The Boston Celtics regained their lead in the NBA Finals when they defeated their visiting Golden State Warriors (116–100) in Game 3 of the 7-game series. A brilliant trio of Jason Tatum (26 points), Jaylen Brown (27) and Marcus Smart (24) prevented the visitors from making their climb a success in the third quarter led by brilliant 31-point Stephen Curry. The landlord responded best to the physical challenge provided by the Warriors in Game 2, which ended in a 107-88 victory, and the Celtics clearly scored when Corry was injured on the left. leg after colliding with Dominican Al Horford in a joint challenge for the ball. At that point and four minutes before the final whistle, the Celtics were ahead (110-98), and Corry, the best player in the regular league in 2015 and 2016, left the field in pain to sit next to his colleague Draymond. Green, who came out with six errors and only two points. After his team’s victory, Tatum said, “We shouldn’t celebrate this victory tonight. We need to be ready for the next match because we know they will come back more aggressively. ” Tatum imposed himself at the bottom of the basket, where the Celtics had previously failed to enforce their law, to fully dominate to the point that Nigerian coach Aimee Odoka’s team scored twice as many points than Warriors (52-26) and get more rebounds. . (47-31) while Robert Williams had the best defense-winning picture with 10 rebounds, 4 blocks and 3 steals and also scored 8 points. The Celtics led by 18 points at the end of the first half, but in the third quarter, the Warriors returned to their usual routine, always at the start of this dangerous series, scoring 33 points to 25 from the opponent, and turning the table, ahead for the first time in the game (83-82) thanks to Corry, who hit sixth and final 3 of 11. Cory hit from behind the arc and got an error from Horford and succeeded in shooting a free throw before teammate Otto Porter (6 points) added a new 3, making the Warriors 7 points a game. Although Klay Thompson regained his accuracy (25 points) and picked up Andrew Higgins for 18 points on 7 rebounds, Boston’s tight defense in the final quarter turned the scales around and won, scoring 23 points to 11 for the fight. The fourth match will take place tomorrow, Saturday at dawn (4:00 Beirut time).