DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks had won 11 of their previous 16 games heading into last night’s game against the Celtics, and were flirting with a Western Conference playoff berth.
Leave it to the Celtics, after kicking off their four-city western road trip with a loss to the worst team on the slate — Sacramento — to come back with their third straight win, all over playoff teams.
Isaiah Thomas scored 29 points, logging his 38th straight game with 20 or more points, to lead the C’s over Dallas, 111-98.
James Young played a crunch-time role for the second straight game, and Kelly Olynyk came off the bench with 15 points on the same floor as his idol, Dirk Nowitzki.