⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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, 17 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 36
- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 32
- A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 35
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 took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 7:57 · BOS 45-42 CLE
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up
Q2 4:04 · BOS 64-52 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 33
Q4 2:09 · BOS 128-95 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 17 | Threes made | 7 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 18 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
