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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 20 | 28 | 40 | 29 | 117 |
 Celtics | 26 | 39 | 28 | 27 | 120 |
CLETeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 46-9349.5% | 10-2934.5% | 15-1788.2% | 41 | 30 | 7 |
| BOS | 44-8651.2% | 22-4153.7% | 10-1471.4% | 42 | 32 | 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 Celtics120| 42 | 19 | 7-12 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 0 | +17 | +4.2 | |||||||
| 38 | 33 | 11-22 | 6-10 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +8.5 | ||||||
| 37 | 17 | 7-17 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +17 | −5.5 | ||||||
| 32 | 20 | 7-11 | 4-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +18 | +7.5 | ||||||
| 28 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +1.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 13 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −14 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 21 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −3.3 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −4.1 | ||||||
| Team | 120 | 44-8651.2% | 22-4153.7% | 42 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 10-1471.4% | 9 | 4 | 4 | |||
Bench 20 points on 8 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Luke Kornet, Baylor Scheierman, Jaden Springer, Xavier Tillman and Jordan Walsh (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers117| 40 | 35 | 13-29 | 3-11 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +1.9 | ||||||
| 38 | 22 | 8-13 | 1-3 | 5-5 | −5 | +9.6 | ||||||||
| 31 | 8 | 3-21 | 0-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −9 | −11.7 | ||||||
| 28 | 10 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −16 | +5.4 | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +0.3 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 11 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +0.3 | |||||
| 28 | 10 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 25 | 15 | 6-8 | 3-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +5.1 | ||||
| Team | 117 | 46-9349.5% | 10-2934.5% | 41 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 15-1788.2% | 12 | 4 | 3 | |||
Bench 36 points on 15 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Jaylon Tyson, Luke Travers, JT Thor and Tristan Thompson (coach’s decision).
Celtics120Cavaliers117ClickTap 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 had 33 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) and 12 rebounds, and the defending champion Boston Celtics held off the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-117.
The Celtics took control with a 25-9 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 21. The Celtics led 71-50 with 10:29 left in the third quarter, and the Cavaliers got within 102-100 with 7:12 left.
The Cavaliers got within 102-100 on Craig Porter Jr.’s 3-pointer with 7:12 to play, but Tatum answered with a driving dunk.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Cavaliers 10-4.
Al Horford had 20 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and 3 blocks.
For the Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell had 35 points and 8 rebounds, and Evan Mobley added 22 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. Jarrett Allen had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Mitchell scored 18 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter.
The Celtics shot 51.2% from the field and 53.7% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 49.5% and 34.5%. The Celtics made 22 3-pointers, 6 of them by Tatum and 4 by Horford. The Cavaliers outscored the Celtics 60-36 in the paint. The Celtics’ starters outscored the Cavaliers 67-50 in 22 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).
110 points from the field on 86 shots: 20.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 9-14 | 64.3% | 66% |
| In the paint | 9-22 | 40.9% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-9 | 44.4% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 19-34 | 55.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Mobley | 16 | 6 | 2-6 | −1 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 13 | 5 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Georges Niang | 11 | 7 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Jarrett Allen | 10 | 9 | 4-5 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 6 | 2-4 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrett Allen | 18 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Evan Mobley | 15 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Georges Niang | 7 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland | 23 | 2 | 1-2 | −5 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 11 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Sam Merrill | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Evan Mobley | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 12 | 4-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 22 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
Porter Jr. 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Mobley 5 AST)
Q4 7:12
14.9%
77→62
White 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Tatum 7 AST)
Q4 4:23
14.6%
79→93
Pritchard 27' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Tatum 6 AST)
Q4 5:31
14.0%
77→91
Garland 14' Driving Floating Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Mitchell 3 AST)
Q4 5:06
11.7%
90→79
Horford 26' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Brown 6 AST)
Q4 11:11
11.6%
66→77
