The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-103 in Game 5 of the Western Conference playoffs on Thursday night.

For the first time since the 2011 campaign, when they still had Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki on the team, they are finally on their way to the NBA Finals. 

Game 1 of the Finals between the Mavericks and the Boston Celtics takes place in Boston on June 6.Barkley: “We have one more week left. Even now, I enjoy the Celtics. The Celtics are still good even without Porzingis. Stan Van Gundy and Reggie made a very significant statement. They have four players who can protect Kyrie and Luka. Luka and Kyrie are unable to protect those guys from the opposite end. According to me. The Celtics are a team I like. Though I adore the Celtics, I think this series will be incredible.”As the fifth seed in the Western Conference, the Mavs defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers in the first two rounds of the playoffs before taking down the Minnesota Timberwolves.The Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Indiana Pacers were all defeated in the first three rounds by the Boston Celtics, who hold the top seed in the Eastern Conference.Over the past eight years, the Celtics have advanced to six different Eastern Conference finals, but they haven’t won a championship since 2008, the year Paul Pierce was still a member of the team.