⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:14 · BOS 18-11 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 6:11 · BOS 69-51 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 5:26 · BOS 100-74 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q1 0:08 · BOS 35-27 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Bruno Sundov Technical Foul
Q2 8:55 · BOS 35-27 CLE
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
