Dallas had their chances to win but couldn't come away with it and had back home down 2-0
This one hurts if you're Dallas. Boston struggled to shoot for most of the game, but no one outside of Luka Doncic could score consistently. It's one that was there for the taking, the Mavericks just couldn't take it.
The Mavericks really struggled to score for most of the third quarter, scoring just 13 points in the first nine minutes of the half as the Celtics would open up a 12-point lead. A small 11-5 stretch to end the quarter would've had the Mavs only down 6 entering the fourth quarter. Including this shot, the Celtics made 5 of their last 10 threes to close out the game after struggling up to this point.June 10, 2024
Boston's dynamic defensive backcourt pounces all over it and ends in a 3-ball for Jrue Holiday, who had an outstanding game, pushing the lead to 11 late.Despite all of that, a 9-0 run by the Mavericks in the final few minutes had the lead down to five with under a minute to play. Derrick Jones gets the block on Jayson Tatum and Dallas is out running the other way.
Luka Doncic finished with a game-high 32 points on 12/21 shooting, 11 assists, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. The bigger issue is his 8 turnovers and 4/8 shooting from the free-throw line. Free-throw shooting has been the Mavericks' biggest weakness in this run to The Finals and it showed its ugly head in this game as the team was just 16/24 from the line while Boston was 19/20.
Overall, it was 15 turnovers, poor free-throw shooting, and even worse 3-point shooting for the Mavericks that lost them this game.
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