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Mavs avoid sweep with historic Game 4 rout of Celtics in NBA Finals

Mavs avoid sweep with historic Game 4 rout of Celtics in NBA Finals

The Dallas Mavericks staved off elimination in the 2024 NBA Finals on Friday with a 122-84 Game 4 rout of the Boston Celtics at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

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The Celtics were looking to become just the 10th team to ever record a 4-0 sweep in the NBA Finals, but they wound up being on the wrong side of history.

Dallas' 38-point win marked the third-largest blowout in NBA Finals history. The largest Finals victory ever was the Chicago Bulls' 42-point Game 3 win over the Utah Jazz in 1998. The Celtics in 2008 recorded a 39-point Game 6 Finals win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

“It's real simple. We don't have to complicate this. This isn't surgery,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd told reporters postgame. “Our group was ready to go. They were ready to celebrate and we made a stand. We were desperate. We've got to continue to keep playing that way. They're trying to close the door. The hardest thing in this league is to close the door when you have a group that has nothing to lose. Tonight, you saw that.”

The Mavs held a 13-point advantage over Boston after the first quarter and they doubled their lead by halftime with a score of 61-35. Luka Doncic and Co. didn't let their foot off the gas to start the second half, either, forcing Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla to empty the bench with three minutes remaining in the third quarter as the game got out of hand.

The Mavericks led by as many as 48 points in the second half, marking the largest lead in an NBA Finals game in at least 50 years, according to ESPN.
Doncic powered Dallas' historic victory by scoring 25 of his game-high 29 points in the first half, adding five rebounds and three assists. Kyrie Irving tallied 21 points, six assists and four rebounds. The Mavs, who shot a blistering 50.5% from the field and 40.5% from 3 (15-for-37), dominated the paint, outscoring Boston 60-26.

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