In a game where the Celtics shot 25.6 % from 3, the Mavs were doomed by a lack of support, free throws, turnover, and a lack of support for Luka Doni.
BOSTON — More than the overall performance, the Dallas Mavericks will probably lament the loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the NBA Finals.
Luka Doni, who was credited with making the 105-98 lost at the TD Garden on Sunday evening, for the errors he made and the missed free throws, more than acquitted himself in the midst of a prior injury that was marked as doubtful.
" I think my fumbles and my missed free throws cost us the game", said Dončić, who scored 32 items with 11 touchdowns and 11 help. " So I've got to do way better in those two categories".
Having 15 team turnover, with valuables like silver, seems inexplicable. Missing eight completely throws — 16 of 24 — when the Celtics take 19- of- 20 may plague them all summer.
But more than that, it's the events.
The distinctive ones at least, Kyrie Irving was unable to remove them without making an effort to smile. With four hours left, Joe Holiday and Derrick White pressuring Doni and P. J. Washington, who had threatened an eight-second infraction, led to a quad that gave the Celtics some breathing space.
Or, Payton Pritchard taking all the heat from the Mavericks at the end of the fourth quarter when Irving cut the prospect to six, hitting a beep- beating twofold from a phase inside half judge.
" Yeah, I just chalk that up to just being in Boston", Irving said. " You know, some of those shots, they go up in the air, and I remember last game Sam Hauser caught it in the corner, and I do n't think he even brought the ball down. Almost entirely online, really.
Irving has n't yet come alive, and he brought up the 2016 Finals when he combined with two bad games in Golden State to put together some of the best ball of his career. The Cleveland Cavaliers shot 51 % from the floor and 47 % from three as they rallied from a 3-1 deficit to record an improbable comeback.
He was a much younger person next, and that was a different position. But the popular ratio, at least early on, is the Dallas Mavericks can see how great, if not fantastic, the Celtics are.
" Being in the Finals before, down 0- 2, I have a small experience in this", Irving said. " Did n't play particularly well in the first two games in that series, too, that I'm referring to]in 2016].
So I'm just really leaning in on what I've learned, what I've learned, and some of the things I've been able to understand because this is going to be the hardest thing we've always done and it's going to be the hardest thing I've ever done.
Perfect may not be required to complete a turn, but winning Game 2 would've made items a lot easier before the scene shifts to Dallas for Game 3 on Wednesday. Jayson Tatum's shooting percentage ( 31.5 % ) looks like he should be playing for the Red Sox rather than the Celtics, and Jaylen Brown turned the ball over six times in Game 2.
The Celtic shot only 25.6 % from 3, and that sort of horrible shooting achievement is just the kind of day that had them dropping Game 2s against Miami and Cleveland in the first two sessions.
But the Mavericks was n't change, with their guns going cool outside of Dončić and shooting 2- of- 17 from 3.
" Unfortunately, we just could n't get over the hump," Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said". I thought our defence was really, really nice. Simply put, we need to look after the game. There's also some turnovers that gave them points, and then also being able to — we've got to report the game, and best today, we've got to find someone to visit Luka and Kai in that scoring category."
Irving was great quick, getting to the street and finishing. It at least gave the impression he would n't be as bothered by the Celtics ' length on the wings or at the rim, but he too slowed down as the game wore on.
Irving said," A much disappointed in myself not being able to change a lot more from my options in the street." I'm going against Jaylen Brown and Jr. Holiday a few times, but I think I have the upper hand on some situations where I need to turn.
" Felt good in the first half, but second half the shots were n't going down".
Tactically, the Celtics are better equipped on the periphery than they were in the series against Minnesota, where Doni and Irving made a living playing the cat-and-mouse match with the Timberwolves bigs and Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford benefiting from it.
Brown and another perplexing fingers are making fun of Doni. Irving, often certain- handed, has found the game being poked apart and it has led to Celtics runouts. In Game 2, Doni made eight turnover, with Irving recording two more.
No contradictions, no benefits over mechanisms, and the Celtics are pressing on against Irving and Doni, daring someone else to defeat them. Thus far, it's worked to perfection.
" I mean, they are natural, yeah. But they try to protect one- on- one", Dončić said. They may have tried to assist more now. I was able to find some teammates available. But they are real. They are pretty natural. We let them be real. So they are pretty, quite remarkable on defense".
Tim Hardaway Jr. is still on that Dallas chair, collecting DNP's and sand. The Mavericks got a total of nine chair items out of Maxi Kleber, Beautiful, Josh Green and Dante Exum.
The Celtics ' chair is not particularly strong, but their power belongs in their healthy starting five. That's a luxury this Dallas team does n't have, with Holiday leading the Celtics in scoring ( 26 points with 11 rebounds ) and Derrick White being not far behind with 18 points— and all the timely plays.
White's prevent on PJ Washington with 50 hours left sealed the win, as the touchdown could've made it a 103- 100 activity. Dallas seems better equipped for close games, given Irving's and Dončić's talents, but the Mavs could n't get it beyond that invisible barrier.
The Celtics have n't conjured up their best performance, and it's clear the Mavericks have n't either. They ca n't be all they lean on when they return home because they'll lean against them during the summer.
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