Jaylen Brown scored 27 points, Jayson Tatum added 26 and the Boston Celtics beat the Golden State Warriors 116-100, a victory that gave them a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals.
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum and guard Marcus Smart react at the end of Game 3 of basketball's NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors, Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in Boston. – Throughout the postseason, the Boston Celtics had played their best basketball away from home.
Tatum said the fact the Celtics didn’t hang their heads after the Warriors’ third-quarter flourish is something they didn't always do in the regular season.“I think that’s when we are at our best when we respond to tough situations. We respond to teams going on runs and things like that,” he said. “I think we did that several times tonight.”
“I got caught -- obviously in some pain, but I’ll be all right,” Curry said. “See how it feels tomorrow and get ready for Friday.” "We talked about it quite a bit, our group being resilient and being able to fight through a lot of things and at times when it’s most needed being able to lock down on defense," Celtics coach Ime Udoka said."We did in the fourth quarter,"Despite Curry's noticeable limp after the play with Horford, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said it was not why he pulled him from the game in the closing minutes.
Coming off a Game 2 loss in which Boston turned the ball over 19 times, the Celtics’ ball movement was much crisper in the half court, which led to open perimeter shots, favorable 1-on-1 matchups and driving lanes.. Boston recovered to take a 93-89 edge into the fourth, then outscored Golden State 23-11 in the quarter.The Celtics led 56-39 before an 8-0 spurt in just 37 seconds by the Warriors trimmed the lead to 56-49 on a layup by Curry with 3:32 left in half. Boston flurried at the end of the half to take a 68-56 lead into halftime.Celtics: Shot 57% in the first half (27 of 47. Including 8 of 18 from 3.
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