⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 6:07 · BOS 83-97 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Anderson Varejao technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:26 · BOS 80-87 CLE
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
