Derrick White and the Celtics put together a 122-107 win over a competitive-but-shorthanded Mavericks team on Saturday, closing their road trip 3-1.
Here are the takeaways.
Derrick White got the kind of game he needed.
White started off the season doing his best imitation of prime Steph Curry, which is only a slight exaggeration — he shot 47.4 percent from deep in October on 7.6 attempts per game, and he shot 40.3 percent on 9.6 attempts in November.
In December and January, however, White’s shooting has cratered — over the Celtics’ last 11 games, White shot 30.