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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mavericks | 18 | 20 | 38 | 19 | 95 |
 Celtics | 20 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 92 |
DALTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 33-7444.6% | 15-3740.5% | 14-1973.7% | 42 | 20 | 17 |
| BOS | 33-8837.5% | 9-3724.3% | 17-1989.5% | 45 | 16 | 11 |
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 Mavericks95| 39 | 26 | 8-16 | 4-10 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +8.4 | |||||
| 38 | 19 | 7-11 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0 | +3 | +4.6 | |||||||
| 37 | 18 | 5-14 | 3-6 | 5-9 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −1.6 | ||||||
| 37 | 14 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −5.1 | ||||||
| 23 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | −9 | −4.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | −4.4 | ||||||
| 17 | 9 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −3.5 | |||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +1.3 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.1 | ||
| Team | 95 | 33-7444.6% | 15-3740.5% | 42 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 14-1973.7% | 4 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 14 points on 6 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Frank Ntilikina and Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics92| 41 | 21 | 7-23 | 3-10 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −2.5 | |||||
| 35 | 14 | 6-16 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −5.1 | |||||||
| 35 | 10 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +1.6 | |||||
| 34 | 15 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | −11 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 17 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | +1 | +10.7 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 5 | 2-10 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −9.3 | |||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −6.5 | ||||||
| 17 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −3.1 | ||||
| Team | 92 | 33-8837.5% | 9-3724.3% | 45 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 17-1989.5% | 11 | 8 | 3 | |||
Bench 15 points on 6 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Nik Stauskas, Daniel Theis, Sam Hauser, Luke Kornet, Malik Fitts and Kelan Martin (coach’s decision).
Mavericks95Celtics92ClickTap 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.
Spencer Dinwiddie made a 28-foot 3-pointer on a pass from Luka Dončić with 11 seconds left, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Boston Celtics 95-92.
The Celtics led 88-83 with 4:14 left before the Mavericks went on a 12-4 run.
The Celtics had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but Jayson Tatum missed a 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Mavericks outscored the Celtics 12-6. Dinwiddie (No. 4 in clutch wins added, 2021-22) scored 6 of the Mavericks’ 12 on 2 for 2 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line. With 1:38 left, Dončić stole the ball from Tatum, and his 28-foot pull-up 3-pointer off it tied the game at 92.
Dončić had 26 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, and Dinwiddie added 18 points.
For the Celtics, Tatum had 21 points (11 in the second quarter) and 11 rebounds but shot 7 for 23, and Al Horford added 17 points (10 in the paint) and a season-high 5 steals.
The Mavericks shot 44.6% from the field and 40.5% from 3 to the Celtics’ 37.5% and 24.3%. The Celtics outscored the Mavericks 46-26 in the paint. They did not make a field goal in the last 3:14. The Mavericks outscored the Celtics 26-13 in 10 minutes with Dinwiddie, Finney-Smith, Kleber, Brunson and Dončić 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. The Mavericks’ chance bottomed out at 9.5% (3rd quarter, 8:57 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
81 points from the field on 74 shots: 2.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 10-16 | 62.5% | 65% |
| In the paint | 4-13 | 30.8% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 4-8 | 50.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 5-11 | 45.5% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-26 | 38.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | 21 | 0 | 0-0 | −9 |
| Marcus Smart | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Al Horford | 13 | 9 | 4-7 | +4 |
| Robert Williams III | 12 | 15 | 5-7 | +10 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 0 | 0-2 | −8 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Williams III | 19 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Jayson Tatum | 19 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Jaylen Brown | 12 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Marcus Smart | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 10 | 4-5 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Smart | 13 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Jayson Tatum | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Jaylen Brown | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Robert Williams III | 10 | 4 | 0-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 14 | 5-11 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 20 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.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DAL
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Highest Leverage Moments
Dinwiddie 28' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Doncic 8 AST)
Q4 0:12
47.2%
53→6
Doncic 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q4 1:21
25.4%
82→56
Dinwiddie 29' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Burke 1 AST)
Q3 0:24
17.6%
55→37
Finney-Smith 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Dinwiddie 4 AST)
Q4 3:31
16.6%
64→47
Pritchard 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Tatum 4 AST)
Q4 11:09
15.3%
37→53
