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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 33 | 29 | 33 | 19 | 18 | 132 |
 Celtics | 34 | 41 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 123 |
CLETeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 45-8751.7% | 16-3545.7% | 26-3476.5% | 42 | 18 | 15 |
| BOS | 42-8251.2% | 13-3339.4% | 26-3281.3% | 34 | 28 | 19 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers132| 46 | 41 | 15-25 | 5-9 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +3.0 | ||||||
| 43 | 41 | 12-21 | 6-8 | 11-12 | 0 | +21 | +16.8 | |||||||
| 42 | 19 | 7-12 | 1-3 | 4-6 | +2 | +2.9 | ||||||||
| 40 | 12 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +25 | −0.3 | |||||
| 39 | 4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +20 | −8.4 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 4 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −7.6 | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −2.7 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −2.2 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −4.0 | |||
| Team | 132 | 45-8751.7% | 16-3545.7% | 42 | 18 | 15 | 28 | 26-3476.5% | 9 | 5 | 2 | |||
Bench 15 points on 5 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Lamar Stevens and Robin Lopez (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics123| 43 | 32 | 11-22 | 2-7 | 8-12 | 0 | 0 | −21 | −1.2 | ||||||
| 42 | 32 | 11-19 | 3-7 | 7-8 | −10 | +4.7 | ||||||||
| 41 | 12 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −20 | −1.0 | |||||||
| 38 | 11 | 3-15 | 2-9 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −26 | −6.9 | ||||||
| 22 | 9 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −0.1 | |||||
| 22 | 9 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.8 | ||||||
| 12 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +23 | −1.4 | ||||
| 12 | 7 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.2 | |||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −0.4 | |||
| Team | 123 | 42-8251.2% | 13-3339.4% | 34 | 28 | 19 | 27 | 26-3281.3% | 5 | 9 | 2 | |||
Bench 27 points on 9 for 14 shooting
Did not play: Payton Pritchard and Justin Jackson (coach’s decision); Grant Williams (league suspension).
Cavaliers132Celtics123ClickTap 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.
Caris LeVert scored 41 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied from 15 points down in the second quarter to beat the Boston Celtics 132-123 in overtime for their fourth straight win.
The Cavaliers trailed 75-60 with 15 seconds left in the second quarter and 75-62 at halftime. They outscored the Celtics 72-48 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Celtics 25-15. LeVert scored 15 of the Cavaliers’ 25 on 4 for 8 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line. With 2:57 left in overtime, Jaylen Brown stole the ball from Donovan Mitchell, and his driving dunk off it tied the game at 121.
Mitchell scored 41 points on 15 for 25 shooting. The Cavaliers had 2 40-point scorers.
For the Celtics, Jayson Tatum scored 32 points (16 in the second quarter), and Brown added 32 points and 8 rebounds. The Celtics had 2 30-point scorers.
The Cavaliers grabbed 9 offensive rebounds to the Celtics’ 5. The Cavaliers’ starters outscored the Celtics 60-40 in 22 minutes together.
Cleveland CavaliersBoston CelticsPS, 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. The Cavaliers’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (3rd quarter, 10:30 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
106 points from the field on 87 shots: 16.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-14 | 85.7% | 67% |
| In the paint | 12-26 | 46.2% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-7 | 57.1% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-28 | 42.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | 32 | 2 | 1-5 | −7 |
| Malcolm Brogdon | 17 | 11 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Jayson Tatum | 12 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Marcus Smart | 10 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 7 | 2-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 34 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Smart | 31 | 14 | 5-6 | +2 |
| Jaylen Brown | 16 | 5 | 2-2 | −2 |
| Derrick White | 10 | 2 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Malcolm Brogdon | 9 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 18 | 8-18 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 90 possessions. He usually scores about 36 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Horford | 22 | 3 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Luke Kornet | 20 | 8 | 4-6 | +3 |
| Marcus Smart | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Blake Griffin | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 8 | 2-2 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 20 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
CLE
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Highest Leverage Moments
Brown 3' Running Layup (25 PTS)
Q4 0:28
41.4%
29→71
LeVert 24' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (30 PTS)
Q4 1:10
35.4%
73→37
Brown 3' Running Dunk (30 PTS) (Smart 7 AST)
OT 2:54
21.7%
27→49
Allen Free Throw 1 of 2 (12 PTS)
Q4 0:20
20.1%
73→53
LeVert 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (33 PTS)
OT 2:33
19.6%
49→29
