⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty- A 17-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up in the first 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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 1
Q3 1:40 · CLE 73-74 BOS
- Lead
Jarrett Allen hit a 2-foot alley oop dunk shot, Ricky Rubio with the assist
Q4 0:35 · CLE 89-87 BOS
- Winner
Darius Garland hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · CLE 90-89 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:36 · CLE 33-42 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up
Q1 6:09 · CLE 9-22 BOS
- Lead
Jayson Tatum hit a 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 2:31 · CLE 83-85 BOS
- Ties it
Jayson Tatum hit a 19-foot jumper
Q4 0:29 · CLE 89-89 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jayson Tatum bad pass
Q4 4:14 · CLE 81-81 BOS
- Turnover
Jayson Tatum out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 3:42 · CLE 83-83 BOS
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:15 · CLE 87-87 BOS
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
