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Boston were 99-98 behind following two Neemias Queta free throws before Maxey scored eight unanswered points to give his side a 107-98 lead with 15 seconds left.<\/p>\n
“We started off well and then in the second quarter we kind of relaxed a little,” said Embiid. “Same thing with the start of the fourth.<\/p>\n
“But we stuck together, closed it out.”<\/p>\n
He added: “It means a lot. You can’t win alone, you need a team to be able win and everybody doing their job.” <\/p>\n
Embiid had returned for the last four games of the series after an emergency appendectomy had ruled him out since 6 April.<\/p>\n
“What changed in the series is Joel Embiid came back, and they’re a completely different team,” said Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla.<\/p>\n
Boston star Jayson Tatum missed the decider because of a left knee issue, with Jaylen Brown top scoring for them with 33 points.<\/p>\n
“Loved the looks that we got, loved the process that we had, but hate the result,” said Mazzulla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n