Jrue Holiday withstood the Boston Celtics’ offense in the first half and waited for Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum to ‘wake up’ in the second half to lead the TD Garden team to a 105-98 victory over the Dallas Mavericks and take a 2-0 lead. in the NBA Finals.
Jrue Holiday withstood the offensive of Boston Celtics in the first half and hoped that Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum They ‘woke up’ in the second half to lead TD Garden’s team to a 105-98 victory over Dallas Mavericks and take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals.
Although tatum and Brown They had a scoreless start to the first quarter and an explosive start to Luka Doncic for the Mavs, little by little Celtics They were getting into rhythm and cutting off their rival’s circuits, which left almost the entire load of points on Doncic, since both Kyrie Irving Like the rest of the Dallas cast, they did not perform equally well.
These are the keys to the Celtics’ victory in Game 2 of the NBA Finals.
1.- Jrue Holiday, brilliant offensively and defensively. The Celtics point guard carried the team’s offensive contribution and shouldered the defense to wait for Tatum and Brown to react after a start without points for both in the first quarter and a poor percentage of successes from the arc.
In 41 minutes on the court, Jrue Holiday He recorded a double-double of 26 points and 11 boards with a great 11-14 from the field; If it weren’t for him, Boston could have gotten into complications since Doncic was determined to take the victory for the Mavs by contributing a triple-double of 32 points, 11 boards and 11 assists.
Contrary to Doncic’s start, Tatum did not appear until the second half to contribute 18 points, but go a poor 1-7 from the arc.
2.- Tatum played as a ‘point guard’. Despite not having his best night, not from three-pointers or from the field, going 1-7 and 6-22 in 45 minutes, Tatum played for his teammates and distributed the ball for 12 assists, the most of all Celtics and Mavs players. on the floor
His contribution to the defense was also solid, capturing 9 rebounds, 8 of them defensive, and stealing 2 balls, although he lost 3 for his team.
3.- 2-14 rally in the third quarter. After a close first half with a 51-54 partial in favor of TD Garden, in the third quarter came the explosion of the Celtcs who, with Tatum, Brown and Derrick White, put together a 2-14 rally with 4:27 left and take the lead on the scoreboard that they did not let go of until the final buzzer sounded.
The Celtics also limited Kyrie Irving again, who finished with 16 points, only 6 of which were in the second half.
When and what time is Game 3 of the NBA Finals Celtics vs Mavericks?
Game 3 of the NBA Finals will take place on Wednesday, June 12 at the American Airlines Center at 6:30 p.m. CT.
