#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 television and currently track in the collection, 3-1.
Luka Doncic led the Mavericks with 29 factors (25 in H1), 5 rebounds, and 5 helps while Kyrie Irving (21 factors, 6 assists, 4 rebounds) and Dereck Lively II (11 points, 12 rebounds +20 score) included 32 points. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 aids as Sam Hauser included 14 points and 4 rebounds.
Tim Hardaway Jr. included 15 points on 5-7 3PT for Dallas, all occurring in the 4th quarter.
Game 5 will certainly occur in Boston on Monday, June 17 (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC).
Video game Notables
Tonight’s game stands for the third-largest margin of success in an NBA Finals video 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 signs up with Magic Johnson as the only gamers to have numerous double-doubles in the NBA Finals before turning 21 years of ages:
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 +/- rating of +20 in a NBA Finals video game in the PXP period (because the 1998 NBA Finals).
With 25 PTS in the first fifty percent, Luka Doncic (25y 107d) comes to be the third youngest gamer to score 25 or even more in the very first fifty percent 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 only the SECOND PLAYER to rack up 25+ in H1 of a Finals video game WITHOUT making a 3PT (Tim Duncan – 2013 NBA Finals Game 6).