In the last two minutes and 19 seconds of the game, the Boston Celtics’ lead shrunk from 14 to five points.

With 50.5 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, P.J. Washington hit a layup to bring the Dallas Mavericks within three points.

At that period, Boston Celtics guard Derrick White shown the qualities that won him All-Defensive honours. He blocked Washington’s slam, setting up a Jaylen Brown layup that gave the game a final score of 105-98.Joe Mazzulla, the Boston Celtics’ coach, called White’s chase-down block, which helped earn a 2-0 series victory, “sick.”
Jaylen Brown appeared to have contributed to the block as well, but White received credit for it in the box score.”Just sprinting back, trying to make a play,” White explained. They must have been in a hurry to get there. Use all of your energies to hurry back and meet him at the rim.
He was one of the NBA’s best shot blockers, averaging 1.2 blocks per game during the regular season, trailing only Toronto’s Scottie Barnes. During the playoffs, he ranks second with 1.3 blocks per game, the only guard left in the game with more than one block.

“I get some that maybe some other people wouldn’t have gotten because I’m not afraid to get dunked on,” White remarked. “So, I’m just trying to put on a play and trusting in my skills and abilities.”As the action progressed near the basket, Mavs coach Jason Kidd called a foul, and Brown placed his hand on Washingtоn’s back. “It appeared to be a foul. It was not called, though. So, there was no foul.