How Jrue Holiday & the Celtics STOLE Game 3 in massive 18-PT comeback | SportsCenter

How Jrue Holiday & the Celtics STOLE Game 3 in massive 18-PT comeback | SportsCenter

everybody it’ll work all you to get to this point an inspiring performance from the Indiana Pacers missing their top player n hard from way downtown the Celtics defense the end of the third quarter has a right back in Harford with three his sixth three-pointer of the game and the Celtics with the inspired comeback Harper from downtown two-point game come on tie game with 38.9 remaining Nar drives into the paint knocked away it’s stolen by holiday and the Celtics take a 3 nothing lead in this best of seven series we forc the game seven so just never relax it’s not over till it’s over but it’s almost over cuz you see stealing generally looked down upon unless you are a Celtics fan watching the Pacers push the ball up the court in the final second of last night’s game three with a chance to win the game you were praying for thievery hoping for a timely steal enter Drew holiday who stole the ball and the subsequent win in the Pacers house in front of over 177,000 Witnesses including our Tim bontemps the Boston Celtics were stuck in the mud they were down double digits on the road the Indiana Pacers playing with house money couldn’t miss and the Celtics look for all the world like they were about to give away a game that they were universally expected to win but then Drew holiday stole the ball away from Andrew nehw and a win from the Pacers along with it I think I just made a play um feel like he’s a right-hand driver and he’s been very very aggressive all night uh great player had a great game but um just made a play I kind of jumped his right hand and got the STI with Tyrese halberton sideline this was supposed to be an easy Boston wing it was anything but the Celtics struggled to get in gear and could do nothing to stop the Pacers but eventually Boston got going and when the game was close late It produced exactly the kind of moment the Celtics acquired holiday to deliver for them yeah that’s a trademark steal that he always gets with the inside hand uh he gets that a lot usually when the guys coming down the sideline but he got it in transition so I’ve been looking forward to a couple of those he hasn’t gotten as many as I would like when new were gotten this year so but uh made a big time play JW just a big time player and he made a tremendous play making holiday’s performance all the more impressive is that it wasn’t even clear he was going to play after he missed shoot around with an illness but Celtics coach Joe Missoula and his teammates all said they trusted holiday to be out there and that once he was to deliver exactly the kind of moment he did to win this one as a result holiday the only player on this team with the championship ring moved the Celtics one win closer to securing him another one in Indianapolis Tim bontemps ESPN Tim thanks Drew holiday struggled in the first three quarters last night but in that fourth man he led the Celtics in both points with nine and rebounds with five also had that crucial Steel in the closing seconds the Celtics will go for the sweep tomorrow night on ESPN [Music] [Applause] [Music] NBA on is

Tim Bontemps joins SportsCenter to report on Jrue Holiday’s fourth-quarter heroics as the Boston Celtics stunned the Indiana Pacers, 114-111, to take Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

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