#1 CELTICS at #5 MAVERICKS | FULL GAME 4 HIGHLIGHTS | June 14, 2024

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The Dallas Mavericks beat the Boston Celtics, 122-84, in Game 4 of the NBA Finals Presented by YouTube TV and currently route in the collection, 3-1.
Luka Doncic led the Mavericks with 29 factors (25 in H1), 5 rebounds, and 5 assists while Kyrie Irving (21 factors, 6 assists, 4 rebounds) and Dereck Lively II (11 points, 12 rebounds +20 score) included 32 factors. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 15 factors, 5 rebounds, and 3 helps as Sam Hauser added 14 factors and 4 rebounds.
Tim Hardaway Jr. added 15 factors on 5-7 3PT for Dallas, all occurring in the fourth quarter.
Video game 5 will certainly happen in Boston on Monday, June 17 (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC).
Game Notables
Tonight’s game represents the third-largest margin of success in an NBA Finals game:
1998 NBA Finals Game 3: 42 Points– Chicago Bulls 96, Utah Jazz 54
2008 NBA Finals Game 6: 39 Points– Boston Celtics 131, Los Angeles Lakers 92
2024 NBA Finals Game 4: 38 Points– Dallas Mavericks 122, Boston Celtics 84
2013 NBA Finals Game 3: 36 Points– San Antonio Spurs 113, Miami Heat 77
1978 NBA Finals Game 6: 35 Points– Washington Bullets 117, Seattle Supersonics 82
There have actually been EIGHT circumstances of 20-year-olds recording double-doubles in the NBA Finals. Dereck Lively II joins Magic Johnson as the only players to have numerous double-doubles in the NBA Finals before transforming 21 years old:
Magic Johnson– 5x in 1980 NBA Finals
Dereck Lively II– 2x in 2024 NBA Finals
Darryl Dawkins– 1x in 1977 NBA Finals
Dereck Lively II is the only ROOKIE to have a +/- score of +20 in a NBA Finals video game in the PXP age (since the 1998 NBA Finals).
With 25 PTS in the very first fifty percent, Luka Doncic (25y 107d) becomes the third youngest player to rack up 25 or even more in the very first half of an NBA Finals video game.
The only players younger:
Hakeem Olajuwon (23y 125d): May 26, 1986: HOU at BOS
Kyrie Irving (25y 78d): June 9, 2017: CLE v GSW
He’s just the SECOND PLAYER to score 25+ in H1 of a Finals game WITHOUT making a 3PT (Tim Duncan – 2013 NBA Finals Game 6).