BOSTON — The Celtics knew too well of Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic’s penchant for clutch shooting in the final seconds of big-time games. So with the score...
With less than 15 seconds left, Doncic drove into the paint against All-Star Jaylen Brown and drew four Celtics defenders in his direction. He barely looked Spencer Dinwiddie’s way before he dished the ball out to his fellow point guard on the right wing for the decisive 3-pointer with nine seconds left.
Doncic and Dinwiddie celebrated with an airborne shoulder bump as the Celtics called timeout, but the Mavericks’ couldn’t properly relish their victory in one of the most raucous environments of the season until they survived a dramatic defensive sequence, too. He insisted on taking the jump ball — no matter that he spent the start of the second quarter in the locker room for a left hamstring cramp.
Doncic finished with 26 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and three steals in 39 minutes, while Dorian Finney-Smith added 19 points on 7 of 11 shooting and four rebounds, three assists, one block and two steals in 38 minutes.“Luka’s basic, like, M.O. is to make the right basketball play every time down,” Dinwiddie said. “He’s going to be ultra-aggressive, of course, but try to make the right basketball play.
But then came Doncic and Finney-Smith and a couple of halftime adjustments against Boston’s suffocating defense. Finney-Smith’s defense also helped position the Mavericks to spoil the Celtics’ hope to precede Kevin Garnett’s postgame jersey retirement ceremony with a 17th win in 19 games.
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