We expect a Celtics win, but it is clear this series is not as lopsided as some might have believed it would be at the start.

Jayson Tatum continued to impress in his return from injury, scoring 25 points to help the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers Friday night.

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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.

For 47 minutes, the arena in South Philly sounded like a jet engine testing facility. The home crowd, starved for playoff basketball for nearly two years, brought an absolute tidal wave of noise.

Before the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics battled it out for Game 3, Makai Lemon was the honorary bell ringer in Philadelphia.

The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers played their first clutch game of the series and it was the Celtics who made the winning plays down the stretch. Everyone chipped in as the Celtics won Game 3 and took back home court advantage.