Tatum and Brown combine for 50 points as Celtics take down 76ers in Game 3

[p]The Sixers had previously grabbed game two in Boston to knot the series at one game apiece.[/p][p]In a game that neither team led by more than 10 points, the Celtics took a five-point lead into the fourth quarter as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tatum-jayson/t4Y4e7r0/"]Jayson Tatum[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brown-jaylen/l88NjhUb/"]Jaylen Brown[/a] scored 25 points apiece to lead the Celtics. [/p][embed guid="a9a119be-1a33-4fa9-b7aa-00e73e571489" url="https://x.com/NBA/status/2047860578215923823?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maxey-tyrese/r9DvnZeC/"]Tyrese Maxey[/a]'s three-pointer briefly put the Sixers up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/boston-celtics-KYD9hVEm/philadelphia-76ers-vwRW2QSh/?mid=2Xqle25t"]85-84[/a] with 8:42 remaining, and Philadelphia were within one when Tatum drilled a three-pointer that pushed Boston's lead to 100-96 with 1:57 left to play.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pritchard-payton/SWoc4GBt/"]Payton Pritchard[/a] added another three-pointer with the shot-clock winding down before Tatum - who missed most of the season after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in last year's playoffs - drained a dagger trey that sealed it for Boston.[/p][p][b]"We just were resilient,"[/b] Tatum told broadcaster Prime. [b]"We stuck with it. It's a game of runs - good team and just, you've got to answer."[/b][/p][p]Maxey scored 31 points to lead the Sixers. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/george-paul/KOvfaZVQ/"]Paul George[/a] added 18, and rookie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/edgecombe-jr-valdez/GSA6NTGG/"]VJ Edgecombe[/a] added 10 points and 10 rebounds.[/p][embed guid="acfe5bc8-b71e-4b8d-bde3-212205c0e79e" url="https://x.com/NBA/status/2047847264480076229?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Sixers star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/embiid-joel/G2hZm0nI/"]Joel Embiid[/a], still recovering from an emergency appendectomy earlier this month, was ruled out shortly before the game.[/p][p][b]"He's just not ready,"[/b] said Sixers coach Nick Nurse, whose team will try to even the series when they host game four on Sunday.[/p]