Beijing time on June 10th, Celtics played against Mavericks at home. Although the Celtics won the G1 game, many people did not believe that Porzingis could maintain such excellent results. Offensive status, secondly, many people also believe that Irving can rebound in the game, and the Mavericks can always rebound in G2 games in the playoffs, so although this game is still played at the Celtics' home court, But the Mavericks still have a great chance to defeat the Celtics. Faced with this situation, Tatum and Brown need to go all out, and the Celtics also need to defend their home court advantage.
In the first quarter of the game, Doncic hit a mid-range shot, and then Holiday scored a layup. After Irving made a layup, Brown made a pass error. After Washington hit a three-pointer, Brown made a mid-range shot. After Doncic hit the iron, Horford counterattacked and dunked. After Doncic made a shot, Holiday broke through and scored a layup. After Doncic made a throw, Tatum made a layup. After Irving made a long shot, the Mavericks led by 7 points. After the timeout, Holiday and Horford hit a three-pointer. After Doncic hit a three-pointer, Tatum also hit a three-pointer. Then the Mavericks made a mistake and White counterattacked, resulting in 2 of 2 free throws. After Kleber hit the iron, Brown counterattacked and dunked. The Mavericks had a bad offense. Porzingis continued to chase points with free throws. At the critical moment, Doncic scored consecutively to help the Mavericks stabilize the situation. However, other Mavericks players had a bad offense. Porzingis and White directly helped the Celtics. Tying the score, Irving scored 4 points in a row to stabilize the situation at the end. Horford responded with a three-pointer. At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks led by 3 points.
In the second quarter, White made a mid-range shot. After Doncic made a shot, Tatum assisted Brown for a dunk. After Doncic hit a three-pointer, Pritchard made a three-pointer. After Exum made a mistake, Brown also made a mistake. After Cic made a mid-range shot, White made a pass error. Then Doncic and Irving began to hit the ground running. Tatum and Porzingis helped the Celtics chase points. After White hit a three-pointer, the Celtics went ahead by 1 point. . After the timeout, White hit a three-pointer. In the next game, Green hit a three-pointer from the outside. After Brown scored inside, Green also scored inside. After Holiday scored, Jones scored 5 points in a row. Holiday responded at the critical moment, and the two teams also tied. Tie. After the timeout, Jones hit a three-pointer. Although Doncic assisted Jones for a dunk, Holiday scored 4 points in a row. After Doncic hit a three-pointer, Tatum also scored 2+1. Holiday then scored 2+1 in the next game. Helped the Celtics to hold on to the lead, and the Mavericks fell behind by 3 points at halftime.
The Mavericks had a difficult time in the first half of the game. After all, Doncic had already demonstrated his offensive status to the fullest in the first half. Under such circumstances, the Mavericks also took the lead for a time. Unfortunately, Doncic There are too few people around who can stand up. At the same time, in this game, Irving drove high and went low. At first, Irving's attack on the inside did achieve good results, but in the second quarter, Irving's defensive performance against Brown and others was poor. , so the Celtics also directly completed the lead in the second quarter. At the end of the half, Doncic scored 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Irving scored 10 points and 3 assists on 5 of 10 shots.
On the other hand, the Celtics had many people who could stand up in the first half. Although Tatum was in an offensive state, Porzingis and Holiday had explosive performances. At the beginning, Porzingis Si is maintaining a good offensive state. Holiday's explosion in the second quarter is too critical. This is also the key to the Celtics taking the lead. However, if the Celtics want to win this game, Tatu Mu needs to find his form in offense. At the end of the half, Tatum scored 5 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists on 2-of-9 shooting. Holiday scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist on 7-of-9 shooting. Porzingis scored 10 points and 3 assists on 3-of-4 shooting. Rebounding data.
