As expected, the NBA Finals is already keeping all its promises and the Celtics' inexperience at this stage of the competition doesn't seem to be hampering them much.

Boston's Tatum/Brown/Smart three-leaf clover indeed got the better of Golden State's fantastic comeback, initiated by Stephen Curry in the 3rd quarter, to win at home (116-100) on Wednesday, and so regain the advantage two wins to one in the NBA Finals.

The Celtics wanted to respond to the physical challenge imposed by the Warriors in the previous game (107-88) and it showed.

They won the battle on this plan and it did some damage as Curry hurt his left leg, which fell heavily on Al Horford in the fight for a ball.

The TD Garden very happy to taste the final

At that time, four minutes from the end of the match, Boston held its victory well (110-96).

And the double MVP (2015, 2016) of Golden State, so brilliant before this blow (31 pts at 12/22, 4 rebounds), went, head down and grimacing, to sit on the bench.

Next to Draymond Green, who had just picked up his sixth fault on the action, synonymous with exclusion, collecting the bronca of the excited fans of the C's.

They could exult for the first game of a final played at TD Garden in twelve years and fourteen years after celebrating their 17th title there.

One of the strong men of this coronation, Paul Pierce, was moreover "front-court" to support the Tatum generation, in search of an 18th title on the Boston list, which would be a new record and would leave the hated Lakers rivals right behind.

Back in 1984

A generation not yet golden but talented and determined to be one who, during this third game, achieved a rare performance in the NBA final.

The trio Jayson Tatum (26 pts, 9 assists, 6 rebounds), Jaylen Brown (27 pts, 9 rebounds, 5 assists) and Marcus Smart (24 pts, 7 rebounds, 5 assists) is indeed the first to succeed at least 20 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds in an NBA final since the Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Michael Cooper, authors of this performance in 1984 against the… Celtics.

“I was born in 1998, so it was a long time before… but it's nice to be in such company.

We can't afford to be too happy tonight.

We have to be ready for the next game because we know they will come back even more aggressive,” commented Tatum, who was more ready than in the first two games.

In particular in the interior sector where Boston did not make the law, until returning to its garden.

This time its domination was total since the team coached by Ime Udoka, who had called for a jump in this sector, scored twice as many points as Golden State (52-26) and took many more rebounds (47- 31), like Robert Williams III Imperial in defense (8 pts, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks, 3 interceptions).

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