⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 30-18 off them
- A 19-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 20 in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 2:38 · BOS 88-91 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 20
Q3 8:36 · BOS 55-75 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
