Kyrie Irving has lost 12 straight games to the Celtics. It's a streak that he and the Dallas Mavericks would desperately like to see end Wednesday night, when they play host to the Celtics in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Watch the game LIVE on TSN, TSN.ca and the TSN App.
would desperately like to see end Wednesday night, when they play host to the Celtics in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Boston leads the series 2-0.“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.
Irving shot only 35% in the first two games of these finals in Boston, averaging 14 points and four assists in his former home arena — where fans make clear that they don't like him much. He's shot 50% or less in each of his last 10 games against the Celtics. “I just can feel the stakes being raised up a little bit more,” Irving said. “The pressure is natural. Makes diamonds. ... We just have to continue to lean in on each other, especially when it gets tough out there. We’re going against a great team. They’re not going to stop pressing us, stop their pace, stop testing us on both ends of the floor. We know what we’re in for. But now we have to raise it to an even higher level, and it starts with me.”Dallas is a 2.
Wednesday will be the Celtics' 99th game of the year. They've been underdogs only three times in the first 98 — at Sacramento on Dec. 20 , at Milwaukee on Jan. 11 and at Milwaukee again on April 9 .“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.
That means the Celtics are 15 3s away from breaking the NBA's full-season record. Boston connected on 1,596 shots from deep last season to set the mark.
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