Getty Images/Ringer illustration Dominant from behind the arc. Stagnant in crunch time. A total team effort and, of course, a win. Game 3 of the NBA Finals was a perfect encapsulation of this Boston Celtics season, which is now just one game away from ending with a championship. The Boston Celtics can only ever be themselves: the best team in the NBA, but waylaid by maddening flaws. Producers of the most efficient offense in NBA history, but capable of confounding stagnation. A true team, replete with both stars and depth, but without the top-end MVP candidate who typically leads a championship squad. Every bit of Boston's complicated profile emerged in Dallas on Wednesday night, as the visiting Celtics held off the Mavericks 106-99 to take a 3-0 lead in the Finals. In quintessential Celtics fashion, Game 3 featured stretches of dominance next to stretches of torpor, and a near-collapse in the fourth quarter after Boston had taken a 21-point lead. Boston even benefitted from the absence of an opposing star player, as it has throughout its postseason romp, when Luka Doncic fouled out in crunch time. But the most obvious way that Game 3 fit Boston's season-long pattern came on the...