⏱️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 fourth 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
Made ten threes to their sixteen
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 10:31 · CLE 30-21 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darius Garland misses technical free throw
Q1 2:08 · CLE 20-12 BOS
- Missed FT
Ricky Rubio misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 4:19 · CLE 81-87 BOS
- Turnover
Denzel Valentine steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 1:51 · CLE 87-88 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 1:16 · CLE 22-21 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 2:15 · CLE 39-40 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:08 · CLE 20-12 BOS
- Missed FT
Marcus Smart misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:27 · CLE 85-87 BOS
- Turnover
Marcus Smart out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 2:21 · CLE 87-88 BOS
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
