{"id":82064,"date":"2024-03-02T01:21:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T05:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alotofsportstalk.com\/wp2\/?p=82064"},"modified":"2024-03-02T01:21:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T05:21:15","slug":"wrecks-in-effect-mavericks-at-celtics-03-01-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alotofsportstalk.com\/wp2\/nba\/82064\/wrecks-in-effect-mavericks-at-celtics-03-01-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrecks in Effect (Mavericks at Celtics; 03.01.24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alotofsportstalk.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Akoiki-passport2-e1484016200505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7277\" src=\"http:\/\/alotofsportstalk.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Akoiki-passport2-e1484016200505.jpg\" alt=\"akoiki-passport2\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\"><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; by Adesina O. Koiki<br \/>\n<em>A Lot of Sports Talk<\/em> editor-in-chief<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Koiki_Sport\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @Koiki_Sport<\/a> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALOST_Official\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @ALOST_Official<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 21px;\">BOSTON \u2014 The one-man wrecking crew that is Mavericks sensation Luka Doncic shot and weaved and Eurostepped his way to another jaw-dropping performance, and another triple-double, against a championship contender on Friday night.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 21px;\">That same championship contender, the supernova that has been the Boston Celtics this season, made Doncic&#8217;s feats of wizardry a nonentity, as it did its wrecking as a collective unit, one that nailed three after three after three to make another definitive statement about its readiness for postseason glory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 21px;\">The Celtics turned their winning streak into a perfect 10 after demolishing the Dallas Mavericks 138-110 inside TD Garden on Friday night. Four of Boston&#8217;s five starters \u2014 Derrick White, Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis and Jayson Tatum \u2014 made at least three three-pointers on the night.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 21px;\">So much for the Celtics having to adjust to a possible new way to win games after the Philadelphia 76ers forced Boston into 5-for-22 shooting from three and made the Celtics put the ball on the floor to try and win games. It was business, and bombs away, as usual, even more commonplace than the incessant boos that Kyrie Irving receives when getting a touch of the ball at his old stomping grounds.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Koiki_Sport\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @Koiki_Sport<\/a> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALOST_Official\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @ALOST_Official<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8211; by Adesina O. Koiki A Lot of Sports Talk editor-in-chief Follow @Koiki_Sport Follow @ALOST_Official BOSTON \u2014 The one-man wrecking crew that is Mavericks sensation Luka Doncic shot and weaved and Eurostepped his way to another jaw-dropping performance, and another triple-double, against a championship contender on Friday night. That same championship contender, the supernova [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,32],"tags":[98,166,5537],"class_list":["post-82064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-photos","tag-boston-celtics","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-national-basketball-association"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.5 (Yoast SEO v23.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wrecks in Effect (Mavericks at Celtics; 03.01.24) - A Lot of Sports Talk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After having to deviating from its normal plan of volume threes to win on Tuesday, the Celtics made 21 threes in a win over the Mavericks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/alotofsportstalk.com\/wp2\/nba\/82064\/wrecks-in-effect-mavericks-at-celtics-03-01-24\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wrecks in Effect (Mavericks at Celtics; 03.01.24)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After having to deviating from its normal plan of volume threes to win on Tuesday, the Celtics made 21 threes in a win over the Mavericks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/alotofsportstalk.com\/wp2\/nba\/82064\/wrecks-in-effect-mavericks-at-celtics-03-01-24\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"A Lot of Sports Talk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ALotOfSportsTalk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-02T05:21:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/alotofsportstalk.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DEN_2930.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adesina O. 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