Dallas Mavericks

The Dallas Mavericks were down by as many 13 points, but their defense and shot-making in the second half helped them seal a big road win against the Boston ...

Doncic hit multiple big shots in the fourth quarter, but the biggest play of the game was the last one he made on offense, which was a pass out to Spencer Dinwiddie for the game-deciding 3-pointer with just nine seconds left. Due to Brooklyn's COVID restrictions, Kyrie Irving won't be available for the Nets. However, Doncic emphatically signaled to coach Jason Kidd to challenge the call. Jaylen Brown, who is viewed as Tatum's co-star in Boston, only scored 14 points while shooting 6-of-16 from the field. "I knew it was going to be successful," Doncic told ESPN in his postgame interview. In the end, though, it was the Mavericks who came away victorious with hard-fought 95-92 win.

The Celtics had their five-game winning streak snapped.

With Boston’s supporting cast failing to punish the Mavericks for his aggressive defense, the Celtics’ offense looked mortal for the first time in weeks in the grind-it-out affair against one of the West’s best teams. Jayson Tatum comes back to earth: After posting five consecutive 30-point games for the first time in his career, Tatum struggled with the Mavericks’ scheme that successfully slow down the All-Star for much of the contest. The Mavericks went just 1-of-8 from 3-point range besides Doncic while Celtics not named Tatum or Al Horford combined to go just 3-of-12 from the field in the opening frame.