⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 30- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 32
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
- Flagrant
Kendrick Perkins flagrant foul type 1 (LeBron James draws the foul)
Q1 6:58 · BOS 8-10 CLE
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:33 · BOS 77-104 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 6:58 · BOS 8-20 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q1 2:51 · BOS 15-36 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
