Dallas Mavericks @ Boston Celtics
Friday, March 1, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
TD Garden, Boston, MA | Game ID: 22300859
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
BOS 38 28 36 36 138DAL 32 27 31 20 110
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Celtics overcome Doncic's triple-double to beat Mavericks 138-110 for 10th straight win
BOSTON -- — Jayson Tatum made five 3-pointers and scored 32 points and the Boston Celtics overcame Luka Doncic 's second straight triple-double to beat the Dallas Mavericks 138-110 on Friday night and extend their season-best winning streak to 10 games.
Jaylen Brown added 25 points and seven rebounds as the Celtics knocked down 21 3s in their second victory of the season over the Mavericks to improve to an NBA-best 47-12. Kristaps Porzingis finished with 24 points as seven Celtics reached double figures.
Tatum had just two points in the first quarter, but finished with his 22nd game this season scoring at least 30 points.
“We’ve progressed, understanding every night is going to look different,” Tatum said. “If it calls for me to essentially pass the ball eight possessions in a row, because that’s the right read, then you have to trust that that’s what’s going to help us win the game.”
Doncic had his 12th triple-double of the season with 37 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. He's just the eighth player to record a 30-point triple-double in Boston, and the first since Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook accomplished the feat on Dec. 23, 2016.
Kyrie Irving added 19 points for Dallas, but shot just 9 of 23 from the field. Irving, who had a tumultuous two-year stint in Boston, was also pelted with a steady stream of boos whenever he touched the ball.
It also didn't help that the Mavericks couldn’t keep up with Boston’s shooting, going just 9 of 34 from 3-point range.
“We know if we play the game the right way, there’s a lot of options out there," Brown said. “We’re confident in the game plan and we’re confident in our ability to read the game. And we've been doing that pretty much all year."
Brown said this is the time of year “when we start to take it up a notch."
That was on display when Dallas got within 81-79 midway through the third quarter and Boston ended the period on a 21-11 run. The Celtics then followed that up by outscoring the Mavericks 36-20 in the fourth.
“You can't have empty possessions against them. And then you can't have breakdowns defensively against them,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said. “They're going to make you pay for it at the 3-point line, and that's what they did.”
Mavericks guard Dante Exum , who has been dealing with a knee injury, saw his first action since Jan.26. He scored four points in 15 minutes.
Porzingis scored 10 of Celtics’ first 15 points and had four of their 10 3s in the opening 24 minutes to help them build as much as 12-point lead in the opening 24 minutes.
Still, Dallas trailed by just seven at halftime, paced by Doncic’s 23 points.
Tatum didn’t score until he hit two free throws with 18 seconds remaining in the first quarter. But Boston led 38-32 at the end of the opening quarter, connecting on seven 3-pointers.
UP NEXT
Mavericks: Visit the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.
Celtics: Host the Golden State Warriors on Sunday.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoPoTaWh 5 23 +7 7 10 70 4 5 80 2 2 100 1 5 6 5 0 1 1 2
BOS Brown, Holiday, Porziņģis, Tatum, White
in Brown, Holiday, Porziņģis, Tatum, White
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHaHoPoWh 1 2 +2 1 3 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
BOS Brown, Hauser, Horford, Porziņģis, White
in Hauser, Horford
out Holiday, Tatum
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HaHoPoTaWh 3 9 0 3 7 43 3 5 60 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
BOS Hauser, Horford, Porziņģis, Tatum, White
in Tatum
out Brown
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HaHoHoPrTa 1 2 -2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
BOS Hauser, Holiday, Horford, Pritchard, Tatum
in Holiday, Pritchard
out Porziņģis, White
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoHoPrTaTi 3 10 +6 4 6 67 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 1 0 0 1
BOS Holiday, Horford, Pritchard, Tatum, Tillman
in Tillman
out Hauser
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoPrTaTi 2 0 -6 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
BOS Brown, Holiday, Pritchard, Tatum, Tillman
in Brown
out Horford
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoPoTaWh 2 9 +3 4 4 100 0 0 0 1 1 100 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
BOS Brown, Holiday, Porziņģis, Tatum, White
in Porziņģis, White
out Pritchard, Tillman
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoPoTaWh 4 9 -2 4 11 36 1 5 20 0 0 0 2 3 5 3 1 1 0 0
BOS Brown, Horford, Porziņģis, Tatum, White
in Horford
out Holiday
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoPoTaWh 7 21 +1 8 13 62 5 9 56 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 1 1 1
BOS Brown, Holiday, Porziņģis, Tatum, White
in Holiday
out Horford
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HaHoHoPoTa 5 14 +5 5 10 50 1 3 33 2 2 100 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 2
BOS Hauser, Holiday, Horford, Porziņģis, Tatum
in Hauser, Horford
out Brown, White
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoPrTiWh 5 15 +6 6 9 67 3 5 60 0 0 0 1 5 6 4 0 2 0 1
BOS Brown, Horford, Pritchard, Tillman, White
in Brown, Pritchard, Tillman, White
out Hauser, Holiday, Porziņģis, Tatum
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoTaTiWh 3 10 +6 3 5 60 2 3 67 2 2 100 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1
BOS Brown, Horford, Tatum, Tillman, White
in Tatum
out Pritchard
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHaMyPrTi 2 4 +2 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1
BOS Brissett, Hauser, Mykhailiuk, Pritchard, Tillman
in Brissett, Hauser, Mykhailiuk, Pritchard
out Brown, Horford, Tatum, White
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHaMyPrSp 2 7 +3 3 6 50 0 1 0 1 1 100 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0
BOS Brissett, Hauser, Mykhailiuk, Pritchard, Springer
in Springer
out Tillman
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGrIrIiWa 6 19 -6 7 15 47 2 7 29 3 4 75 3 2 5 1 1 0 0 2
DAL Dončić, Green, Irving, Lively II, Washington
in Dončić, Green, Irving, Lively II, Washington
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGaJrIrWa 1 0 -2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
DAL Dončić, Gafford, Hardaway Jr., Irving, Washington
in Gafford, Hardaway Jr.
out Green, Lively II
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ExGaJrIrWa :57 0 -3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1
DAL Exum, Gafford, Hardaway Jr., Irving, Washington
in Exum
out Dončić
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ExGaJrIrKl 3 9 +3 3 6 50 2 4 50 1 2 50 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0
DAL Exum, Gafford, Hardaway Jr., Irving, Kleber
in Kleber
out Washington
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoExGaJrKl 1 2 0 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
DAL Dončić, Exum, Gafford, Hardaway Jr., Kleber
in Dončić
out Irving
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGrJrJrKl 2 2 -4 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
DAL Dončić, Green, Hardaway Jr., Jones Jr., Kleber
in Green, Jones Jr.
out Exum, Gafford
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGrJrJrIi 2 2 -2 1 3 33 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
DAL Dončić, Green, Hardaway Jr., Jones Jr., Lively II
in Lively II
out Kleber
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGrIrIiWa 4 12 +3 6 9 67 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1
DAL Dončić, Green, Irving, Lively II, Washington
in Irving, Washington
out Hardaway Jr., Jones Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ExIrKlIiWa 2 2 -3 1 3 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 1
DAL Exum, Irving, Kleber, Lively II, Washington
in Exum, Kleber
out Dončić, Green
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoExIrKlWa 3 9 +5 4 5 80 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0
DAL Dončić, Exum, Irving, Kleber, Washington
in Dončić
out Lively II
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGrIrIiWa 5 15 +4 4 9 44 3 5 60 2 2 100 2 4 6 3 0 0 0 1
DAL Dončić, Green, Irving, Lively II, Washington
in Green, Lively II
out Exum, Kleber
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoJrIrIiWa 2 5 -5 3 7 43 1 2 50 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
DAL Dončić, Hardaway Jr., Irving, Lively II, Washington
in Hardaway Jr.
out Green
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoExJrKlWa 3 3 -3 1 5 20 0 4 0 1 2 50 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
DAL Dončić, Exum, Hardaway Jr., Kleber, Washington
in Exum, Kleber
out Irving, Lively II
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ExJrIrKlWa :51 2 0 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
DAL Exum, Hardaway Jr., Irving, Kleber, Washington
in Irving
out Dončić
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ExGrJrIrKl 1 6 -1 1 1 100 0 0 0 4 4 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
DAL Exum, Green, Hardaway Jr., Irving, Kleber
in Green
out Washington
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoJrIrIiWa 3 4 -6 2 6 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
DAL Dončić, Hardaway Jr., Irving, Lively II, Washington
in Dončić, Lively II, Washington
out Exum, Green, Kleber
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGrIrKlWa 5 9 -6 4 8 50 0 0 0 1 1 100 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1
DAL Dončić, Green, Irving, Kleber, Washington
in Green, Kleber
out Hardaway Jr., Lively II
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrHaJrPoPr 4 7 -4 3 6 50 0 1 0 1 2 50 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
DAL Green, Hardy, Jones Jr., Powell, Prosper
in Hardy, Jones Jr., Powell, Prosper
out Dončić, Irving, Kleber, Washington
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DALDE D. Exum
DG D. Gafford
DJ D. Jones Jr.
DL D. Lively II
DP D. Powell
DO Doncic
JG J. Green
JH J. Hardy
KI K. Irving
LD L. Dončić
MK M. Kleber
OP O. Prosper
PW P. Washington
TH T. Hardaway Jr.
BOSAH A. Horford
DW D. White
JB J. Brown
JH J. Holiday
JS J. Springer
JT J. Tatum
KP K. Porziņģis
OB O. Brissett
PP P. Pritchard
PO Porzingis
SH S. Hauser
SM S. Mykhailiuk
XT X. Tillman
DAL/BOS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur