As , and to a lesser degree , have become the marquee faces of the unprecedented longevity movement, , in his 17th season and barely a week out from his 38th birthday, is quietly rolling along as his own sort of ageless wonder for a team that is one victory short of a second NBA Finals appearance in the last three years. The Celtics rallied from an 18-point deficit to defeat the , 114-111, on Saturday night to take a 3-0 lead in the the Eastern Conference finals, and it was Horford that led the way from deep with a career-high seven 3-pointers, including a massive corner bucket off a gorgeous behind-the-back assist from that felt like the biggest shot of the game. "That was an unbelievable play he made.
.. at that point.
.. just knock it down" Horford on Tatum's behind-the-back dime late in the 4th quarter š¤ "We always talk about spacing, making sure we're in the right spots.
I trusted that he was going to be there, he trusted that I was going to make the right read," Tatum said of the connection. "That was a hell of a shot that he made." That shot cut Indiana's lead -- which was hovering in the two- to three-possession range for the bulk of the fourth quarter -- to two.
Prior to that, it felt like Boston was doing the stay-afloat thing more than making a move to get over the hump. When Horford splashed that 3, Indiana was in trouble. A little more than 30 seconds later, finished a layup plus the foul for an old-fashioned 3-point play and Boston, which could very easily, and.
