⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 19-8 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 5:28 · BOS 56-36 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Glen Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:15 · BOS 56-36 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 1 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
