Jayson Tatum posted a triple-double with 29 factors, 14 rebounds and 10 assists to propel the NBA-leading Boston Celtics to a 124-95 win over the host Dallas Mavericks on Thursday evening.
Tatum scored 18 and Jaylen Brown added 15 of his 19 within the second half as Boston snapped a two-game dropping streak.
Four different Celtics completed in double-figures together with Marcus Smart and Malcolm Brogdon who added 15 apiece.
Luka Doncic scored 23 factors, Spencer Dinwiddie had 18 and Christian Wood had a 12-point, 12-rebound double-double for Dallas, which noticed its seven-game win streak snapped.
All however three of Doncic’s factors got here within the opening half.
Dallas erased Boston’s 5-0 begin with a 9-2 run and took a 9-7 lead on Dinwiddie’s working dunk with 6:50 left within the first quarter.
The Celtics sprinted forward thereafter, as a Grant Williams triple started his private five-point stretch and an prolonged 15-3 group run.
It was 29-20 on the finish of the primary quarter — a margin that would have been higher if not for Dallas’ 9-of-12 effort on the free-throw line. Doncic, who completed an 11-point quarter with a floater and two free throws within the final minute, was 5 of seven on the line.
Brogdon’s three-point play capped Boston’s 5-0 run to begin the second. The hosts obtained again inside eight on a Kemba Walker drive, however Grant Williams adopted with an and-one.
Derrick White capped the Celtics’ 4 straight 3-point makes, taking a 55-37 lead with 4:14 earlier than halftime.
Each group’s stars heated late within the first half, making it 64-46 on the break. Tatum scored seven of Boston’s final eight factors and Doncic posted seven straight for Dallas over the ultimate 3:38.
Wood scored two jumpers for Dallas after halftime, however the groups traded 7-0 runs halfway by the third. Tatum’s finger roll capped the Boston streak, giving it a 71-50 lead at 7:44.
Dinwiddie’s three began the Dallas run and arrange Wood for an alley-oop dunk on the finish.
Brogdon hit the Celtics’ third throughout a span of 5 treys with 3:08 left. Smart adopted after which sank three straight free throws to create the 89-65 lead after three.
In the fourth, Dallas responded to Tatum’s step-back triple with a fast 6-0 run that included back-to-back Dwight Powell buckets.
Jaden Hardy (15 factors) and Tim Hardaway Jr. (eight factors) bookended one other 8-0 Maverick run with two 3-pointers, however Tatum’s three-point play and a feed to Brown for an alley-oop dunk highlighted a 13-0 run with 4:12 left.
