Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson should be ecstatic about one thing that the entire team needs extremely soon.

Dallas will face the defending champion Boston Celtics for the first of two matchups in a 12-day period on Saturday.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Stephen Curry were voted as the backcourt representatives in the Western Conference.

The Mavericks travel to North Carolina to take on the Hornets as part of the NBA's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.

Evan Mobley and Isaac Okoro have been ruled out of the Cleveland Cavaliers' matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves.