⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 27 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 23-10 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 11
- A 15-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 31 in the second 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Thomas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:48 · BOS 18-35 CLE
- Technical
technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:37 · BOS 18-38 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 5:52 · BOS 12-25 CLE
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 31
Q2 9:00 · BOS 22-53 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 41-point lead to 50
Q4 11:06 · BOS 62-112 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 8 | Threes made | 19 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
