Important away win for Mavs
Boston Celtics suffer a surprisingly heavy defeat
May 10, 2024, 7:40 a.m
The Dallas Mavericks celebrate an important away win in Oklahoma City in the second round of the NBA playoffs. Superstar Luka Doncic is playing big again. PJ Washington shines at his side. The Boston Celtics, on the other hand, lose surprisingly heavily.
The Dallas Mavericks celebrated an important away win in the NBA and evened their playoff series in the second round. Without Maximilian Kleber, who was still injured, the Texans won the second game of the series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the best team in the regular season in the West, with 119:110.
Like PJ Washington, superstar Luka Doncic put up 29 points and recorded ten rebounds and seven assists. The Slovenian had a weak evening in the first game. Kyrie Irving, the team’s second star, only hit two of his eight attempts from the field (nine points), but had eleven assists. The best thrower of the game was Oklahoma’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored 33 points. After the opening games in Oklahoma City, the Mavs now host the Thunder in Dallas twice in a row.
Meanwhile, the Boston Celtics, the best regular season team in the East, suffered a surprisingly heavy defeat and had to accept the equalizer in the play-off series. Boston lost the second game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at their home TD Garden with 94:118. The outstanding man for the Cavs was Donovan Mitchell, who scored 29 points and hit five of his seven three-point attempts.
Unlike game one, when Mitchell received little support from his teammates, every player in the starting lineup scored in double figures. Caris LeVert also scored 21 points. The best thrower for the Celtics, who dropped two in the half, was Jayson Tatum with 25 points. We continue with two games in Cleveland.
Meanwhile, the Phoenix Suns announced their separation from Frank Vogel. The 50-year-old had to leave after just one season. After a disappointing main round the previous week, the Suns failed in the first play-off duel against the Minnesota Timberwolves with a score of 0:4. Vogel won the NBA title in 2020 as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and took over the Suns in June 2023.