Klay Thompson and the Mavericks jumped on the Celtics early, and the Celtics never countered – falling 127-120 in their return to TD Garden. Here are the takeaways. Klay Thompson looked like his vintage self One of the scariest things about playing the Golden State Warriors of some 5-7 years ago was knowing that while

Their blockbuster offseason addition was Klay Thompson, the longtime sharpshooter who was initially thought to be the most ideal fit for a team headlined by Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. However, that same Doncic-led Mavericks group wasn’t the same team that returned to TD Garden for the first time since Game 5 of the Finals.

Few of the roughly 20,000 fans in the arena or those watching on TV will long recall the exact score of Dallas’ 130-108 rout of the Wizards, but they’ll sure remember Thompson pouring in those franchise-record-tying seven first-quarter 3-pointers in 10 attempts.