The Celtics defeat the Mavs back-to-back as Jaylen Brown outperforms Luka Doncic.

The Celtics defeat the Mavs back-to-back as Jaylen Brown outperforms Luka Doncic.

If they had wanted to, the Celtics could have offered justifications on Monday night.
Their schedule did not work out well. They were taking on the Mavericks on the road for the second night of a back-to-back after their game against the Warriors was postponed last week, giving them five days off.

However, these Celtics are not going to back down from stories or justifications. The Celtics see this stretch leading up to the All-Star break as an opportunity to sharpen their focus and establish the habits they’ll need for their postseason push, since the dog days of January threaten to send teams into a slump.

Jaylen Brown has been the leading voice in that movement, and he backed it up again on Monday. He scored 35 points, including some big shots down the stretch. Jayson Tatum scored 38 points, as the Celtics stars got back to their scoring ways a night after being limited by the Rockets. The duo also led the way defensively in the closing moments as they held off a late surge by Luka Doncic and the Mavs to grab a 119-110 victory.

Brown said to Abby Chin of NBC Sports Boston, “This is the tough part of the season, and like mindset and mentality is going to shine through.” “This was a great back-to-back illustration of that tonight. We were able to continue even though they came out looking hot at first. Even though our big guy, KP, wasn’t participating, we managed to secure a victory.

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