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The Boston Celtics survived yet another bad third quarter in the NBA Finals, and as a result are just two wins from an NBA-best 18th championship.

Golden State never got closer, and Tatum’s emphatic drive to the hoop through traffic for a 107-96 advantage with 5:51 left was a punch into the Warriors’ breast bone. And then with 3:43 remaining in the period Curry nailed another 3 for an 83-82 lead. On the same play where Green fouled out, Horford dove for a loose ball and fell on top of Curry’s left ankle. “For us, that left a bad taste in our mouth because what we hang our hat on is effort on the defensive end and being a physical team. “The energy from our fans was contagious. “I know Steph is going to do everything he can in his power to play. He has 94 points in three games, but he could be in for a tougher Game 4 due to an ankle injury suffered late in the fourth quarter. Jayson Tatum scored 26 points, including eight in a sterling fourth quarter for the home team in which Boston outscored the Warriors 23-11. "I just think I never found a rhythm, really on both ends of the floor," Green said when asked how he thought he played. “We need him if we want to win this thing,” Thompson added. Jaylen Brown scored 22 of his 27 points in the first half for Boston and the Celtics won Game 3 over the Golden State Warriors, 116-100. “And not much else to say.

Boston dominates the paint early and often, outscoring Golden State 52-26, to secure a pivotal victory and gain control of the NBA Finals.

Player shooting Player shooting Player stats Player stats In total, the Warriors’ 24 field-goal attempts in the paint were their fourth-lowest total of the season. With that, Boston ranked ninth at -3.5 points in the paint per game in the postseason.

Cue the NBA conspiracy theorists. The Golden State Warriors had to pause their Game 3 pregame shoot-around on Wednesday because the rim at Boston's TD ...

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The Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors have updated their injury reports as of 6:30 Eastern Time for Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. The Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics will play Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday evening in Boston, and for the game the two teams have updated their injury reports as of 6:30 Eastern Time. The Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors have updated their injury reports as of 6:30 Eastern Time for Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

Stephen Curry tried one of his patented floaters from the left side of the rim. Klay Thompson tried a layup from nearly the same spot a few minutes later.

If Boston had let Game 3 slip away, it would have been incredibly tough for the Celtics to hoist the trophy. “We found a way,” the Celtics’ Marcus Smart said. This is where a team that has exactly zero players who had been in the NBA Finals before last week could have panicked and folded. “We’ll be better,” Green said after finishing with two points, four rebounds, three assists and six fouls, plus after hearing an untold number of loud, profane chants from many in the Boston crowd. The Warriors now must do the same in Game 4 on Friday night, or else. The Celtics, trailing late in the third quarter, faced pressure and stared it down.

By rule, the hoop must be 10 feet off the ground. Apparently, the basket the Warriors were shooting at during warmups was higher than that.

“It happens every once in a while,” Kerr said. “We'll have plenty of time to fix it." Apparently, the basket the Warriors were shooting at during warmups was higher than that.

Boosted by the home crowd, Boston came out strong and asserted its will inside en route to a Game 3 victory.

In Game 3, Boston had attempted 14 shots at the rim by halftime, along with drawing four shooting fouls, with Brown leading the attack. Curry limped off the floor and did not return -- though neither did the rest of the Warriors' starters with Golden State trailing by 14. For all of their advantages inside, the Celtics consigned themselves to the perimeter and midrange in Game 2, attempting only six shots at the rim. In Game 3, he asserted himself as an initiator in the Celtics' half-court game. But on Wednesday, Boston's D showed off its versatility while Brown and Tatum turned in mature, heady performances that seized control of the game in the first half. For all the celebration of skill and small ball in recent years, the NBA still rewards size and quickness at big moments.

Grant Williams and Draymond Green got into a small scuffle during Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night in Boston.

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. This is the first time that the Celtics have hosted a Finals game in over a decade (they are in the Finals for the first time since 2010). The series is currently tied up at 1-1 as the Celtics won the first game, and the Warriors won the second game in a blowout by a score of 107-88.

The Boston Celtics are two wins away from claiming the NBA championship. Jaylen Brown scored 27 points, Jayson Tatum had 26 and Marcus Smart added 24 as the ...

But he’s never been a guy that gets to the foul line a lot, never been a guy that uses athleticism to get to the rim and get easy buckets. "They came right at us and Jaylen Brown had a big quarter," Steve Kerr said after the first quarter. The Warriors struggled to get going offensively in the first quarter. The Celtics came out to gate red hot, going on a 10-2 run against the Warriors. And they kept their foot on the gas, outscoring Golden State 33-22 in the first quarter. He leads the Warriors with 15 points on 4-for-9 from the field and 3-7 from three after missing his first three shots. As a team, the Celtics are shooting 57.4% from the field (27-47) and 44.4% from three (8-18). Steve Kerr didn't challenge the call and left Curry in the game, despite his foul trouble. Curry had 6 of the Warriors’ 8 points in the third quarter at that point. Steph Curry came out the third quarter cooking with two quick three pointers, but he found himself deeper in foul trouble after picking up his fourth with 9:11 to go in the third quarter. Curry made the flagrant free throw and the Warriors maintained possession. Curry made the flagrant free throw and the Warriors maintained possession. The Warriors find themselves in a hole, with an additional concern in Steph Curry's health.

Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum powered the Celtics to a 116-100 Game 3 victory on Wednesday in Boston.

Fittingly, it was Brown who delivered the knockout blow, swatting a Thompson shot out of bounds in the game’s closing minutes. Curry stayed on the court and appeared to be in some pain, but Warriors Coach Steve Kerr said that the extent of a possible injury wouldn’t be known until Thursday. When it mattered in Game 3, the Celtics channeled plenty of poise, smothering the Warriors’ supporting cast and outlasting their hot-shooting stars. It was the same thing I did against Boston in the regular season, but not as bad." “Jayson and Smart did a great job of staying composed down the stretch. He buried his first jumper, maneuvered to the rim multiple times and scored 17 of his team-high 27 points in a magnificent first quarter. Green finished with two points and four rebounds, and he fouled out in 35 minutes. By closing out the win, Boston improved to 7-0 after a loss during this postseason. The Celtics coasted into halftime with a 12-point lead, but they faced a big test shortly after intermission. As Curry descended, Horford slid into his landing zone while attempting to contest the shot, an action that drew a flagrant foul upon the official’s review. The second-chance points and offensive rebounding were huge for us.” After exchanging double-digit wins in the first two games, Boston quickly built an 18-point lead in the second quarter.

The younger, stronger Boston roster imposed its will on the Warriors from the jump.

If they go small, they run the risk of what happened on Wednesday: getting buried on the glass and dominated in the paint. Overall, it just seemed like the Warriors were being sent to the floor more in Game 3. "So we weren't able to find that two-way combination other than that stretch in the third when Steph really got hot. He misses the put-back, but it's indicative of the type of effort and physicality the Celtics played with all night. If the Warriors go big, they sacrifice shooting and spacing on the offensive end. Then Brown recovered and used his length to cut off the pass to the corner. "We made several stops, especially in the second half where we had a chance to cut into the lead or make a little push, and they got offensive boards. Finally, Brown stayed connected as he trailed Thompson on the cut through the lane, then used his athleticism and timing to erase the shot at the rim. The Celtics also displayed their force on the offensive glass, edging the Warriors 15-6, which led to a 22-11 advantage in second-chance points. The Boston Celtics took a 2-1 lead in the NBA finals on Wednesday with a 116-100 Game 3 win, and it's not one that the Golden State Warriors will soon forget. But the Celtics earned the bulk of their offensive rebounds through determination and strength. "Game 2, they brought the heat to us.

Steph is now in company with Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, and Kobe Bryant.

I kept him in the game. The effort ultimately fell short, with Steph's big night coming in a loss; however, his play continues to remain consistent in this series. The Golden State Warriors dropped Game 3, but Steph Curry joined some elite company.

The Golden State Warriors lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals, 116-110, on Wednesday night, and Golden State will hope that's all they lost.

Perhaps if the injury occurred during the regular season, Curry would miss some games, but this is the NBA Finals, and he's well aware of what's at stake. Late in the fourth quarter of the contest, Warriors star guard Steph Curry was in some serious pain after Boston Celtics big man Al Horford appeared to land on top of Curry's lower leg during a scrum for a loose ball. When asked about Curry's injury after the game, Kerr said that the team would know more on Thursday. Curry, meanwhile, said that he thought it felt like a mild foot sprain.

Battered and bruised this late in the season, Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry got even more banged up in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday ...

ABC ABC "The injury didn't force him out of the game, but I took him out down 14 with two minutes left because we weren't going to catch up," Kerr said. "I don't feel like I'll miss a game," Curry added later. Curry even wears heavy duty ankle braces to protect his ankles from suffering any more serious injuries. Curry immediately howled in pain and laid on the court for quite some time before getting up and continuing to play.

BOSTON — Stephen Curry produced the most awkward sounds of the night, one during which TD Garden wanted and walked away with a critical pound of flesh in ...

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Near the end of the third quarter, Steph Curry drained a 27-foot three-pointer to put the Golden State Warriors ahead of the Boston Celtics for the first ...

Boston raced to an early lead helped by two three-pointers by Jaylen Brown -- who led the Celtics with 27 points, nine rebounds and five assists -- in the first quarter. "As you know, earlier in the year, that could have gone south quickly. I am really hoping he's OK because he's our identity, and without him, it will be very difficult."

Pregame warmups had to be paused because the rim on the Warriors' side was slightly higher than the mandated 10 feet.

Obviously, the slightest adjustment to a rim can throw off a shot — especially given the muscle memory involved with shooting a basketball. Pregame warmups had to be paused because the rim on the Warriors’ side was slightly higher than the mandated 10 feet. Arena crews broke out the tape measure and then had to reconfigure the basket to adjust the height back to 10 feet.

In case you missed it, Steph Curry hurt his left foot/ankle when he got tangled up with Boston's Al Horford while fighting for a loose ball with just over four ...

If Curry can’t go then you’d have to think the series will be 3-1 heading back to San Francisco. Hopefully he can play, though, because this series is so much better with him in it. He kept them in it last night with his 31 points. I’m really hoping he’s OK because he’s our identity and without him it would be very difficult.” In case you missed it, Steph Curry hurt his left foot/ankle when he got tangled up with Boston’s Al Horford while fighting for a loose ball with just over four minutes left in the fourth quarter. Draymond Green, meanwhile, was terrible last night. We’ll figure out how it feels tomorrow and be ready for Friday.”

Sam Smith, of Indianapolis, won a title in the ABA. He died last month. Weeks before his death, he posed in a photo, a message to the NBA.

"It broke my heart seeing what a big fan he was of the NBA and the players," Tarter said. "He was a gentleman. He went to work the night shift at Ford and cared for his family, including Helen, son Sammy and daughter Felicia. Smith had been healthy, for the most part. Doctors at first thought it was a heart attack, said Helen. He decided to quit basketball. That's why he wanted that photo on his hospital bed weeks before his death to mean something. INDIANAPOLIS -- When Sam Smith died in his modest home on the east side of Indianapolis, he died a man who not long before had swallowed his pride and made a phone call to ask for gas money. That amounts to one third of what the NBA donates to charity each year from the player fines the league takes in, he said. In the final 15 seconds of the game, the score tied 51-51, Smith made the game-winning basket for the national championship. Many of the ABA players never got to the NBA after the merger. "He grabbed my arm and pulled me closer to him," said Tarter, who took the photo. It was a photo Smith wanted people to see.

Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum are the 1st pair of teammates in Celtics' history to each record 25+ points in a Finals game at age 25 or younger. • Complete ...

The run included a pair of free throws for Tatum (he’s up to 20 points), a banked 3-pointer by Smart, a sweet turnaround jumper from Tatum and a putback layup by Grant Williams. While the Celtics didn’t have an answer to the Warriors’ third-quarter avalanche in Game 2, they did respond here and it’s put them in a strong position to close the game. 4. So at the end of the third quarter, the Celtics maintain the lead 93-89, but the Warriors are right on their heels. Klay is up to 25 points for the Warriors – a much needed bounce-back game from him. 5. Curry with another triple to put the Warriors up 83-82 – their first lead since it was 2-0. Curry gets two free throw attempts to complete the four-point play (he only needs one to get it), then it’s Warriors ball. 7. Throughout the playoffs, Curry has hit the goodnight celebration after delivering a knockout blow late in the game. Thompson leads the Warriors with 15 points, recovering from a slow start and eventually finding his shot. 9. With Brown leading the way with 22 points on 8-for-13 shooting from the field and 4-for-6 from 3-point range, Boston leads 68-56 at the half. This effect is an underplayed part of the debate over whether to bench players in foul trouble. 17. Another great start for Brown, who is up to 14 points late in the first quarter. Behind another dominant third quarter, the Golden State Warriors evened the 2022 NBA Finals at 1-1 on Sunday in San Francisco. But the series – and the home-court advantage – has shifted to Boston as Game 3 gets set to tip off from TD Garden. How important is Game 3?

Green fouled out and finished with just two points, four rebounds and three assists.

The Celtics bounced back in Game 3 and did what they were supposed to do by defending homecourt. Instead of waiting around to see what Green would do, the Celtics threw the first punch in Game 3. He finished with two points, four rebounds, three assists, had more turnovers (2) than made baskets (1) and fouled out in the middle of the fourth quarter. If he's going to come in here and try to be physical, this is our house and we've got to protect it." "We've just got to turn around and do the same thing. The Celtics did just that.

The Chicago Bulls announced today the unveiling of its NBA 75th Anniversary Legacy Project – funding a permanent space for Mobile Makers Chicago (MMC), ...

The permanent space will create a haven for learning and function as a co-working space for youth to complete their homework and build a sense of community. Supporting a Black led nonprofit while simultaneously funding a permanent learning space in Humboldt Park, one of the city's predominately Latinx neighborhoods, closely aligns with what the Bulls stand for off the court and in the community. The Bulls used this support to help MMC establish its first stationary space at Kimball Arts Center in Humboldt Park. Previously, the organization operated out of a retired UPS delivery van that they converted into a classroom, tool shop, design studio, art gallery and community gathering space.

It was an all-out duel from start to finish as the Celtics held off the Warriors 116-100 in Game 3 of the 2022 NBA Finals. The Warriors were unable to ...

Smart - 5 Smart - 24 Looney - 7 Curry - 31 The Warriors slip 2-1 in the 2022 NBA Finals as the squad look ahead to facing off against the Celtics for Game 4 of the best-of-seven series on Friday. Dub Nation is invited to Chase Center for the Game 4 Watch Party, presented by Chase, on Friday night. Four Warriors scratched double-figures with Andrew Wiggins producing 18 points and seven rebounds and Jordan Poole adding 10 points to the feat.

Draymond Green shoved the Boston Celtics guard, earning his sixth personal foul. Before taking his seat on Golden State's bench, Green gave referee Courtney ...

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LeBron James has been open about his post-playing career dream of owning an NBA team in recent years. In a snippet of the latest episode of HBO's The Shop: ...

Additionally, Silver said that Sin City would be on the short list as one of the teams to be considered when the NBA inevitably expands during an interview in October. “I want to buy a team for sure. “I want to own a team,” James said.

It was in so many ways a quintessential performance from Boston's longest-tenured player, a ball of deliberate energy whose impact on any given possession ...

“It might seem like a part of the game that is overlooked, but setting good screens is so key in a game like this,” Jaylen Brown said. He switched under screens to prevent free slips to the rim. When Green hits Klay Thompson coming off a screen on the weakside, Smart darts to the nail to contest Thompson’s pull up, forcing a pass back out to Green. From there, he hops back out to cover the ball as every other Celtic takes away Golden State’s movement. But he also took and made some of the biggest shots of the game. On what may end up being the most important play of the game, Smart took advantage of every Warrior momentarily forgetting he existed by crashing the offensive glass and instigating the six-car pileup that led to Green’s sixth foul and Curry’s foot injury. Game 3 of the NBA Finals boiled the Marcus Smart experience down to its purest form.

Following Wednesday night's 116-100 loss in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Warriors are reportedly optimistic that star point guard Stephen Curry will be ...

There was some speculation that Curry did get hurt on the play after head coach Steve Kerr removed him from the game with just over two minutes to play. Boston ratcheted up the defense in the fourth, though, limiting Golden State to just 11 points. Following Wednesday night’s 116-100 loss in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Warriors are reportedly optimistic that star point guard Stephen Curry will be available for Game 4.

That's the toughest part of LeBron calling his shot like this – the timing. He's ineligible to own a team while still playing. Once he retires, if another team ...

Once he retires, if another team comes up for sale, would he really wait to make a bid until a hypothetical Las Vegas franchise emerges? He’s ineligible to own a team while still playing. I want a team in Vegas. I want the team in Vegas.

LeBron James has always wanted to own an NBA team. Now he's specified where he'd want them to play.

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Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets lost in the first-round of the NBA Playoffs to the Boston Celtics. The Celtics are up 2-1 on the Golden State Warriors in ...

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. The Nets had their season come to an end in the first-round of the playoffs when they were swept by the Celtics. Kevin Durant was waiting for the Mavs to inbound the ball, and a fan cheered for him to take the game over.