⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
+6Q127-18
-5Q231-33
+4Q326-22
+11Q431-20
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 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, 37 free throws to their 26- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 24-2 off them
Key battles
24Points off turnovers2
10Steals3
9Turnovers20
16Fast break points7
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 2:34 · CLE 115-92 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 11 | Blocks | 10 |
