Overview
- Jaylen Brown posted 33 points and 11 rebounds to open Boston's two-game Texas trip with a wire-to-wire win in Dallas.
- Payton Pritchard scored 26 off the bench and Luka Garza added 16 on 4-for-4 from deep, helping the Celtics' reserves outscore Dallas 44-22.
- Rookie Cooper Flagg delivered 36 points with nine rebounds and six assists, becoming the only teenager to record three consecutive 30-point NBA games.
- Shorthanded Dallas dropped its fifth straight game, with Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis, P. J. Washington, Brandon Williams and D’Angelo Russell unavailable.
- Boston was without Anfernee Simons after a reported trade sending him to Chicago for Nikola Vucevic, while Dallas center Daniel Gafford aggravated a right ankle issue but returned to finish with 10 points and 12 rebounds.