Minute-by-minute report: The Celtics are one win from the NBA title after holding off a late Mavericks rally in Dallas
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown, right, attempts a shot during his team’s NBA finals Game 3 meeting with the Dallas Mavericks.Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown, right, attempts a shot during his team’s NBA finals Game 3 meeting with the Dallas Mavericks.After Game 2, a pertinent question was whether the Celtics would do even better if Jayson Tatum had a hot hand. He did.
Maybe the sports punditocracy will eventually learn that it takes more than one player to win. Michael Jordan had Scottie Pippen and some outstanding role players. In Dončić, Irving and Tatum, we’re seeing three of the game’s greatest players of the past decade and change on the court, but the Celtics’ so-called supporting cast has simply been better than than their counterparts on the Mavericks roster, Dereck Lively’s strong rookie performance notwithstanding.
Dallas needs something big here. An 0-3 deficit in this series would surely be too big of a mountain to climb. Brown misses – he’s 1-for-6 from outside – but Sam Hauser gets the rebound. Back to Brown, who’s fouled. He makes both shots, and the lead is back to eight. Dončić gets the ball swatted away. He’s credited with two turnovers but probably could have another one or two. The Dallas megastar is forcing it a bit.Both teams return from the break with an apparent bout of amnesia as to the object of the game – putting the ball through a hoop. In fairness to Dallas, the Boston defense can make that rather difficult, and they force a shot clock violation. White answers with … an airball.
Brown is fouled and hits 2 of 3 free throws. The Celtics stayed in Game 2 early by converting at the line even while they couldn’t water if they fell out of a boat from the 3-point line.
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