⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 4:38 · BOS 24-15 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 9:47 · BOS 68-52 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 4:36 · BOS 102-88 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 2 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 15 | Steals | 14 |
| 20 | Blocks | 17 |
