⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 21 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, 21 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 28- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
A 14-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 16 in the second quarter
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:38 · CLE 12-4 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q1 1:47 · CLE 31-9 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 34
Q4 10:33 · CLE 92-58 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Anderson Varejao double technical foul
Q3 5:05 · CLE 69-48 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 16
Q2 4:13 · CLE 49-33 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 28
Q4 5:41 · CLE 98-70 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
