⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 23- A 14-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 23 in the fourth quarter
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q3 9:11 · BOS 55-47 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 2:20 · BOS 65-53 CLE
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 23
Q4 8:52 · BOS 83-60 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 5:00 · BOS 17-19 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q2 4:07 · BOS 35-41 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q4 6:35 · BOS 77-60 CLE
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
