⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
+7Q125-16
-7Q222-24
+1Q328-22
-8Q417-25
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 12 rebounds to 22
Key battles
27Assists16
52%Shooting from the field38%
49Rebounds66
10Steals7
🏀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 stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 10:44 · BOS 33-18 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ray Allen turnover
Q4 0:04 · BOS 92-84 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
