⏱️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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jaylen Brown out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 3:42 · BOS 107-100 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Max Strus technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:46 · BOS 52-39 CLE
- Turnover
Caris LeVert steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 2:05 · BOS 109-102 CLE
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 11 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
