Jayson Tatum from the Celtics got 31 points, and Jaylen Brown got 30 points. After the game, Brown said the team needs to focus on the present in order to win the series.
"Be happy and thankful for everything," Brown said on the ABC show. "I'm thankful to be here. " "Just focus on what's happening now. "
Boston didn't have one of their key players, Kristaps Porzingis, because he was injured. His team seemed to struggle without him at first, as the Mavericks took an early lead.
However, Boston gradually decreased the lead and made it a one-point game before the second quarter.
The game was close until the third quarter, when the Celtics started scoring a lot of 3-point shots and took a big lead of 85-70.
The Mavericks tried to come back by scoring a lot of points in a row to get close to the other team's score. But, Mavericks star Luka Doncic had to leave the game because of fouls with about four minutes left, which stopped their momentum. It was the first time in the 25-year-old Slovenian's NBA career that he got too many fouls and had to leave the game during the playoffs.
Dallas guard Kyrie Irving scored 35 points in the game, the most of any player, while Doncic added 27 points.
Game 4 will be on Friday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
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