Of the seven Celtics that played at least 10 minutes, Boston had its best defensive rating with Robert Williams III (100.0 in 26 minutes), Grant Williams (100.0) and Marcus Smart (102.5 in 39 minutes) on the court.
Game 3 followed suit as they picked up a 16-point win to improve to 7-0 following a loss in this year’s playoffs.
Entering Game 3, the Celtics were 6-0 in the postseason following a loss, winning those six games by an average of 15.5 points.
The Celtics turned the tables in Game 3 and finished with 11 more shot attempts than the Warriors, 89-78, thanks in large part to their advantage in both offensive rebounds (15-6) and turnovers (12-16).
The Warriors finished with more field-goal attempts in each of the first two games: plus-3 in Game 1 (88-85) and plus-6 in Game 2 (86-80).
However, Boston won every other quarter in Game 3 and leads every other quarter over the series: first quarter (+6), second quarter (+6) and fourth quarter (+40).
OKC GOLDEN STATE PLUS MINUS MINUTES RESULTS INDIVIDUAL SERIES
Golden State continued its dominance of the third quarter, winning the period 33-25 to increase its margin over the series to plus-43.
What's behind Draymond Green's recent play?
Draymond Green finished with more fouls (6) than he did combined points (2) and assists (3) over 35 minutes.
was the only Warriors player to finish with a positive plus/minus at plus-four in 21 minutes off the bench while Derrick White was the only Celtics player with a negative plus/minus at minus-12 in 24 minutes off the bench. He was held scoreless in the fourth quarter.
After scoring a total of 26 points and making four 3-pointers in the first two games of the Finals combined, Klay Thompson scored 25 points and made five 3-pointers in Game 3.
Stephen Curry scored a game-high 31 points while shooting 6-of-11 (54.5%) on both 2-point shots and 3-point shots.
Robert Williams III has finished with eight points and four blocked shots in each of Boston’s two wins in this series.
Boston improved to 7-0 this postseason when Tatum dishes out at least seven assists in a game.
Jayson Tatum finished with 26 points and a game-high nine assists.
Jaylen Brown scored 17 of his team-high 27 points in the first quarter as Boston won the opening 12 minutes for the first time in this series (33-22).
Let’s take a deep dive into all aspects of the box score: Boston improves to 7-0 this postseason following a loss, winning the next game by an average of 15.6 points.īehind a combined 77 points from Jaylen Brown (27), Jayson Tatum (26) and Marcus Smart (24), the Celtics were able to withstand a game-high 31 points from Stephen Curry and another third-quarter blitz from Golden State to take a 2-1 series lead in front of their home fans at TD Garden.
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