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SEVEN MINUTES INTO Wednesday's Game 3, it seemed the Boston Celtics were in danger of loosening their grip on the NBA Finals.
The Dallas Mavericks had leapt out to a 25-12 lead, a run punctuated by a pull-up 3-pointer from former Celtic Kyrie Irving, and the partisan home crowd inside American Airlines Center was in a frenzy. Boston, already without Kristaps Porzingis after the center suffered a rare tendon injury in his left leg in Game 2, suddenly had the look of a team on the defensive, rather than one holding a 2-0 series lead.