⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 sixteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 30 from three
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 10:39 · BOS 12-10 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 4:49 · BOS 46-56 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q3 4:11 · BOS 67-92 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q4 11:33 · BOS 75-104 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 16 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 4 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Steals | 11 |
| 14 | Blocks | 20 |
