You can read the full report from tonight’s game below:
So the Celtics have taken care of business at home, but this one wasn’t easy. Luka Dončić looked like he was going to put on one of those legendary “hobbled player scores 48 points and inspires team to road victory” NBA Finals performances early on, and the Mavericks fought back after nearly being knocked out in the fourth quarter.
The Celtics, though, have so many players who can make a difference. Tatum, Holiday and Jaylen Brown are a formidable trio. Porzingis, who seemed to pick up another injury late in a storyline to watch over the next few days, is a steady player off the bench. And some random player can come through at any time – consider Payton Pritchard, whose one contribution to this game took place in about 3 seconds of taking an inbounds pass and racing up the court to hit from the NBA Finals logo, stealing back the momentum after a Dallas run.
Dončić has Kyrie Irving, one of the best players of the past 15 years, running alongside him. But it feels like he has to do this himself against one of the most formidable teams in the NBA in a long time.
See you for Game 3 on Wednesday.
