⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 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, 33 free throws to their seventeen- Lost the glass, 30 rebounds to 42
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 stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 5:18 · CLE 91-71 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 0:57 · CLE 49-45 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:43 · CLE 16-10 BOS
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 15 | Assists | 25 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
