⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 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 seventeen threes to their eleven
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 7:14 · CLE 92-97 BOS
- Steal
Donovan Mitchell stole it from Payton Pritchard
Q4 0:25 · CLE 104-109 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Evan Mobley bad pass
Q4 0:22 · CLE 104-109 BOS
- Missed FT
Georges Niang misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · CLE 105-110 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 5:50 · CLE 6-12 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q1 0:10 · CLE 15-35 BOS
- Steal
Jayson Tatum stole it from Evan Mobley
Q4 0:22 · CLE 104-109 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul
Q3 6:56 · CLE 55-66 BOS
- Turnover
Payton Pritchard bad pass
Q4 0:25 · CLE 104-109 BOS
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · CLE 104-109 BOS
📊The numbers
| CLE | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
