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Despite being down 13 early on, and then blowing a 21 point 4th qtr lead, Boston is now 1 win away from banner #18. Tatum finally had his big time performance with 31 points, kindly cooled off in the 2nd half but he hit some big shots in the 1st half to get Boston out of the early hole. If Boston finishes up on Friday, or even in 5, there's no doubt that Jaylen Brown will win Finals MVP, which is fitting bc he was getting so much heat in last years playoffs for not being able to even dribble the ball. All playoffs long, but especially since he hit that game tying shot in game 1 against Indiana, he has been playing some of the best basketball of his career, it's been great to see.

Gotta give it to Dallas for showing signs of life, going on a 20-2 run in about an 8 minute span in the 4th to get back in it, they had their chances to either tie/take the lead, but Boston made some timely stops when they needed them, sure didn't help when Luka fouled out, understand J-Kidd challenging that, but it looked like a charge, didn't establish any sort of position and was sort of standing off to the side when he fell. Kyrie had by far his best game of the series, but the offense just isn't the same w/o Luka on the court, and it showed down the stretch last night.

Knew Dallas would come out playing w/ high energy on their home court, but Boston weathered the early storm, settled in and really took over the rest of the game, even after blowing that big lead. Game 4 & the sweep will be Friday night, can't wait to watch it!