Jayson Tatum scores 31 points and powers Boston to a 106-88 victory over Dallas and a 4-1 series win.

Coach Joe Mazzulla says he expects Porzingis to play and he will not have a minutes restriction as Boston tries to win the series with Dallas and win its 18th NBA title.

Boston will try to bounce back and finish the series after getting blown out by Dallas in Game 4.

Boston has shown an ability to bounce back from bad games all season, and will try to do so again Monday with another chance to clinch the NBA championship.

Dallas dominates from start to finish and forces a Game 5 in Boston on Monday night.

Boston takes a 3-0 lead into Friday’s Game 4, and no team has ever come back from a three-game deficit in the NBA playoffs.

Boston gets 31 points from Jayson Tatum and 30 from Jaylen Brown and can now complete a series sweep in Game 4 on Friday.

Only Luka Doncic has totaled more than one 3-pointer in the first two games of the NBA Finals for Dallas, which is in a 2-0 hole against the Celtics.

The Celtics take a 2-0 series lead into Dallas after Porzingis was injured in the third quarter of Game 2.