Kemba Walker led the way with 29 points, including a late flurry of threes, as the Celtics pulled away from the Dallas Mavericks in the fourth quarter to take a 116-106 win at TD Garden.
We'll see if Kemba Walker can reach the heights that Antoine Walker never could in Boston. If he does, jersey No. 8 will have a new king on the Celtics.
Kemba Walker is now a member of the Celtics after leaving the Hornets. Here's how he said farewell to Charlotte and hello to Boston in the Players' Tribune.
The Boston Celtics and free-agent point guard Kemba Walker agreed to a four-year max deal worth $141 million shortly after the beginning of free agency.
By Ty Anderson, 985TheSportsHub.com Perhaps the reports of the Celtics' return to an asset-accumulating middler were premature. With both Kyrie Irving and Al Horford expected to officially leave when free agency next Sunday night, and with the Celtics feverishly clearing cap room at last week's 2019 NBA Draft in Brooklyn, Danny Ainge and the Celtics…
Kemba Walker scored 36 points, including 18 in the fourth quarter, as the Charlotte Hornets came back from an 18-point deficit to beat the Celtics 124-117.
