The Celtics bounced back from their worst loss of the season with one of their better wins – a 124-95 victory over the Mavericks.
Here are the takeaways.
1. A battle between two of the leading MVP candidates didn’t really look like a fair fight, as an ailing Luka Doncic struggled to solve the Celtics’ defense (more on this in a minute). But Jayson Tatum got himself going late in the first quarter, and despite a relatively inefficient night from the field, he was the driving force behind the Celtics’ victory with 29 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists as Jaylen Brown saw limited minutes with foul trouble.