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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 26 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 104 |
 Mavericks | 32 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 113 |
BOSTeam statsDAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 41-8647.7% | 10-2835.7% | 12-1392.3% | 42 | 19 | 17 |
| DAL | 42-8748.3% | 16-4139.0% | 13-2161.9% | 43 | 27 | 16 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Dallas Mavericks113| 33 | 14 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 0 | +10 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 33 | 15 | 4-12 | 3-9 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −6 | −3.0 | ||||||
| 31 | 15 | 5-11 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | +4.9 | |||||
| 30 | 20 | 7-12 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0 | −4 | +6.1 | |||||||
| 30 | 9 | 4-11 | 0-5 | 1-3 | 0 | +6 | −4.3 | |||||||
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| 26 | 20 | 9-16 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +7.4 | |||||
| 23 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 17 | 9 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −0.6 | ||||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.9 | ||
| 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +2.1 | ||||
| Team | 113 | 42-8748.3% | 16-4139.0% | 43 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 13-2161.9% | 13 | 12 | 3 | |||
Bench 40 points on 17 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Ryan Broekhoff (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics104| 36 | 21 | 9-14 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | +4.2 | |||||||
| 35 | 19 | 9-24 | 0-5 | 1-1 | −10 | −5.1 | ||||||||
| 31 | 8 | 3-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −6.4 | |||||||
| 30 | 16 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −11 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 30 | 13 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | +1.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 19 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 6-6 | 0 | −11 | +3.9 | |||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.1 | ||||
| 17 | 4 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −5.0 | |||||
| 17 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −1.9 | ||||||
| Team | 104 | 41-8647.7% | 10-2835.7% | 42 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 12-1392.3% | 9 | 8 | 3 | |||
Bench 27 points on 7 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Brad Wanamaker, Robert Williams III, Guerschon Yabusele and Daniel Theis (coach’s decision).
Mavericks113Celtics104ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
J.J. Barea scored 20 points (9 in the second quarter), and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Boston Celtics 113-104.
DeAndre Jordan’s free throw put the Mavericks ahead for good with 3:45 left in the third quarter.
The Celtics got within 87-84 on Jayson Tatum’s 17-foot step-back jumper with 11:22 to play, but Devin Harris answered with a floater, and the Celtics got no closer.
Harrison Barnes scored 20 points (9 in the first quarter) with 5 3-pointers.
For the Celtics, Tatum scored 21 points on 9 for 14 shooting.
The Mavericks shot 48.3% from the field and 39.0% from 3 to the Celtics’ 47.7% and 35.7%. The Celtics turned it over 18 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. The Celtics were outscored 19-6 in 6 minutes with Irving, Morris, Baynes, Smart and Brown on the floor together.
Dallas MavericksBoston CelticsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
100 points from the field on 86 shots: 7.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-27 | 70.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 2-5 | 40.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-14 | 35.7% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 5-11 | 45.5% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-30 | 36.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Morris Sr. | 24 | 7 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Jaylen Brown | 9 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Semi Ojeleye | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jayson Tatum | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 3-8 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Rozier | 17 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Marcus Smart | 11 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Kyrie Irving | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Semi Ojeleye | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 14 | 6-8 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayson Tatum | 35 | 11 | 4-6 | +3 |
| Semi Ojeleye | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Jaylen Brown | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Marcus Morris Sr. | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 1-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
DAL
Highest Leverage Moments
Barea 1' Driving Layup (11 PTS) (Kleber 1 AST)
Q3 1:30
11.6%
66→77
Kleber 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Barea 5 AST)
Q3 2:22
10.5%
62→73
Kleber Running Layup (5 PTS) (Barea 7 AST)
Q4 7:57
9.8%
79→89
Harris 3PT Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Barea 4 AST)
Q3 3:14
9.8%
57→66
Doncic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS)
Q1 4:46
9.5%
68→77
