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The Dallas Mavericks kept their NBA Finals hopes alive with a 122-84 victory to deny the Boston Celtics a clean sweep in the best-of-seven championship series.<\/b><\/p>\n
Luka Doncic top-scored with 29 points while Kyrie Irving added 21 as the Mavericks ended their opponents’ 10-game play-off winning streak and claimed the third-largest win in Finals history.<\/p>\n
But they still have a mountain to climb as they try to become the first team to come from 3-0 down and win an NBA play-off series, with game five to come in Boston on Tuesday (01:30 BST).<\/p>\n
“We knew we have to get it, we can’t lose no more,” said the Slovenian. “As we always say, we’re going to believe until the end.<\/p>\n
“I think our energy was way higher. Everybody was locked in defensively.”<\/p>\n
Doncic and Irving helped their side go 34-21 up after the first quarter, and they dominated defensively after that to lead 61-35 at the break.<\/p>\n
The Mavs were up 92-57 when the pair left the game with one minute and 29 seconds left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n