"These are single-possession games and every possession really matters," says Tyrese Maxey after losing Game 3.

The Boston Celtics take on the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 3 of their NBA first-round playoff series. The teams split the first two games in Boston. Games 3 and 4 will be in Philadelphia. The Celtics are favored by 7.5 points in Game 3. Moneyline: Philadelphia 76ers +240 (28.2%) / Boston Celtics -300 (71.8%)

Joe Mazzulla has gone out of his way to give Nikola Vucevic plenty of opportunities since the Celtics acquired him at the trade deadline in February. The Celtics coach took that trust to a different level in Game 3 on Friday night.

The Boston Celtics have announced their injury report for Game 3 against the Philadelphia 76ers (at the Wells Fargo Center).

He was picked up seventh overall in the 1962 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics and had a 16-season career with the team, during which he won a total of eight NBA championships. Havlicek was also honored with 13 All-Star selections, 11 All-NBA team selections, and 8 All-Defensive team selections, among numerous other accolades.

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The Celtics superstar, who played just 16 regular-season games after missing most of the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon, is a playoff hero once again.

The Celtics lost a double-digit lead and trailed with a little more than seven minutes left in the fourth quarter, but took back control with an 8-0 run and held on for the win by scoring on their final seven possessions of the game.

The Celtics are just a few games into what they hope will be a deep playoff run. But they still dropped Game 2 on their home court to the 76ers, meaning they lost home-court advantage. While the C’s have had prior success bouncing back from an early home loss,

After a Game 2 mess, the Boston Celtics entered the Thunderdome on Friday night (in this case, also known as Xfinity Mobile Arena). Their opponent? The Philadelphia 76ers. The result? A down-to-the-wire,

Tatum was 5 of 9 on 3-pointers in just his 19th game this season following surgery last May to repair his Achilles tendon.

Jayson Tatum scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter as the visiting Boston Celtics defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 108-100 on Friday in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.