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“#Luka Doncic doubles down on heroics in stunning win over Celtics<\/strong>”
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DALLAS \u2014 Luka Doncic slammed the scorer\u2019s table in joy this time, rather than anger.<\/p>\n

The Dallas sensation hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds remaining \u2014 his second go-ahead 3 in the final minute \u2014 and the Mavericks avoided a fourth-quarter collapse in a 110-107 victory over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Celtics trailed by 11 points with three minutes to go before Jaylen Brown put them in front in the final minute with a short jumper. Doncic answered with a difficult 3 over 6-foot-8 Daniel Theis before Brown pulled Boston even at 107-all with another bucket.<\/p>\n

Doncic did it again \u2014 this time with Kemba Walker running at him on a\u00a0step-back shot from the left wing<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and turned to the scorer\u2019s table in the same way he had after a last-second loss to Phoenix. Devin Booker hit the go-ahead shot in the final seconds of that game<\/a> before Doncic\u2019s desperation attempt missed. That 109-108 loss capp<\/a>ed a six-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

After the latest dramatic shot similar to one Doncic drained to beat the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 4 of a first-round series<\/a> in the playoff bubble, Boston\u2019s desperate inbound toss toward the basket hit the rim, sealing the Dallas win.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just something that I\u2019ve been doing, I tried to do,\u201d said Doncic, who missed a wide-open 3 that would have tied Portland late in a 121-118 loss on Feb. 14 before an eight-day break forced by two weather-related postponements.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut sometimes you\u2019re going to miss it, like the last game against Portland. Sometimes you\u2019re going to make it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doncic scored 31 points on 6-of-8 shooting from 3, while Brown had 29 and Jayson Tatum added 28 in an All-Star matchup for the trio after Brown and Tatum were named Eastern Conference reserves earlier in the day. Doncic is a West starter for the second straight season.<\/p>\n

Playing without Kristaps Porzingis for a second straight night on a back-to-back because of a tight lower back for his European sidekick, Doncic was steady to help Dallas build a fourth-quarter lead before another spectacular finish five days before his 22nd birthday. He had 10 rebounds and eight assists.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just a very unique player, a very unique person,\u201d coach Rick Carlisle said. \u201cThe wiring of people like Luka Doncic, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, guys that have this laser-like focus in these situations. It\u2019s difficult to explain how their minds and their brains work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mavericks won for the seventh time in nine games to get back to .500 for the first time in almost a month while dropping Boston below the break-even mark for the first time since the third game of the season. The Celtics were coming off an overtime loss at New Orleans when they blew a 24-point lead in the second half.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took two tremendous shots by a great player to beat us,\u201d Boston coach Brad Stevens said. \u201cObviously that\u2019s another heartbreaking loss. But that feels a little bit different than it did Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown was 12 of 20 from the field on the same day he made his first All-Star team, while Tatum earned his second straight selection. Walker scored 14 of his 21 points in the fourth to help the Boston rally, but the Celtics ended up under .500 this late in the season for the first time since 2014-15.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t feel very much like an All-Star because we\u2019re below .500,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI think this is the most I\u2019ve lost since I\u2019ve been here. I\u2019m hopeful that we\u2019ll string some games together and make a run. It\u2019s very much in our grasp to do so.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n