⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen- They shot well above their usual, eleven of twenty from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 6:09 · CLE 54-51 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q2 2:00 · CLE 34-38 BOS
- Missed FT
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses technical free throw
Q4 5:54 · CLE 71-70 BOS
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas traveling
Q4 2:25 · CLE 83-77 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 11:47 · CLE 38-46 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:35 · CLE 85-77 BOS
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 1 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
