The Boston Celtics regained their lead in the NBA Finals by defeating the Golden State Warriors 116–100 in the third game of a seven-game series.

A brilliant trio of Jason Tatum (26 points), Jalen Brown (27) and Marcus Smart (24) prevented the visitors from turning their riot in the third quarter, led by the explosive 31-point Stephen Curry, into victory.

The host responded in the best possible way to the physical challenge given by the Warriors in Game 2, which ended in a 107–88 win, and it was clear the Celtics had scored, with Curry suffering a left leg injury after colliding with Dominican Al Horford during a joint fight for the ball.

At the time, four minutes before the final whistle, the Celtics were leading 110–98, with Corry, the best regular league player of 2015 and 2016, leaving the field in pain to sit next to his “disappointed” colleague. Draymond Green, who came out with six errors and only two points.

“We shouldn’t celebrate this victory too much tonight,” Tatum said after his team’s victory. “We need to be ready for the next game because we know they will respond more aggressively.”

Tatum imposed himself under the basket, where the Celtics had previously failed to enforce his law, to dominate absolutely to the point that Nigerian coach Aimee Odoka’s team scored twice as many points as the Warriors (52-26) and grabbed more rebounds. (47-26). 31), while Robert Williams put up the best defense-winning picture with 10 rebounds, 4 blocks and 3 steals, while also scoring 8 points.

The Celtics had an 18-point lead by the end of the first half, but in the third quarter, the Warriors returned to their former habits, as it had always seemed since the beginning of this most dangerous series, scoring 33 points to 25 from the opponent, and turned the table, leading for the first time in a game with a score 83-82 thanks to Curie, who scored the sixth and final three-pointer of 11.

And Corry seemed intangible as he shot from behind the arc and got an error from Horford and successfully converted a free kick before teammate Otto Porter (6 points) added a new three to give the Warriors 7 points in one game.

Even though Klay Thompson regained his accuracy (25 points) and fought Andrew Higgins like the Devil, scoring 18 points to 7 rebounds, Boston’s tight defense in the last quarter turned the scales and emerged victorious with 23 points. against 11 for guests.