After getting embarrassed by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday, the Dallas Mavericks will face another Eastern Conference top contender in the form of the Boston Celtics on Sunday. However, the Mavs will be without one of their key players, with Kyrie Irving ruled out for that game against his former team.

“Kyrie Irving (knee injury management) will not play tonight vs. the Celtics. Dallas downgraded him from questionable to out,” Zack Cox of the Boston Herald shared via a social media post on X, formerly Twitter.

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