Maine basketball phenom Cooper Flagg is gearing up for his first NBA game in Boston, as the Celtics host Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks on Friday.Flagg, 19, is set to face his favorite childhood team at TD Garden, the NBA arena that is closest to his hometown of Newport.”I’m excited. I know there’s going to be a lot of people showing up from Maine and showing support, so I’m really excited just to be up there for the first time and play in that arena,” Flagg said Thursday. “It’s really the only arena I went to as a little kid, so I’m really excited to get an opportunity. I’m just blessed.”Friday’s game also marks the season debut of Celtics star Jayson Tatum, who has been working to return from a ruptured Achilles tendon he suffered in May 2025 during the NBA Playoffs. The Celtics announced Friday that Tatum is available to play against the Mavericks.WMTW sports director Travis Lee is at TD Garden for the big game, and Maine’s Total Coverage will be running a live blog below.Pregame4:55 p.m. – WMTW sports director Travis Lee recorded video of Flagg warming up for the game. Watch it in the embedded social media video below.
Maine basketball phenom Cooper Flagg is gearing up for his first NBA game in Boston, as the Celtics host Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks on Friday.
Flagg, 19, is set to face his favorite childhood team at TD Garden, the NBA arena that is closest to his hometown of Newport.
“I’m excited. I know there’s going to be a lot of people showing up from Maine and showing support, so I’m really excited just to be up there for the first time and play in that arena,” Flagg said Thursday. “It’s really the only arena I went to as a little kid, so I’m really excited to get an opportunity. I’m just blessed.”
Friday’s game also marks the season debut of Celtics star Jayson Tatum, who has been working to return from a ruptured Achilles tendon he suffered in May 2025 during the NBA Playoffs. The Celtics announced Friday that Tatum is available to play against the Mavericks.
WMTW sports director Travis Lee is at TD Garden for the big game, and Maine’s Total Coverage will be running a live blog below.
Pregame
4:55 p.m. – WMTW sports director Travis Lee recorded video of Flagg warming up for the game. Watch it in the embedded social media video below.
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