So what does he do? Score 21 by himself in the second half to lead the Blue Devils past a top-15 team. Tatum's Blue Devils were held to just 21 points (he had seven of those) by Virginia's stingy defense in the first half. His line Saturday against Wake Forest - 19 points on 6 for 11 shooting, 3 of 5 from three, and seven rebounds - was pretty good and he made some clutch free throws to clinch the win.īut can we talk about his Virginia game? Seriously, this may be the gem of his college career. The move to power forward has ignited his game and helped catapult Duke in its seven-game winning streak. Let's take a look at whose stock rose and whose fell this week among eight top freshmen.Īmerica is finally seeing the Jayson Tatum that was highly touted coming into his one-and-done stint with the Blue Devils. Or in the case of a top prospect, a big performance to show all the scouts. The Pelicans won the first meeting in New Orleans in October.We're have just a few weeks left in the college basketball regular season, so everyone is looking for a big win. Mavericks: Hosts New Orleans on Saturday. The Spurs swept the two-game series last season. Rookie Jaden Hardy scored all of his 15 points in the second half with the game out of reach.Ĭeltics: A four-game trip ends Saturday in San Antonio. Christian Wood had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Mavericks: G Josh Green (elbow) and F Dorian Finney-Smith (adductor strain) remain out but will travel on a five-game road trip that starts Sunday in Oklahoma City. Smart was assessed his second technical and ejected over the third-quarter incident. Smart was fined $35,000 for using inappropriate language with an official in the loss to the Thunder. Vonleh averaged 1.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 7.4 minutes in 23 games. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 18 but was just 6 of 15 as the Dallas starters shot 32%.Ĭeltics: Seldom-used C/F Noah Vonleh was traded to San Antonio for a future conditional second-round pick. Tatum and Brown took over from there, combining for 33 points after the break.ĭoncic had nine rebounds but was limited to three assists as the Mavs tied their season low in assists with 15. Grant Williams scored 10 of his 12 points in the first half, when the Boston bench outscored Dallas' 27-2. "It was kind of like what happened in Boston," Mavs coach Jason Kidd said. The Mavs were swept in the two-game season series after trailing big at halftime in a 125-112 loss at Boston. The Celtics never trailed after the middle of the first quarter, and Dallas didn't get closer than 13 after halftime. Marcus Smart and Malcolm Brogdon each scored 15 points, with Smart going 4 of 9 from deep while Brogdon was 3 of 5. The sixth-year pro's other triple-double came on April 19, 2021, when he had 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in a 102-96 loss to Chicago. Boston shot 16 of 43 from 3, with eight players hitting at least one. Tatum wasn't much better than Doncic, going 8 of 22 from the field, but his teammates were. What I love about tonight was we did bounce back." "And then we go through a couple of games where we lose that. "When we're at our best, we play really good basketball on both ends of the floor with high effort for a long period of time," Mazzulla said. Doncic was 7 of 23 overall and Dallas finished at 38% two nights after Oklahoma City shot 59% against the Celtics. There was never a chance for a third, or for the Mavs to extend the longest winning streak since their lone championship season in 2010-11.ĭoncic missed all six shots from long range as the Mavericks finished 7 of 32. The Mavs superstar didn't play in the fourth quarter, which started with Boston leading by 24.ĭoncic hit buzzer-beating 3-pointers for the win in Boston's previous two Dallas visits. Luka Doncic scored 23 points after averaging 44.5 points the previous five games. "They have to do it over and over again." "They showed me they can do it one time," interim coach Joe Mazzulla said. Jaylen Brown scored 19 points for the NBA-leading Celtics, who bounced back from a 150-117 loss in Oklahoma City when the Thunder were missing 30-point scorer Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Tatum had 29 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Celtics ended Dallas' seven-game winning streak with a 124-95 victory Thursday night. DALLAS (AP) Jayson Tatum and the Celtics answered a head-scratching loss with the Boston star's second career triple-double in a blowout of Luka Doncic and the Mavericks.
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