap’: With Celtics loss, fans pour out of TD Garden watch party

Business

Worcester-based Table Talk Pies sold to Minneapolis baking company

Table Talk Pies, an iconic New England brand, said Friday it has been sold to Rise Baking Company for an undisclosed amount of money. Operations in central Massachusetts are expected to continue unchanged, the company said.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, rapid-fire gun accessories used in 2017 Las Vegas massacre

The high court found 6-3 the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles in 2017.

Pine Street Inn graduates 75 students from its job training program

FAA investigating how counterfeit titanium got into Boeing and Airbus jets

magazine

A healthy beech leaf on the left and one infected by the beech-killing worm on the right.

A tree-killing worm may spell the end of autumn's yellow hues

Jo Douglas trails behind some of her heifers.

Martha's Vineyard

She wanted cows for her growing farm. First, she had to catch them.

The writer as an infant, held by his mother and surrounded by his father, brothers, and dog.

I couldn’t remember my dad’s voice. He died when I was only 4.

This week's daters: Courtney and Andrew

Dinner with Cupid

‘Opening up to a lawyer during a blind date is not easy!’

metro

Chris Soldani waved a Celtics flag on Causeway Street before heading into TD Garden to watch Game 4 of the NBA Finals Friday night.

Hopeful Celtics fans now pin hopes on Monday

They made it from Haiti to Boston. Now, they’re graduates.

Quick-hitting thunderstorms dump rain, hail across Boston, rest of New England

sports

Jayson Tatum's facial expression during the loss to the Mavericks sums up Game 4 for the Celtics.

The Celtics’ bid for a Finals sweep misses badly with 122-84 blowout loss to Mavericks in Game 4

Photos: Celtics lose to Mavericks in Game 4 of the NBA Finals

Celtics getting blown out by the Mavericks in Game 4 has an upside: They can win Banner 18 on the fabled parquet floor Monday

business

Boston self-flying tech startup Merlin was awarded a $105M production contract for USSOCOM. (Photo: Business Wire)

Self-flying plane startup lands $105 million defense contract

City of Boston approves new measures to protect Long Wharf from flooding

Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to address a G7 summit. He’s raising the alarm about AI.

politics

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an event at Discovery World on May 16 in Milwaukee.

Harris stepping in for Biden at Ukraine summit as she takes growing role in heat of 2024 campaign

Biden goes straight from G7 to Hollywood fundraiser, balancing geopolitics with his reelection bid

Speaker Johnson says House will go to court for Biden audio after Justice Dept. refused to prosecute

Nation

Representative Adam Smith of Washington state, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, discussed the National Defense Authorization Act this week in Washington, D.C.

House passes defense policy bill advancing key GOP priorities

Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5b Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed.

Court blocks enforcement of Title IX rules protecting transgender students

World

African National Congress lawmakers and South African président Cyril Ramaphosa react after his being reelected as leader of the country in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is reelected by lawmakers for a second term

Putin makes cease-fire offer with sweeping demands on Ukraine’s territory

France’s leftist alliance leaders vow to ‘extinguish the flame’ of far right in upcoming elections

opinion

Samuel and Martha-Ann Alito.

Flagging Martha-Ann Alito’s right-wing flag-flying antics

Boston City Council budget is fair; members should override Wu’s veto

NH elections work; state shouldn’t require proof of citizenship to vote

lifestyle

Franklin resident Marcella DiChiara on season three of "The Great American Recipe," a cooking competition show. The new season premieres Monday on PBS.

Franklin’s Marcella DiChiara showcases Sicilian culture, cuisine on new season of ‘The Great American Recipe’

Someone at work is in love with me

For Father’s Day, 60 life lessons from 60 dads

food & dining

A hot buttered lobster roll and a cold lobster roll with mayo. Which would you choose?

Is the best lobster roll hot or cold? Two Globe writers face off.

The Friendly Toast goes nut-free, Zurito replaces Bin 26 Enoteca, and pups take over patios

It’s not your imagination. Men really do eat more meat than women, study says.

travel

A three-mile portion of the Island Line Trail in Burlington, Vt., stretches over Lake Champlain.

Our travel writer shares his New England summertime favorites, from the best beach to the perfect miniature golf course

This South Shore town was selected as the best seaside small town to visit in America in 2024, according to Smithsonian Magazine

30 years of bad art, Oregon’s biggest music festival, and a last-minute gift for an outdoorsy dad

Arts

Actress Elizabeth Montgomery, right, in character as Serena, Samantha's sassy cousin on the beloved sitcom Bewitched, on location in Gloucester in 1970. She is talking to the famed Gloucester fisherman, whose statue came to life in a memorable episode, "Darrin on a Pedestal."

Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester explores the LGBTQ+ appeal of ‘Bewitched,’ the classic TV sitcom

Sarah Ganz Blythe to lead Harvard Art Museums

Fruitlands Museum to reopen its galleries with three exhibitions focused on Native American Art

Books

Freddie, the store cat, at Stillwater Books in West Warwick.

📚 Your favorite Rhode Island bookstores

‘Code Dependent’ dives into AI’s harms

A geek’s guide to Fan Expo Boston: See Marisa Tomei and other stars, party with cosplayers, plus more nerdy fun

Movies

A summer screening of "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" at Boston Common last year. More free movie nights in public parks, put on by the City of Boston, will be held this August.

Six Bay State film fests and events to soak up this summer

‘Tuesday’: Death, be not proud

First trailer for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s ‘The Instigators’ features Fenway, Gronk, and a whole lot of Boston

Television

The second season of "House of the Dragon" premieres Sunday.

‘House of the Dragon’: 5 things to know ahead of Sunday’s season two premiere

Expect performances aplenty on Tony Awards telecast

Everything you need to know about the Tony Awards 2024

music

This year's Boston Pizza Festival takes place on City Hall Plaza June 22-23.

Five things to do around Boston, June 17-23

R.E.M. reunite at Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony also honoring Timbaland and Steely Dan

The Who’s Roger Daltrey, talkin’ ’bout his generation

Theater/Dance

Leslie Odom Jr. in "Purlie Victorious."

Who will win at the 2024 Tonys, and who should

Everything you need to know about the Tony Awards 2024

At ART, a ‘Gatsby’ that’s great

Health

The emergency department at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I.

Owner of 2 safety-net hospitals in R.I. ordered to pay $17m within 10 days

In CVS’s home state, pharmacists in 2 retail stores vote to unionize

What we’re starting to learn about H5N1 in cows, and the risk to people

Obituaries

Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Jews attended the funeral of Rabbi Kotlarsky in New York early this month.

Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, 75, dies; expanded Chabad’s global reach

Harrison White, groundbreaking (and inscrutable) sociologist, dies at 94

Akira Endo, researcher who found cholesterol-fighting statins, dies at 90