Jayson Tatum (31 PTS) & Jaylen Brown (30 PTS) PROPEL The Celtics In Game 3!
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The Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks, 106-99, in Game 3 of the NBA Finals Presented by YouTube TV to take a 3-0 series lead. The Mavericks mounted a fourth quarter comeback as they trailed by 21 points (91-70) at the 10:21 mark of the fourth quarter to make it a 93-92 game with 3:37 to go. Boston held off despite being outscored 29-21 in the final quarter.
Jayson Tatum led Boston with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists while Jaylen Brown added 30 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Derrick White added 35 points and 3 rebounds for Boston. Kyrie Irving led the Mavericks with 35 points and 2 assists (4-6 3PT) while Luka Doncic added 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists prior to fouling out. Dereck Lively II totaled 11 points (5-6 FG) and 13 rebounds in the win.
Game 4 will take place in Dallas on Friday, June 14 (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC).
Game Notes
• This is just the second time a Boston Celtics duo have scored 30+ PTS in a Finals game. Jaylen Brown (30 PTS) and Jayson Tatum (31 PTS) join John Havlicek and Bailey Howell:
o May 2, 1968: BOS at LAL – John Havlicek (40 PTS) and Bailey Howell (30 PTS).
o It’s just the 40th time a duo has had 30+ PTS each in a NBA Finals game.
• With the Game 3 victory, Boston has now extended their postseason franchise-best win streak to 10 consecutive games. They are just the ninth team to win 10 or more consecutive games in a single postseason.
• The two most recent teams to reach this mark were the Golden State Warriors (15 straight) and the Cleveland Cavaliers (10 straight) in the 2017 Playoffs.
• Four of the previous eight teams won the NBA Finals that year:
o 2017 Golden State Warriors 15 – (Won Finals)
o 1999 San Antonio Spurs 12 – (Won Finals)
o 2001 Los Angeles Lakers 11 – (Won Finals)
o 1989 Los Angeles Lakers 11 – (Lost Finals)
o 2017 Cleveland Cavaliers 10 – (Lost Finals)
o 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers 10 – (Won Finals)
o 2012 San Antonio Spurs 10 – (Lost WCF)
o 2003 New Jersey Nets 10 – (Lost Finals)
o 2024 Boston Celtics 10 – (Up 3-0 in Finals)
• The Celtics also move to 7-0 on the road during this year’s playoffs.
34 Comments
Good job Celtics, I thoughts the Mavs would put in work
yep it's over
JT for 1st Half
JB for 2nd Half
Amaging team.
They are showing why the defense is most important to WIn.
It looks not quite easy for Luka to find out the way to help team defense.
Jayson Tatum missed so many threes I didn't realize he hit four of them or had 31pts I thought he was like 2 – 8 from three. Either way it go it's nice to see both Brown and Tatum play well offensively in the same game in these Finals.
Today is the day I finally concede. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are the best duo in basketball
Mavs fan here…no Porzingas, no problem for Celtics. They’re on a mission & my Mavs look baked.
Remember when people were saying break up the duo? lmao
Next year Warriors will beat Celtics in Finals
RIP Jerry West
One thing I love about this duo is that they pick each other up and compliment each other so well. When Jaylen was playing bad in the first half Tatum was holding things down and when Jayson needed help in the 3Q Jaylen was there!
Celtics are sweeping the Mavs
sweep
His name is Luka Not-It
Kidd saying Luka would be the greatest Mavs ever if he wins the title this season, media saying Luka and Kyrie are the best backcourt duo in NBA history and Chris Broussard and Nick Wright saying Mavs would win in 5 GAMES and the media basically riding the Mavs all Finals long to win, basically sets them to fail
How come the NBA offcial channel has the shitty quality. No sense.
You can have your stupid debate. We'll have 2 young super stars who play at their best together
Jaylen brown would fold under pressure getting doubled team ima celtics fan and tatum is that guy he had the most pressure this whole series with the mavs defense ,while jaylen brown gets to play 1v1 ball haha😅tatum hands down is ten times better then brown and hes a more complete player
They got size and athletic, can shoot, can create space, can defense. Remind you of Jordan and Pippen, but Luka (unathletic so poor defensively) and Kyrie (Lacking size so poor defensively) are more popular that's why they got mavs winning.
Correction: brown, holiday, Tatum and white. Tatum was actually -4 on the court.
JB since drafted JT since drafted
6 CF apps 5 CF apps
2 finals apps 2 finals apps
1 ring & fmvp 1 ring
Age 27 Age 26
Celtics struck gold b2b drafts
JT & JB make lary B chirping again 😅
I find it funny how many times refs didn’t call and 1 for the Js and we still walk out with that win. Just shows how good this Celtics team is.
Super team! Genius coach! but they need help from refs to get championship ring😂😂😂 history
Let’s be honest a lot of the media don’t
Like Boston and they know both brown and Tatum can be number one options on majority of nba teams. It’s just salt at the end of the day.
a 22 to 2 run is insane tho sheesh.
51 points from the Refs, NBA COOKING GAMES.
If Jayson Tatum played like he did against Milwaukee in Game 6 of the 2022 ecsf more consistently, he'd literally be the best player in the league. I'm not asking him to load unnecessary pressure on his shoulders when he has a team literally equipped with the sole purpose of alleviating that pressure, but all I'm asking for is his absolute focus on the game at hand, the determination to play this game like it's his last. He showed that in the 2022 run in Game 6 vs the Bucks and Game 7 vs the Heat and last year in Game 7 against the Sixers and if he played like that or at least came into the game with the same mindset he had for those same games he'd be helping his team a whole lot because now this team that was built to alleviate pressure from his shoulders now finds itself with pressure put upon their shoulders by an inconsistent and way too comfortable JT.
aint no damn batman and robin in boston, its batman and superman in this bitch
looks like the celtics is about to win it all, but yeah the mavs have 0 defense
Luka is a godawful defender I've never seen a superstar so amazing on offense be so ass on defense seriously his defense this series has been G league level letting blow by to the basket leaving lively and PJ all alone doesn't help that Kyrie is small and not good at D either but at least he's trying. Even Carmelo was mid not bad at defense Steph Curry was a steal champion James Harden was a stocks menace in his prime. I love Luka but being this bad on defense will mean he will never win a ring. Harden and Steph played system defense I have no idea what the hell Luka is doing on D.
Tatum and Brown really work together as a team 👏
it's rigged
JT couldn't get a foul all night damn
Dallas is no match to Boston, how they come out of their conference should be a case study.