Luka Dončić's gaudy numbers hide the fact that he is often trying to do too much in the NBA Finals, and his Mavs are down 2-0 as a result.
Luka Dončić made shots. Jayson Tatum made plays. The Boston Celtics will take that trade-off every chance they get, and they now hold a 2-0 best-of-seven series lead over Dončić's Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals because of it. Box-score disciples will point to Dončić's triple-double, his game-leading 32 points and the fact that he was 4-of-9 on 3s while the rest of the team was 2-for-17, and put the blame on his supporting cast for Sunday's 105-98 loss in TD Garden.
After two games, he now has as many turnovers as assists. He's been equally clunky at the free-throw line, going 4-of-8 in Game 2, putting him at 6-for-13 for the series. Tatum, conversely, shot the ball terribly, needing 22 field-goal attempts to score 18 points and going 1-for-7 from 3-point range.
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