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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 22 | 25 | 34 | 36 | 117 |
 Celtics | 33 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 129 |
CLETeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 44-8551.8% | 9-2339.1% | 20-2969.0% | 38 | 22 | 11 |
| BOS | 49-9551.6% | 14-4035.0% | 17-1989.5% | 43 | 28 | 11 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Boston Celtics129| 32 | 30 | 11-20 | 5-10, Ties his career high | 3-3 | 0 | +19 | +7.6 | |||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-15 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 0 | +16 | −4.4 | |||||||
| 29 | 34, Career high (his best before, 32) | 13-20 | 5-10 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +9.0 | ||||||
| 28 | 7 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −1.7 | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | +14 | +2.5 | ||||||||
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| 23 | 14 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | +8 | +11.3 | |||||||
| 20 | 8 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +20 | −0.7 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −1.9 | |||||
| 15 | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −1.8 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −1.0 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −3.5 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +0.7 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.6 | |||
| Team | 129 | 49-9551.6% | 14-4035.0% | 43 | 28 | 11 | 23 | 17-1989.5% | 12 | 4 | 10 | |||
Bench 36 points on 14 for 25 shooting
Cleveland Cavaliers117| 35 | 30 | 10-16 | 6-11, Season high (his best before, 5) | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +12.1 | |||||
| 31 | 21 | 9-20 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0 | −6 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 30 | 12 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −13 | −2.6 | ||||||
| 29 | 10 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +4 | −0.5 | ||||||||
| 28 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −21 | −12.8 | |||||
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| 25 | 16 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +1.7 | |||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | −16 | −2.0 | |||||
| 16 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +4.6 | |||
| 15 | 9 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +3.4 | |||||
| 5 | 8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +4.8 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +1.0 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −2.4 | |
| Team | 117 | 44-8551.8% | 9-2339.1% | 38 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 20-2969.0% | 6 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 42 points on 14 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Brandon Knight (coach’s decision).
Celtics129Cavaliers117ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jaylen Brown scored a career-high 34 points, and the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-117 for their fifth straight win.
The Celtics took control with a 21-4 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 23.
Jayson Tatum scored 30 points (8 during a 10-0 run across the first and second quarters) with 5 3-pointers, and Enes Freedom added 14 points (all 14 in the paint) and 9 rebounds on 7 for 10 shooting off the bench. The Celtics had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Cavaliers, Kevin Love scored 30 points on 10 for 16 shooting, and Collin Sexton added 21 points. Kevin Porter Jr. scored 12 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter.
The Celtics grabbed 12 offensive rebounds to the Cavaliers’ 6. The Celtics outscored the Cavaliers 10-0 in 5 minutes with Hayward, Wanamaker, Tatum, Theis and Langford on the floor together.
Boston CelticsCleveland CavaliersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
112 points from the field on 94 shots: 9.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 26-34 | 76.5% | 64% |
| In the paint | 4-11 | 36.4% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-10 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-11 | 36.4% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-29 | 34.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Thompson | 27 | 12 | 5-10 | +4 |
| Cedi Osman | 12 | 7 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 6 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Kevin Love | 4 | 7 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 8 | 3-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 36 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 18 | 5 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Collin Sexton | 16 | 2 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Matthew Dellavedova | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Darius Garland | 6 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 16 | 6-10 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Love | 20 | 8 | 4-7 | +3 |
| Tristan Thompson | 15 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Collin Sexton | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 12 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Exum 27' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Nance Jr. 1 AST)
Q4 11:30
11.0%
93→82
Tatum 3PT Jump Shot (30 PTS) (Hayward 7 AST)
Q4 11:07
11.0%
82→93
MISS Tatum 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
Q2 10:36
9.8%
92→82
Osman 3' Turnaround Hook Shot (8 PTS)
Q3 10:48
9.8%
92→82
Hayward Driving Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS)
Q3 10:31
9.8%
82→92
