The Dallas Mavericks were handily defeated by the Boston Celtics as the team closed out the NBA Finals with a victory at TD Garden, clinching an 18th title.
at TD Garden in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The outcome clinched a championship for the Celtics while eliminating the Mavs.
It wasn't until the 8:59 mark of the opening period that Dallas managed to score. The play that got the Mavericks on the board was a ball screen with Doncic leading to a lob pass to Jnes as a roller for a dunk. The Celtics jumped to a 9-2 start as Dallas struggled to score. Al Horford hit a 3-pointer on the trail. Doncic created momentum by attacking the restricted area by playing off two with a fake to create an and-one.
After receiving limited playing time, Dante Exum provided a substantial spark off the bench in Game 4. He checked into the game with 2:33 left in the first period. Dallas went small with Washington and Kleber in the frontcourt. Still, that combination proved inadequate for the moment, going away from a formula that worked well in Game 4, favoring having an energetic offensive rebounding threat on the floor as often as possible.
Tatum continued to attack Lively on a switch, using a slow step deep on a drive to draw a foul from Kleber, who rotated over in help defense. Tatum's made free throw positioned Boston to be up by 15 points midway through the second period. Doncic missed the free throw, allowing a nightmare scenario again: Payton Pritchard having the ball in the open floor to take a half-court shot to beat the buzzer, just as he had pulled off in Game 2. The first half ended with the Mavericks trailing 67-46. Neither Doncic nor Irving managed to succeed in scoring consistently. Doncic scored nine points on 4 of 10 shooting while missing his three deep attempts, going 1 of 3 from the free throw line, and turning it over three times.
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