Celtics: avoided the third quarter meltdown 

Celtics avoided the third-quarter meltdown that killed them in Game 2 of the series. They were outscored 33-25

yet they led by five points going into the fourth quarter. The Celtics were led to victory by Jaylen Brown's

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27 points (17 of which came in the first quarter) and Jayson Tatum's 26 points despite shooting just 3-9

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from beyond the arc. During the first two games of this series, Robert Williams had struggled. On Wednesday night

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however it didn't appear like his surgically repaired knee was bothering him. He scored eight points, but his 10

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rebounds (seven on defence) and four blocks helped the Celtics score 52 points in the paint. This time, the Celtics didn't

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let Draymond Green, Golden State's resident troublemaker, get under their skin. Green just had two points, and when he

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fouled out with 4:07 left in the fourth quarter, the TD Garden crowd was ecstatic to see him go. Stephen Curry

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scored 31 points on 12-22 shooting to lead all scorers. Klay Thompson scored 25 points, seven of them on 13

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three-point tries, in his finest game of the series so far (the most of any player). It was the Garden's first NBA Finals

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game since 2010. On Friday, Game 4 will be played here again. After spending the previous two days fielding doubts

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