⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of seventeen from three- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 6
- A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their two
A 16-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 3 in the third quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q3 6:20 · BOS 80-60 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 5:22 · BOS 98-85 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jason Collins flagrant foul type 1 (Tristan Thompson draws the foul)
Q4 3:13 · BOS 98-85 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 3
Q3 1:50 · BOS 82-79 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dion Waiters lost ball turnover
Q4 4:33 · BOS 92-84 CLE
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
