⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their 25, and were outscored 36-4 off them
- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 30
- A 20-0 run from level to 20 points up in the second quarter
Key battles
20Steals1
4Points off turnovers36
27Fast break points3
42%Three-point accuracy14%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:33 · BOS 9-0 CLE
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run from level to 20 points up
Q2 10:02 · BOS 47-27 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 38
Q4 8:27 · BOS 101-63 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:12 · BOS 82-51 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 8:03 · BOS 9-9 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 4:35 · BOS 13-18 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 36 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Steals | 1 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
