Boston Celtics @ Dallas Mavericks
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX | Game ID: 22500721
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
DAL 29 15 23 33 100BOS 32 20 34 24 110
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Jaylen Brown leads Celtics over Mavs 110-100 despite Flagg's latest record for teenager
DALLAS -- — Jaylen Brown had 33 points and 11 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat Dallas 110-100 on Tuesday night, overcoming another stellar showing from Cooper Flagg and handing the Mavericks their season-worst fifth consecutive loss.
Flagg scored 36 points in the rookie No. 1 pick's first meeting with the team he grew up watching because Boston was the closest NBA city to his hometown, about 200 miles south of Newport, Maine.
The 19-year-old became the first teenager with three consecutive 30-point games five nights after setting the NBA scoring record for the under-20 group with 49 against Charlotte. Flagg had nine rebounds and six assists.
Payton Pritchard scored 26 points for the Celtics, who were playing without Anfernee Simons . Boston acquired Nikola Vucevic for Simons in a trade with Chicago earlier in the day, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.
Luka Garza scored nine consecutive Boston points on 3-pointers during a 14-4 run that finished the third quarter and gave the Celtics an 86-67 lead. Garza made all four of his attempts from 3 and scored 16 points in 20 minutes.
Pritchard scored 15 points in the first half on 7-of-10 shooting, and the Celtics didn't trail again after Brown hit a tying 3-pointer and scored again from long range midway through the first quarter. Boston led by 23 points in the second half.
Daniel Gafford had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Mavericks despite aggravating a right ankle injury that has sidelined him for 16 games this season. Gafford exited in the second quarter but returned in the third.
Caleb Martin scored 11 of his 13 points in the first half for Dallas.
Up next Celtics: At Houston on Wednesday to finish a quick two-game road trip in Texas.
Mavericks: San Antonio at home Thursday before visiting the Spurs on Saturday.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DALCF C. Flagg
CM C. Martin
DG D. Gafford
DP D. Powell
JH J. Hardy
KT K. Thompson
MC M. Christie
MC M. Cisse
MK M. Kelly
NM N. Marshall
RN R. Nembhard
BOSBS B. Scheierman
DW D. White
GO Gonzalez
HG H. González
JB J. Brown
JW J. Walsh
LG L. Garza
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
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