Boston.com · Apr 26, 2025
Magic win ugly Game 3 despite Jayson Tatum’s return to close series gap: 7 takeaways
Jayson Tatum scored 36 points on 22 points. AP Photo/John Raoux The Celtics dropped Game 3 of their first-round series against the Magic, falling 95-93 after a bizarre final minute despite Jayson Tatum’s return to action.
Here are the takeaways.
What happened at the end?
Despite one of their more disastrous offensive performances in recent memory, the Celtics managed to fight their way back into Friday’s game on multiple occasions, but after a 4-0 run by Franz Wagner (which we will get to shortly), they entered the final minute trailing by four.
From there, things got weird.