The Boston Celtics pay a visit to the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center on Thursday night.
The Boston Celtics have been in a rut as they’ve lost five of their last nine games and they will be hoping to snap a two-game skid after getting blown out by the Thunder in a 150-117 road loss on Tuesday. Jaylen Brown led the team with 29 points on 11 of 18 shooting, Jayson Tatum added 27 points on nine of 17 shooting while Malcolm Brogdon and Payton Pritchard each scored 17 points. As a team, the Celtics shot 45 percent from the field and 12 of 40 from the 3-point line as they failed to match the intensity of the Thunder early on and committed a total of 17 turnovers, most of which came in the second quarter where they leaked 40 points and in the third quarter where they allowed a ridiculous 48 points. Marcus Smart finished with just seven points before getting ejected from the game.
Meanwhile, the Dallas Mavericks are in a groove right now as they have now won seven in a row after sneaking past the Rockets in a 111-106 road win on Monday. Luka Doncic led the team with 39 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, Christian Wood and Tim Hardaway Jr each scored 21 points while Spencer Dinwiddie chipped in with 11 points. As a team, the Mavericks shot just 42 percent from the field and 13 of 43 from the 3-point line as they got off to a sluggish start and scored just 18 points in the first quarter to have them trailing going into halftime, but they flipped a switch and dominated the second half by 67-51 to escape with the narrow win despite getting just 11 points from their bench players.
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