Celtics Survive Stephen Curry's Third Quarter Rampage To Take 2-1 Lead

The Boston Celtics now find themselves two wins away from winning it all after throttling the Golden State Warriors to a 116-100 win in Game 3.

Most fans were on the watch for the main storyline of Game 3, which was the third quarter, as the Celtics have failed to make a meaningful run during the period for much of the playoffs.

As expected, the Warriors’ Stephen Curry led his team all the way back from the brink of defeat after putting up 15 points in nine minutes, which included a four-point play that sparked a 9-0 run for the Western Conference champions and their first lead of the game since they made the opening basket.

However, the Celtics were not about to drop their first finals game at the TD Garden in 12 years as they weathered Curry’s barrage and secured the victory in the fourth.

Boston was boosted by the combined efforts of their all-stars in Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart as they scored 26, 27, and 24 points respectively with at least five rebounds and assists each.

They became the first-ever trio to put up those numbers since the time of Magic Johnson, Michael Cooper and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the “Showtime” Los Angeles Lakers.

“Offensively, [we focused on] keeping our composure and then not to get sped up. I thought last game we were at our best attacking the rim and finding our outlets and our spacing was much better tonight,” Celtics head coach Ime Udoka told the media during the postgame presser.

The Celtics were also on point with their rebounding game tonight as won that battle 47-31 and on the offensive end with 15-6 which translated into 22 second-chance points.

Key contributors like Grant Williams, Robert Williams III and Al Horford brought in the effort and hustle to lift their side past a Warriors team that was heavily dependent on Curry and Klay Thompson.

“The Splash Brothers” combined for 56 of the Warriors’ 100 points in Game 3, but players like Jordan Poole, Otto Porter Jr. and Draymond Green failed to hold up their end.

In particular, Green accumulating six fouls was a terrible sight for Warriors fans as it was highly uncharacteristic of them to make little mistakes that could have been avoided.

The same can be said for Curry and Andrew Wiggins who both had four fouls.

Game 4 is as pivotal as it can be because a Celtics win means that they are just within reach of the storied franchise’s 18th NBA title and the Warriors again facing a 3-1 deficit, something that they had to withstand in the 2016 Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.