⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 24- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 0:53 · BOS 25-28 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 7:46 · BOS 50-55 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
