⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 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 nineteen threes to their thirteen- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 28
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 0:01 · BOS 34-28 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 4:51 · BOS 53-48 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 8:00 · BOS 101-87 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul
Q2 0:04 · BOS 58-51 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 10:44 · BOS 34-37 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 19 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 32 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
