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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 19 | 18 | 28 | 33 | 98 |
 Cavaliers | 22 | 17 | 25 | 28 | 92 |
BOSTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 36-7846.2% | 10-2934.5% | 16-2080.0% | 46 | 23 | 14 |
| CLE | 32-8338.6% | 16-4040.0% | 12-1675.0% | 42 | 18 | 13 |
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 Celtics98| 37 | 14 | 6-13 | 1-5 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.0 | |||||
| 36 | 23 | 7-20 | 2-8 | 7-7 | +4 | +2.3 | ||||||||
| 34 | 14 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −5.2 | ||||||
| 32 | 17 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +5.4 | ||||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −4.0 | |||||
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| 25 | 9 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +0.5 | |||||||
| 24 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +2.2 | |||||
| 15 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0 | +1 | +0.3 | |||||
| 11 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.6 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −0.5 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −1.3 | ||
| Team | 98 | 36-7846.2% | 10-2934.5% | 46 | 23 | 14 | 16 | 16-2080.0% | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||
Bench 30 points on 11 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Bruno Fernando, Juancho Hernangomez and Jabari Parker (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers92| 37 | 28 | 9-20 | 4-8 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +0.8 | |||||
| 35 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −10.6 | |||
| 35 | 17 | 6-15 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.7 | ||||||
| 32 | 12 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 0 | −4 | +2.4 | |||||||
| 29 | 1 | 0-11 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | −8 | −9.4 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 26 | 10-17 | 6-12, Ties his career high | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +11.4 | |||||
| 22 | 6 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −3.7 | ||||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.4 | |||
| 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.4 | ||
| Team | 92 | 32-8338.6% | 16-4040.0% | 42 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 12-1675.0% | 7 | 6 | 3 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Jarrett Allen (injury/illness); Kevin Pangos and Ed Davis (coach’s decision).
Celtics98Cavaliers92ClickTap 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.
The Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-92.
Marcus Smart’s driving layup put the Celtics ahead for good with 3:25 left in the third quarter.
The Cavaliers got within 90-89 on Darius Garland’s 16-foot turnaround jumper with 1:28 to play, but Dennis Schröder answered with a driving layup, and the Cavaliers got no closer.
Schröder’s 2 free throws with 19.0 seconds left made it 98-92 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Cavaliers 13-7. Schröder scored 6 of the Celtics’ 13 on 2 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Jayson Tatum had 23 points (10 in the third quarter) and 8 rebounds, and Al Horford added 17 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) and 9 rebounds on 7 for 10 shooting.
For the Cavaliers, Ricky Rubio scored 28 points, and Cedi Osman added 26 points with 6 3-pointers off the bench.
The Celtics shot 46.2% from the field to the Cavaliers’ 38.6%. The Cavaliers got 7 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed.
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).
82 points from the field on 78 shots: 3.5 fewer 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 | 19-29 | 65.5% | 65% |
| In the paint | 2-8 | 25.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 5-8 | 62.5% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-21 | 23.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denzel Valentine | 23 | 4 | 1-5 | −4 |
| Isaac Okoro | 23 | 8 | 3-7 | 0 |
| Dean Wade | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Darius Garland | 6 | 2 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 6 | 2-7 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Wade | 24 | 10 | 4-6 | +5 |
| Evan Mobley | 19 | 7 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Ricky Rubio | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Cedi Osman | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedi Osman | 19 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Ricky Rubio | 17 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Darius Garland | 12 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Isaac Okoro | 10 | 6 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 9 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
Rubio 28' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Osman 5 AST)
Q4 5:24
16.9%
17→34
Horford Cutting Layup Shot (17 PTS) (Schroder 3 AST)
Q4 1:35
16.9%
37→21
Garland 16' Turnaround Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q4 1:28
16.9%
21→37
Schroder Driving Layup (10 PTS)
Q4 1:16
16.9%
37→21
Osman 28' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Garland 2 AST)
Q4 9:24
15.7%
14→29
