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Mavericks vs Celtics: Celtics beat Mavericks 105-98, take 2-0 lead in NBA Finals as series heads to Dallas, Best Game

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Mavericks vs Celtics: Luka Doncic scored the first NBA Finals triple-double in Dallas franchise history, but it didn’t stop Boston from getting closer to an unprecedented 18th championship.

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Boston won Game 1 after blowing the game open with a 58-29 second-quarter advantage and never letting Dallas sniff the lead from there. Dallas looked like the stronger team early Sunday as Dončić took over with a 23-point first-half effort. 

Holiday had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and White sprinted down the court to swat away Dallas’ last chance to make it a one-possession game on Sunday night as Boston beat the Mavericks 105-98 to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals.

“I’m really tired of hearing about one guy or this guy or that guy and everybody trying to make it out to be anything other than Celtic basketball,” Boston coach Joe Mazzulla said. “Everybody that stepped on that court today made winning plays on both ends of the floor.” ( Mavericks vs Celtics )

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Tatum made up for a rough shooting night with 12 assists and nine rebounds to go with his 18 points. Brown scored 21 with three steals, White had 18 points and three steals, and Peyton Pritchard’s only basket of the game was a banked half-courter to beat the third quarter buzzer and give Boston an 83-74 lead.

“That’s why they are the No. 1 team in the NBA with the No. 1 record,” said Mavericks star Luka Doncic, who scored 32 with 11 rebounds and 11 assists — the first NBA Finals triple-double in Dallas franchise history. “They have a lot of great players. Basically, anybody can get off.” ( Mavericks vs Celtics )

Doncic, who was listed as questionable to play less than two hours before the opening tipoff, had his 10th career playoff triple-double. But he scored only three points in the fourth, converting a three-point play with 1:15 left as Dallas scored nine in a row to cut a 14-point deficit to 103-98.

“He was great,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said. “Luka is a special player — if not the best player in the world — and he causes a problem. … He’s able to create open opportunities and we just didn’t take advantage of them.” ( Mavericks vs Celtics )

Games 3 and 4 are Wednesday and Friday in Dallas. Boston has not lost on the road this postseason, but the Mavericks need to snap that streak to avoid a sweep and earn a trip back to the Boston Garden, where the local fans are already making space in the rafters for another banner.

It was the ninth time the Celtics have won the opening pair in the NBA Finals. They have won the previous eight, and have never been forced to a Game 7 in any of them. ( Mavericks vs Celtics )

A day after Kidd attempted to sow dissension in the Celtics locker room by calling Brown — not Tatum, an All-NBA first-teamer — the team’s best player, Boston showed why it doesn’t matter. ( Dallas vs Boston )

Kristaps Porzingis limped his way to 12 points for top-seeded Boston. Tatum was 6 for 22 shooting and 1 of 7 from 3-point range; the Celtics were 10 for 39 from long distance overall. ( Mavericks vs Celtics )

Kyrie Irving, who’s drawn the animosity of the local fans ever since cutting short his stay in Boston in 2019, scored 16 points; he has lost 12 games in a row against the Celtics.

Tatum was scoreless in the first and had only five at halftime, when he was still 0 for 3 from 3-point range. Boston was still just 5 for 30 from long distance when Peyton Pritchard banked in a half-courter at the third-quarter buzzer to give Boston an 83-74 lead.

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