Jayson Tatum collected 27 factors and 10 rebounds to gasoline the visiting Boston Celtics to a 114-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal sequence.
Tatum bounced again from a seven-point efficiency in Game 2 by making 10 of 20 pictures from the ground for the second-seeded Celtics, who’ve gained two video games in a row to assert a 2-1 edge within the best-of-seven sequence. Game 4 is Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia.
Boston’s Jaylen Brown recorded 23 factors and 7 rebounds and Al Horford sank 5 3-pointers whereas ending with 17 factors and 7 rebounds. Marcus Smart and Malcolm Brogdon every had 15 factors and Derrick White added 13 for the Celtics.
Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid collected 30 factors, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks after being honored previous to the sport for profitable the NBA MVP award.
James Harden produced 16 factors to go together with 11 assists regardless of struggling from the ground in his second straight recreation for the third-seeded 76ers. Harden made simply 3 of 14 pictures from the ground on Friday and is 5-for-28 total and 2-for-13 from 3-point vary following his 45-point efficiency within the sequence opener.
Tatum’s driving layup early within the fourth quarter gave Boston its largest lead of the sport at 90-77. Philadelphia countered with a 19-10 run to get inside 100-96 with 3:51 left following an Embiid tip-in.
Boston scored the following 5 factors earlier than Harden sank a 3-pointer. Tatum answered with a trey of his personal with 1:42 to play to offer the Celtics a 108-99 edge.
Harden made one among two free-throw makes an attempt to trim the Celtics’ result in eight, however Tatum and Brown every transformed a pair from the charity stripe to seal the win.
Boston bolted out of the blocks by making its first 4 3-point tries and 6 of 10 makes an attempt from past the arc to take a 24-14 lead. Philadelphia countered by scoring 11 straight factors and 15 of the ultimate 19 within the interval to assert a 29-28 lead.
The Celtics countered by outscoring the 76ers by a 29-21 margin within the second quarter to grab 57-50 benefit at halftime. Melton sank a 3-pointer simply earlier than Horford answered from behind the arc simply earlier than the buzzer.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
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