NBA Big fight at the Celtics during Game 4
@DallasTexasTV / Boston Celtics (DR)

Boston leading 3-0 in series against Dallas, Jayson Tatum & co. had the opportunity to crown them champions that night. But Game 4 turned into a complete fiasco for the Greens and Whites, between a shameful record for the winger and a violent brawl in the stands during the match. We call it a failed evening.

Never before has a team lost a playoff series after winning the first three games.

On paper, the Celtics can therefore be quite calm in these NBA Finals.

The gap is historically insurmountable for the Mavericks, who could theoretically only sweeten the pill for the rest of the series.

Of course, Joe Mazzulla’s men still wanted to close the deal from Game 4, so as not to take any risks.

Except that they lost this one and in style, since they lost by 38 points (122-84).

We will also note the new abysmal performance of the star winger, who repeated a flop dating from the 2022 Finals.

Enough to allow him to go down in history in a rather shameful way.

Bad atmosphere in Boston after Game 4

Jayson Tatum was -33 from the field last night. He is the first player in NBA history to have multiple games with a differential of -30 or worse in the Finals.

With only 15 points at 40% shooting, Tatum clearly did not shine and this was also the case for his entire team which was non-existent last night.

Be careful not to give too much confidence to the Texans…

This first defeat in a good month has also caused many Boston fans present at TD Garden to be distraught.

Proof of this is this fairly violent fight in the stands, during the match:

So of course, the lead still remains quite comfortable. But a 3-1 deficit in the Finals was already seen in 2016 with LeBron James’ Cavaliers against the Warriors.

Game 5 will therefore have to be approached with the greatest seriousness by the C’s because if Dallas starts to believe in it again, the series could still quickly change.

Instead of validating a resounding sweep to secure the title, the Celtics gave the Mavericks an opportunity to stay alive in these Finals.

They will therefore absolutely have to regain the seriousness displayed during the first three meetings in Game 5…