NBA 2018-19: 3 Talking Points as Boston Celtics breeze past the Dallas Mavericks

In a cross-conference match-up, the Celtics went head-to-head against the Dallas Mavericks in hopes of improving their record. This match could have shown us an amazing match-up of Doncic vs Irving, but Alas! Irving is out due to an eye injury.

The match was fairly one-sided throughout as the Celtics didn't give the Mavs any chance of coming back into the game after taking a double-digit lead from the opening quarter.

After this match, the Celtics are still stuck at fifth in the east with a win-loss record of 23-15, while the Mavs are at 12th in the West with a record of 18-20.

This was one of those matches which will act as a reminder for us of how good the Celtics are come playoff time or whenever anybody doubts them as they won it by utter domination and a final scoreline of 114-93.

Now, the final scoreline from this game are -

#3 Unselfish Display of Basketball from the Celtics

In this game, they collected a total of 35 dimes, and multiple players collected dimes for them

We all are well aware of Celtic's ability to rotate the ball. They are masters at it and this is the Brad Stevens style of play. They rotate the ball and find the most open man to pull the trigger and take a shot.

This makes the Celtics interesting to watch and also involves all the players present on the court. In this game, they collected a total of 35 dimes, and multiple players collected dimes for them.

Out of which Al Horford and Gordon Hayward collect the most assists with 8. They made sure that they always had the game in their hands and handled the flow of the game as well.

The Celtics are ranked at sixth in the league for dimes per game.

#2 The parity in three-point shooting for both teams

While the Celtics shot at a whopping 46.7% from the arc, the Mavericks shot at a mere 25%

This was a big contrast in the three-point shooting of both the teams. While the Celtics shot at a whopping 46.7% from the arc, the Mavericks shot at a mere 25%.

This made a huge difference from the get-go as three-point shooting is one of the most lethal weapons and if anything dominates the other in this category then they're bound to win the game.

The Celtics are one of the best three-point shooting team and this was just a small reminder of that. They're currently ranked sixth in the league in the three-point shooting percentage. This goes down to their style of play and their ability to find the open man at the best places.

Their best player Kyrie Irving is also shooting at a very efficient 3-point percentage of 40%, which is one of the best in the league.

#1 Multiple players in double figures for the Celtics

This team is heavily built on team-play and this reflects on the style of play they choose to carry on

The Celtics have one of the best all-around team in the league. They got depth on the bench and they got multiple starters who could score on any given day to give the team a victory. This team is heavily built on team-play and this reflects on the style of play they choose to carry on.

In this game as well, they had multiple players who came up for them in the absence of their star player Kyrie Irving.

Gordon Hayward's recent run of form has been a blessing in disguise for the Celtics in the absence of Irving.

This makes their team more dangerous and lethal. He almost had a triple-double coming off the bench with 16 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.

In their next game, the Celtics will face the Brooklyn Nets while the Mavs will go on to face the Philadelphia 76ers.