| 89 – 107 |
| Box Scores: NBA – Yahoo |
| GAME SUMMARY |
| Location: TD Garden (19156), Clock: END Q4 |
| Officials: Courtney Kirkland, Zach Zarba, and Josh Tiven |
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Mavericks | 20 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 89 |
| Boston Celtics | 37 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 107 |
| TEAM STATS |
| Team | PTS | FG | FG% | 3P | 3P% | FT | FT% | OREB | TREB | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Mavericks | 89 | 35-84 | 41.7% | 7-27 | 25.9% | 12-19 | 63.2% | 10 | 50 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| Boston Celtics | 107 | 39-82 | 47.6% | 16-42 | 38.1% | 13-19 | 68.4% | 10 | 55 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
| PLAYER STATS |
by ItsN0tTheB0at
25 Comments
the earth looking extra round tonight
Porzingis has never played a game past the first round in the playoffs, got hurt then missed a month and came back first game of the finals like a monster
The fact that Tatum can put up 16 and the Celtics can be winning by 25 is a testament to how well this team was built
Tingus Pingus was insane today
Kyrie was smiling like a mf while in the tunnel. The Celtics wiped that shit clean off his face.
Porzingis was the nuclear option that put the Celtics over the top, Tatum played a smart game and Brown did what he always does. Mavs better made adjustments on Sunday.
The Washington Wizards are the worst organization in the league and I *still* don’t think they get enough hate on here.
Bro, Boston got a LOTTERY PICK when they added PORZINGIS on top of this core.
Like Jesus Christ no one even blackmailed the Wizards, Grizzlies etc. into doing those deals w/Boston. They just…. did that.
Basketball is a TEAM sport. 6 players with double digit points. 7 players with multiple 3s. Suffocating defense. This was a great TEAM win by the Celtics.
kyrie was beyond ass today
Feel like Jaylen saved the Celtics in that 3rd quarter
1. That was some big dick energy from Porzingis in the 1st half, ngl.
2. They really need to stop putting mics on players during games. What they show on TV is never interesting.
https://i.imgur.com/tPINrd4.jpeg
we got there u/rookie-mistake u/Idk-man251 lol
Fire alarms went off as KP held a BBQ in TD garden.
This game included the following runs:
23-5 Celtics run that spanned nearly 7 minutes to end the first quarter.
16-3 Celtics run that spanned a little over 6 minutes in the 2nd quarter
29-12 Mavericks run that spanned over 10 and a half minutes, cutting the deficit down to 8.
14-0 Celtics run right after that to put the game away.
Half of this game was literally runs, most of them by the Celtics. The rest of it was just a blur.
Svi Mykhailiuk has more points in the NBA Finals than Joel Embiid.
Dallas isn’t dead, they bounced back from awful game 1s against the clippers and thunder but the Celtics are a different beast. Kyrie is gonna need to play way better. Lively is gonna have to be much smarter. Same for Washington, DJJ, Green, and Gafford. Their second best player can’t be Jaden Hardy.
They need to find a way to get the lobs/corner threes that Boston took away today or the guys who struggle above the break hitting them need to start hitting them. Also stop switching smaller guys onto Porzingis. Better weak side help and forcing the driver towards a crowd. Maybe play Hardy and Kleber more, and double Tatum inside less so there’s less open threes. Hunt Horford more offensively, Boston did great going after mismatches, now yes there are few offensive mismatches when you play Boston but Horford and the bench guys are the targets.
Great team game from Boston. Everyone did their part, even the bench guys. And that defense with Porzingis is deadly.
Porzingis, healthy and dominant, was absolutely the key to the game. I expect Dallas to get a similar boost whenever Kyrie becomes available.
Nobody besides Luka showed up for Mavs
Celtics blocks: 9
Mavericks assists: 9
There’s your stat for the game right there
Don’t let this beatdown let you forget that Doris tried kissing JJ.
/u/luckyplum in hiding after making that ridiculous *”Boston fans have no idea what’s about to happen to them”* post
I’m so happy for KP, but seeing Hauser get his shot back was huge for me
When the Mavs cut it to 8 I thought we were about to have a game lol
My biggest impression? After watching the Mav’s tear apart defenses with these lob dunks, I really really liked how the Celtics defended it. They really didn’t give any of those up easy, seemed like a specific focus on d
The “untested” Celtics looked pretty ready to me.
KP must have actually been spending time in the hyperbolic time chamber for a month because wtf was that insane performance. Basically won the game in his first 10 minutes of play