⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
+6Q127-20
-27Q24-29
+1Q318-16
-1Q423-22
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 27 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their eight
- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 23-14 off them
Key battles
11%Three-point accuracy43%
1Threes made9
7Free throws made14
7Blocks3
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 1 | Threes made | 9 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
