(Boston) Jrue Holiday had 26 points and 11 rebounds as the Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 105-98 on Sunday, taking a 2-0 cushion into the NBA Finals.
“I’m really tired of hearing about a player, or this player, or that player and it was like people were making it out to be something other than the Celtics game,” said the team head coach, Joe Mazzulla. Everyone who stepped on the field today made winning plays, both offensively and defensively. »
Relatively discreet with 18 points, Jayson Tatum still provided 12 assists and nine rebounds.
He was scoreless in the first quarter and finished the first half with five points.
Jaylen Brown had 21 points and seven assists.
Luka Doncic had 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for the Mavericks, who will host the next game on Wednesday.
Match number 4 will be presented on Friday, again in Texas.
Boston took another step towards an 18e championship, which would break a tie at the top with the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Celtics have led 2-0 in the Finals on nine occasions. They’ve always triumphed with that momentum thus far, never needing the series to go to seven games.
Derrick White also generated 18 points for the Celtics, who won despite being 10-for-39 on three-pointers.
P. J. Washington supported Doncic with 17 points, one more than Kyrie Irving.
The Massachusetts group led by only three points at the half, 54-51.
Once the score was 63-61 in favor of Boston, the Celtics took a timeout and then managed a 6-2 surge.
Peyton Pritchard hurt Dallas with his first basket of the final: just before the end of the third quarter, his 34-foot shot gave the crowd favorites an 83-74 lead.
“That’s why they are the best team and with the best record in the NBA,” Doncic said. They have several good players. Basically, everyone can put out a big game.”
The Celtics stayed the course in the final quarter, en route to a ninth consecutive victory.