CLEVELAND (AP) — Green uniforms. Big shots. Championship-level intensity.
The Boston Celtics looked much more like themselves in Game 3.
Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, Jaylen Brown added 28 and the No. 1-seeded Celtics bounced back from a stumble at home, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-93 on Saturday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Celtics didn’t mess around after dropping Game 2 on their home parquet floor by 24 on Thursday. They couldn’t.
“We don’t come to Cleveland for the weather, so let’s go,” said Brown, who went 13 of 17 from the field.