⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen
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
- Steal
Avery Bradley stole it from LeBron James
Q4 0:37 · BOS 91-99 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jae Crowder and Kendrick Perkins
Q2 1:44 · BOS 32-51 CLE
- Turnover
Isaiah Thomas offensive foul (Matthew Dellavedova draws the foul)
Q4 0:23 · BOS 93-101 CLE
- Turnover
Isaiah Thomas turnover
Q4 0:23 · BOS 93-101 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:06 · BOS 8-17 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q2 10:30 · BOS 23-41 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kendrick Perkins flagrant foul type 1 (Jae Crowder draws the foul)
Q2 1:44 · BOS 32-51 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
Q4 0:37 · BOS 91-99 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
Q4 0:36 · BOS 93-99 CLE
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 13 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
