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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 30 | 20 | 35 | 21 | 106 |
 Mavericks | 31 | 20 | 19 | 29 | 99 |
BOSTeam statsDAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 38-8246.3% | 17-4637.0% | 13-1492.9% | 36 | 26 | 9 |
| DAL | 38-8644.2% | 9-2536.0% | 14-1687.5% | 43 | 15 | 8 |
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.
Boston Celtics106| 42 | 31 | 11-26 | 4-13 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 42 | 16 | 4-10 | 4-9 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.1 | ||||||
| 42 | 9 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −2.6 | ||||||
| 41 | 30 | 12-22 | 2-9 | 4-5 | 0 | +13 | +4.1 | |||||||
| 37 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −2.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | 9 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +3.9 | |||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | +0.6 | ||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −5.9 | ||||
| Team | 106 | 38-8246.3% | 17-4637.0% | 36 | 26 | 9 | 19 | 13-1492.9% | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||
Bench 12 points on 4 for 9 shooting
Did not play: Luke Kornet, Jordan Walsh, Oshae Brissett, Svi Mykhailiuk, Neemias Queta and Jaden Springer (coach’s decision).
Dallas Mavericks99| 45 | 35 | 13-28 | 4-6 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.8 | |||||
| 39 | 13 | 3-9 | 3-6 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.7 | ||||||
| 38 | 27 | 11-27 | 1-7 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −3.4 | ||||||
| 16 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | +1.8 | ||||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −0.1 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 11 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +6 | +7.2 | |||||
| 22 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −7.8 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −3.2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.2 | ||
| Team | 99 | 38-8644.2% | 9-2536.0% | 43 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 14-1687.5% | 7 | 5 | 1 | |||
Bench 16 points on 7 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Markieff Morris, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, A.J. Lawson and Dwight Powell (coach’s decision).
Celtics106Mavericks99ClickTap 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.
Jaylen Brown scored 30 points (16 in the paint), and the Boston Celtics went on a 20-6 run in the third quarter to beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-99 for a 3-0 lead in the NBA Finals.
The Mavericks led 59-58 when Jrue Holiday’s pull-up 3-pointer put the Celtics ahead for good with 9:20 left in the third quarter. Brown scored 9 points as they pulled away to a 78-65 lead with 2:14 left in the quarter, and they led by as many as 21 in the fourth quarter.
The Mavericks got within 93-92 on Kyrie Irving’s 18-foot pull-up jumper with 3:37 to play, but Brown answered with a tip-in, and the Mavericks got no closer than 100-98.
Brown’s 21-foot pull-up jumper with 1:01 left made it 102-98, and Derrick White’s 2 free throws with 22.0 seconds left put it away at 104-98.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Mavericks 11-5. White scored 5 of the Celtics’ 11 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Jayson Tatum scored 31 points (13 in the first quarter). The Celtics had 2 30-point scorers. Tatum and Brown set each other up for 7 baskets and 17 points, 2 of them during the 20-6 run.
For the Mavericks, Irving scored 35 points. Luka Dončić had 27 points and 6 assists but went 1 for 7 from 3. Dereck Lively II had 11 points and 13 rebounds off the bench.
The Celtics shot 46.3% from the field and 37.0% from 3 to the Mavericks’ 44.2% and 36.0%. The Mavericks outscored the Celtics 32-16 in 11 minutes with Irving, Washington, Dončić, Green and Lively on the floor together. Dončić fouled out.
Boston CelticsDallas MavericksPS, 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 Celtics’ chance bottomed out at 18% (1st quarter, 4:48 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
93 points from the field on 82 shots: 2.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-18 | 77.8% | 66% |
| In the paint | 4-11 | 36.4% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-7 | 42.9% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 7-18 | 38.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-28 | 35.7% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Washington | 22 | 11 | 4-9 | +2 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Dereck Lively II | 10 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Kyrie Irving | 10 | 4 | 2-5 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 15 | 7-16 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyrie Irving | 22 | 9 | 3-3 | +1 |
| P.J. Washington | 14 | 4 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Luka Dončić | 13 | 6 | 3-7 | +1 |
| Dereck Lively II | 9 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 10 | 4-8 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 34 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Green | 15 | 2 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Luka Dončić | 12 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 12 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Kyrie Irving | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 28 | 6 | 2-9 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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
Brown 21' Pullup Jump Shot (30 PTS)
Q4 1:01
19.2%
29→10
Irving 18' Pullup Jump Shot (33 PTS)
Q4 3:37
17.5%
29→47
Brown Tip Layup Shot (28 PTS)
Q4 3:08
17.5%
47→29
White 26' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Holiday 5 AST)
Q4 2:48
16.0%
29→13
Lively II Cutting Dunk Shot (11 PTS) (Irving 2 AST)
Q4 1:20
15.0%
14→29
