On June 13, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA Finals ushered in the third game between the Mavericks and the Celtics, and the Celtics have led the Mavericks 2-0.
The disadvantage for the Celtics in this game is that Porzingis will be absent due to injury, and his absence will still have a very big impact on the Celtics' defense, and the starters will continue to use the previous starters, which are still Tatum, Brown, Holiday , White and Horford. The Mavericks lineup remains the same, starting Doncic, Irving, Washington, Jones and Gafford will still start.
In the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks were full of offensive firepower, Irving and Doncic hit their first shots, Jones also scored a steal layup, Doncic forced Holiday to complete a layup, and the Mavericks played a 9-2 start, forcing the Celtics to take an early timeout. After a timeout, Horford hit a corner-of-the-box three-pointer to help the Celtics break the deadlock. After the Celtics arrived on the road, their shooting percentage also dropped, and Holiday and White didn't shoot. Irving missed Horford twice in a misposition, and the three-point touch was still not found, until the third time Horford finally completed the layup and scored.
Then Doncic scored 4 points on consecutive single Tatum layups, Doncic assisted Lively to score two plus one, and the Mavericks stretched the score to more than 10 points. The Celtics relied on Tatum's single three-point shot to alleviate the situation, but Irving converted the three-pointer! Scored the first three-pointer of the finals! After Doncic went off the court, the Mavericks couldn't score in a row, Brown made a three-point foul and scored 2 free throws, Brown converted the offense to complete a layup, Tatum also hit a three-pointer, and a wave of 7-0 chased the score to 6 points.
Kidd was forced to replace Doncic, in the first round, Kleber was blocked by Brown for three points, Lively defended for three seconds, Tatum scored on a free throw, Hauser scored three points, and the Celtics' offensive climax continued, 11-0! The Mavericks relied on Doncic's mid-range shot to break the scoring drought, Tatum broke through and caused Exum to foul and score free throws, and Exum broke through to complete the dunk! Tatum failed to continue the three-point attempt, Doncic played Hauser and scored a foul free throw, the Celtics relied on Hauser to shoot a three-pointer, Doncic missed two consecutive three-pointers, Tatum converted to complete a dunk, and the Mavericks led the Celtics by one point at 31-30 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the Mavericks didn't score for three minutes in a row, Brown took advantage of Doncic's defensive mistake to cut inside and score, White finally hit his fifth three-point shot, and the Mavericks relied on Irving's breakthrough to change to a left-handed layup to score, Doncic didn't feel good in this quarter, missed consecutive shots, and assisted Lively's dunk and dunked. Fortunately, Irving made a three-point shot, but immediately let Tatum return a three-pointer! Irving assisted Gafford for a dunk, and Tatum broke through to complete a layup to help the Celtics lead the Mavericks again.
Irving made another three-pointer, Washington didn't have a three-pointer, and Irving continued to hit a three-pointer! The Celtics relied on a three-pointer from Hauser to give the Mavericks a 51-50 lead at halftime.
In the second half of the game, both sides began to hit the inside, the success rate was relatively high, the Mavericks' defense was relaxed in the second half, Holiday converted three points to shoot, and then completed a steal, Tatum also hit three points, directly overtook the Mavericks by 5 points, and directly stopped the Mavericks. After Kidd took a timeout, he made personnel changes, replacing Washington, who was afraid to shoot, with Hardaway and Lively.
The Mavericks set up a set of defense, allowing Brown to break through to the interior to complete the dunk, and finally relied on Irving to score 2 points. Brown hit a three-point shot in the bottom corner, Doncic missed consecutive layups, Hardaway missed a three-point shot at the top of the arc, and the converted offensive layup was blocked by White, but it gave the Celtics a chance to counterattack, and Tatum completed the dunk! The Celtics already have a 10-point lead over the Mavericks. The Mavericks relied on Doncic to score four points in a row and slightly recovered some of the score.
Then the Mavericks' offense still did not improve, Brown scored four points in a row, assisted Diellman to shoot a three-pointer, and the difference was directly stretched to 13 points. Irving continued to score three points, and Washington also made a three-point shot, but immediately let White return it, and Brown broke through a dragon to complete the dunk! At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics outscored the Mavericks by 15 points, 85-70. Brown scored 15 points in the quarter!
In the final quarter of the game, Doncic had an offensive foul in the first round, Brown continued the feeling of the third quarter, and continued to hit three points in the bottom corner, and Irving was also blown an offensive foul on the offensive end, and White grabbed a three-point shot, and the difference came directly to 21 points, and in less than 1 minute, he directly stopped the Mavericks! The Mavericks couldn't see where the defensive intensity was in the second half, and they didn't give Brown and others full physical confrontation, and it was obviously unwise to compare their hands with the Celtics.
After the timeout, Washington grabbed a three-point shot, Doncic singled Pritchard to finally complete the layup and scored, Doncic missed a three-point shot, Lively scored a layup, Green made a three-point shot, and the Mavericks played a wave of 10-0, and the difference returned to 11 points.
After the Celtics called a timeout, Tatum made a mistake, Washington caused a foul free throw to score, and finally relied on Brown's mid-range shot to break the deadlock, Irving broke through with the ball to complete a layup, Tatum made a layup to continue to play iron, and Doncic assisted Washington to shoot a three-pointer in the bottom corner! The Mavericks went on a 17-2 run to bring the deficit back to six points.
Brown didn't continue to make a three-point shot, Doncic singled Tatum and the referee continued to give no foul, but fortunately, Horford dribbled and walked for a violation, and Irving caused Holiday to make a three-point foul and scored three points on a free throw. Brown missed, Holiday missed a three-pointer, and in the last five minutes, the Mavericks chased a three-pointer.
Doncic singled Tatum to the basket and continued to miss the shot, and was fouled by Brown for his fifth time in the defensive round. Fortunately, Horford didn't have an open three-pointer, Irving didn't hit a high board, Brown converted the offense and caused Doncic to foul for the sixth time, and Kidd didn't challenge Doncic for the fifth foul, this time the challenge failed, Doncic left the court with six fouls, and Kidd made a fatal mistake. Irving hit a single shot, Tatum missed, Brown scored on a layup, Washington covered a foul, and Holiday broke through to the inside to assist White for an open three-pointer. Irving scored two points on a foul free throw, and with 2:32 left in the final game, the Mavericks trailed by four points.
Tatum broke through to complete the dunk, Lively scored on the dunk, Tatum stepped back and missed a three-point shot, and Irving assisted Lively to complete the dunk, and the difference came to 2 points. Brown hit a mid-range shot, Washington missed a three-pointer from a big open position, Irving didn't have a three-pointer, Washington sent White a free throw to score two points, and in the final 22 seconds, the Mavericks trailed by six points. Hardaway missed a three-pointer and fouled Tatum for two free throws, and the game was out of suspense, and the Celtics eventually won 106-99 against the Mavericks and led the series 3-0.
Full-time player stats
Mavericks: Doncic shot 11-of-27 from the field and 1-of-7 from three-point range to get 27 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 fouls, Irving shot 13-of-28 from the field and 4-of-6 from three-point range to get 35 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Washington 13 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Gafford had 6 points and 3 rebounds, Jones had 2 points and 3 rebounds, Levery had 11 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, and Green had 3 points and 3 rebounds.
Celtics: Tatum had 31 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 11-of-26 shooting and 4-of-13 three-pointers, Brown had 30 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists on 12-of-22 shooting and 2-of-9 three-pointers, White had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Holiday had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Horford had 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Hauser had 9 points and 3 rebounds, and Diarman had 3 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks.
#头条创作挑战赛#
#NBA季后赛#