What’s the biggest blowout in NBA Finals history?

 

The Dallas Mavericks responded to losing the first three games in the 2024 NBA Finals with a historic performance.

DALLAS — Offense. Defense. It was all working for the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.

To historic ends, even.

After losing the first three games in the 2024 NBA Finals, the Mavs responded in a big way in Game 4, completely blowing the Boston Celtics out and beating them by a score of 122-84.

That 38 point differential stands as the third-largest individual game blowout in NBA Finals history

The two games ahead of this one? Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls and their 42-point beatdown  on the Utah Jazz in Game 3 of the 1998 NBA Finals, and the Boston Celtics’ 39-point win over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of the 2008 Finals.

Even more impressive? According to the ABC broadcast of the game, the Mavericks’ largest lead of the night — 48 points — is the largest lead in an NBA Finals game in more than 50 years.

The team also secured the fourth-highest halftime lead in NBA Finals history in the game, too.

Meanwhile, the corner three that Derrick Lively II made in the first quarter — his first-ever career make from behind the arc — earned the 20-year-old center the distinction of being the youngest player in NBA Finals history to hit a three-pointer.

If the Mavericks are to make history by becoming the first team to over come back from a 3-0 series deficit in NBA Playoff history, they started their journey on an appropriately historic note in Game 4.

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