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The Celtics’ Game 3 win was the blueprint for dispatching the Heat. Now do it again, please.

Just. Do. That.

Just play like that, the way the Celtics did without ever allowing their intensity to wane in their wire-to-wire 104-84 victory over the Miami Heat Saturday night in the crucial Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round series, and they will eliminate any self-inflicted drama and unnecessary suspense from their NBA playoff journey.

Play like that — just do that, again and again, individually and collectively — and soon enough, the dastardly Heat will be eliminated, with no more suspense and drama beyond what has already been endured.

It’s OK to admit you were … well, if not outright worried heading into Game 3 in Miami, at least concerned, and definitely nervous.