⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
+2Q140-34
+1Q219-15
+2Q333-28
+8Q428-18
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 38
Key battles
8Points off turnovers2
7Blocks3
13Offensive rebounds7
18Threes made11
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 10:45 · BOS 102-79 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 8:53 · BOS 12-10 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 18 | Threes made | 11 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
