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The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 100-96 to level their Western Conference semi-final series at 2-2.<\/b><\/p>\n
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 22 of his game-high 34 points in the second half, while Thunder team-mate Chet Holmgren registered 18 points, nine rebounds and four blocks.<\/p>\n
Dallas led 54-43 at half-time but Thunder closed the game with a a 20-10 run to take the win.<\/p>\n
“We all have our role on the team,” said Gilgeous-Alexander.<\/p>\n
“We all have somewhere we like to get to. All we can do is get to it and trust our work. That’s what we did and we pulled it out.”<\/p>\n
PJ Washington top-scored for Dallas with 21 points, while Luka Doncic had 18 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for a triple double.<\/p>\n
However, the Mavs only made 12 of their 23 free throws, while the Thunder made 23 from 24.<\/p>\n
Game five in their best-of-seven NBA play-offs series will take place in Oklahoma on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The Boston Celtics also won on Monday as they beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-102 to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semi-final series.<\/p>\n
Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 33 points as Celtics team-mate Jaylen Brown weighed in with 27 points against a Cavaliers side deprived of star player Donovan Mitchell because of a left calf injury.<\/p>\n
“I thought both teams played really hard,” said Boston coach Joe Mazzulla, whose team can win the series when they next play on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“I just thought you have to make plays down the stretch. So they made a tonne of plays and put a tonne of pressure on us, and we made a tonne of plays. I thought both teams brought it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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