⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
-4Q119-22
+9Q227-16
-8Q323-28
+4Q426-20
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their seventeen- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their sixteen
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
31Free throws made11
44%Three-point accuracy23%
9Offensive rebounds17
24Turnovers16
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
