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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 28 | 30 | 23 | 31 | 112 |
 Cavaliers | 27 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 106 |
BOSTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 40-8646.5% | 11-3036.7% | 21-2680.8% | 49 | 16 | 11 |
| CLE | 39-8943.8% | 13-3834.2% | 15-2075.0% | 50 | 24 | 12 |
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 Celtics112| 40 | 32 | 11-24 | 5-10 | 5-7 | 0 | +7 | +4.5 | |||||||
| 32 | 18 | 5-15 | 0-5 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.4 | ||||||
| 30 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −5.1 | ||||||
| 26 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 19 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | −1 | +0.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 22, Career high (his best before, 17) | 8-11 | 5-8, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +8.3 | |||||
| 16 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −5.3 | |||||
| 14 | 10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −6 | +7.2 | ||||
| 14 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-2 | +14 | +1.1 | |||||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.8 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.6 | ||
| Team | 112 | 40-8646.5% | 11-3036.7% | 49 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 21-2680.8% | 13 | 10 | 7 | |||
Bench 43 points on 16 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Vincent Poirier and Carsen Edwards (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers106| 45 | 41, Career high (his best before, 32) | 17-30 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +5.8 | ||||||
| 43 | 13 | 3-14 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 0 | −6 | −6.7 | |||||||
| 39 | 19 | 7-13 | 2-5 | 3-6 | 0 | −5 | +9.6 | |||||||
| 37 | 26 | 9-17 | 5-10 | 3-3 | 0 | −2 | +8.1 | |||||||
| 35 | 0 | 0-8 | 0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −10.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.0 | |||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −1.3 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.8 | |||
| Team | 106 | 39-8943.8% | 13-3834.2% | 50 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 15-2075.0% | 17 | 6 | 2 | |||
Bench 7 points on 3 for 7 shooting
Did not play: Sir'Dominic Pointer and Matt Mooney (coach’s decision); Andre Drummond (injury/illness).
Celtics112Cavaliers106ClickTap 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.
Jayson Tatum scored 32 points (9 during a 13-0 run in the first quarter), and the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 112-106.
Semi Ojeleye’s 19-foot step-back jumper put the Celtics ahead for good with 6:24 left in the fourth quarter.
The Cavaliers got within 98-97 on Collin Sexton’s floater with 2:59 to play, but Marcus Smart answered with 2 free throws, and the Cavaliers got no closer.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Cavaliers 15-8. Smart scored 7 of the Celtics’ 15 on 1 for 1 shooting and 5 for 5 at the line.
Ojeleye scored a career-high 22 points on 8 for 11 shooting off the bench. Smart scored 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Cavaliers, Sexton had a career-high 41 points and 6 assists, and Kevin Love added 26 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) and 14 rebounds. Larry Nance Jr. had 19 points, 15 rebounds and a season-high 4 steals.
The Celtics went 21 for 26 at the line to the Cavaliers’ 15 for 20 and outscored them 43-7 off the bench. The Celtics’ starters were outscored 29-16 in 9 minutes 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).
91 points from the field on 86 shots: 1.3 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 | 16-26 | 61.5% | 64% |
| In the paint | 8-21 | 38.1% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-9 | 55.6% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-21 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedi Osman | 29 | 6 | 2-4 | −4 |
| Matthew Dellavedova | 12 | 4 | 2-5 | 0 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 9 | 13 | 5-7 | +10 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 10 | 4-10 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Wade | 13 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Kevin Love | 11 | 8 | 3-3 | +7 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 10 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Cedi Osman | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 6 | 2-4 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 5 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Dellavedova | 24 | 10 | 5-8 | +5 |
| Cedi Osman | 12 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Collin Sexton | 10 | 4 | 0-1 | +2 |
| Kevin Love | 7 | 2 | 0-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 12 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.
CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
CLE
Highest Leverage Moments
Osman 25' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Sexton 6 AST)
Q4 7:14
18.4%
40→58
Tatum 1' Driving Layup (29 PTS)
Q4 3:18
17.5%
47→29
Ojeleye 24' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Tatum 6 AST)
Q4 2:15
16.8%
27→10
Sexton 2' Driving Floating Jump Shot (36 PTS)
Q4 2:59
16.5%
29→46
Osman 25' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Nance Jr. 4 AST)
Q4 4:34
16.4%
24→40
