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Dallas prepares for Game 3, while Kyrie Irving offers advice on how to rebound against the Celtics 🏆

Basketball — 06/12/2024

Kyrie Irving’s last 12 games against the Boston Celtics have all ended in the same fashion.

His team lost.

Irving and the Dallas Mavericks would want to see the streak end Wednesday night, when they visit the Celtics in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Boston leads the series 2-0.

Boston Celtics guard Derrick White (9) holds back Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving while looking to pass during the second half of Game 2 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

“First thing of that is just accepting that I haven’t played well or up to my standards, as well as I would have liked,” Irving said. “Being back in Boston, there’s such a level of desire that I have inside of me to play well. Wanted to be there for my teammates. As a competitor, it’s frustrating. But I don’t want to let that seep in or spill over to any other decisions I have to make there as a player.”

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Irving shot only 35% in the first two games of the finals in Boston, averaging 14 points and four assists in his former home arena, where fans clearly dislike him. He has shot 50% or less in each of his last ten games against the Celtics.

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The odds

Dallas is a 2.5-point favourite in Game 3, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, and unless the line changes significantly, Boston will be an underdog this season.

Wednesday will be the Celtics’ 99th game of the year. They’ve only been underdogs three times in the first 98 games: at Sacramento on December 20 (a 144-119 Boston win), at Milwaukee on January 11 (a 135-102 Bucks win), and at Milwaukee again on April 9 (a 104-91 Bucks win).

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Tatum watching

Matthew Tkachuk, a Florida Panthers star, says he’s rooting for the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals because he went to school in St. Louis with Jayson Tatum.

Tatum, as expected, supports the Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final.

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“I actually watched him win last night,” Tatum said Tuesday, referring to Florida’s 4-1 win over Edmonton that gave the Panthers a 2-0 lead in that title series. “Trying to learn and understand the rules in the game of hockey more and more. I got to watch the game last night. They won. Like I said, I’m extremely happy for him and his family. Hopefully they win it all.”

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Closing in

Boston enters Game 3 of the NBA Finals having made 1,582 3-pointers this season, including the playoffs.

That means the Celtics are 15 threes away from breaking the NBA’s full-season record. Last season, Boston made 1,596 long-range shots, a record.

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