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

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The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Boston Celtics, 122-84, in Game 4 of the NBA Finals Presented by YouTube television and now trail in the series, 3-1.
Luka Doncic led the Mavericks with 29 points (25 in H1), 5 rebounds, and 5 assists while Kyrie Irving (21 points, 6 helps, 4 rebounds) and Dereck Lively II (11 points, 12 rebounds +20 score) included 32 points. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 15 factors, 5 rebounds, and 3 aids as Sam Hauser added 14 factors and 4 rebounds.
Tim Hardaway Jr. added 15 points on 5-7 3PT for Dallas, all happening in the 4th quarter.
Video game 5 will certainly happen in Boston on Monday, June 17 (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC).
Video game Notables
Tonight’s video game stands for the third-largest margin of triumph 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 been EIGHT circumstances of 20-year-olds recording double-doubles in the NBA Finals. Dereck Lively II joins Magic Johnson as the only gamers to have multiple double-doubles in the NBA Finals before turning 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 +/- rating of +20 in a NBA Finals video game in the PXP era (since the 1998 NBA Finals).
With 25 PTS in the initial fifty percent, Luka Doncic (25y 107d) comes to be the third youngest player to score 25 or even more in the first half of an NBA Finals 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 rack up 25+ in H1 of a Finals game WITHOUT making a 3PT (Tim Duncan – 2013 NBA Finals Game 6).