⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 31- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 24-6 off them
- A 16-0 run took them from 8 down to 8 up 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal double technical foul
Q2 7:09 · CLE 29-26 BOS
- Technical
Mo Williams double technical foul
Q4 4:39 · CLE 78-101 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 8 down to 8 up
Q2 9:29 · CLE 29-37 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 5:56 · CLE 52-73 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
