⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fourteen- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their seven
A 14-0 run took them from 11 down to 3 up 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 5:21 · CLE 22-11 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 5:47 · CLE 38-29 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q4 9:49 · CLE 80-72 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Isaac Okoro out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:17 · CLE 102-94 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 11 down to 3 up
Q2 2:25 · CLE 42-45 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 14 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
