⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 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, 35 free throws to their 23
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · BOS 103-105 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 4:07 · BOS 45-43 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 2:49 · BOS 75-79 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Larry Hughes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:22 · BOS 89-95 CLE
- Turnover
Drew Gooden lost ball
Q4 4:41 · BOS 94-95 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
Q4 3:15 · BOS 94-99 CLE
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
