Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry rewrote their fourth quarter scripts Monday night against last season’s Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics in a hard-fought 89-87 Mavericks victory.
Terry had four of his 17 points in the fourth, most of which on an all-important three-point shot with 1:13 to go to tie the game at 87. The pass came from Jason Kidd, who tallied 10 assists on the night. While Terry evened the score, Dirk Nowitzki, who had 10 of his game-high 25 in the final quarter, jammed the winning bucket in over two Celtic defenders with 17.9 seconds remaining.
Terry did not start for the first time in six games this season. Rick Carlisle was trying to get more power from the bench and reward DeShawn Stevenson, who played a total of two minutes before Monday for his work ethic.
It worked as Stevenson landed two three-pointers in the first half and two blocks for the game, and Terry, a former NBA Sixth Man of the Year, had no issues with the bench role.
New Maverick center Tyson Chandler put down his best game thus far with a double double of 12 points and 13 rebounds.
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