⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 2- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:11 · CLE 14-9 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q2 9:52 · CLE 36-42 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 5:11 · CLE 72-76 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gordon Hayward out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:47 · CLE 96-101 BOS
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 10 |
