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Jrue Holiday’s late heroics steer Celtics to thrilling 114-111 Game 3 triumph over Pacers

For most of the night, Jrue Holiday was relatively quiet.

Holiday, who was questionable with an illness earlier in the day, decided to tough it out but was clearly not his usual spry self.

Then in the final minute, Holiday dug deep and shifted the trajectory of not only the game, but also the series. Holiday delivered a massive go-ahead and-one with 38.2 seconds left, secured a huge steal with 3.1 seconds remaining and hit two clutch free throws with 1.1 left.

“I’m glad we got him,” Jayson Tatum to ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters. “Jrue’s a hell of a competitor.