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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 30 | 24 | 36 | 28 | 118 |
 Celtics | 24 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 94 |
CLETeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 47-8654.7% | 13-2846.4% | 11-1668.8% | 44 | 24 | 10 |
| BOS | 33-8041.3% | 8-3522.9% | 20-2483.3% | 31 | 22 | 7 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers118| 40 | 12 | 5-10 | 2-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +23 | −3.1 | |||||
| 39 | 29 | 10-19 | 5-7 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +38 | +8.1 | |||||
| 34 | 14 | 5-8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +20 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 33 | 21 | 9-15 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | +35 | +8.4 | |||||||
| 21 | 12 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −2.2 | |||||
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| 27 | 21 | 9-17 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 16 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −2.1 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.3 | ||||||
| 10 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 | |||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.5 | |
| Team | 118 | 47-8654.7% | 13-2846.4% | 44 | 24 | 10 | 20 | 11-1668.8% | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||
Bench 30 points on 13 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Jarrett Allen (injury/illness).
Boston Celtics94| 38 | 25 | 7-17 | 2-5 | 9-11 | 0 | 0 | −22 | +3.0 | ||||||
| 35 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −21 | −5.4 | ||||||
| 31 | 19 | 7-17 | 0-6 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −29 | −4.4 | |||||
| 30 | 10 | 3-11 | 1-8 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −27 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 29 | 11 | 4-9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −3.1 | |||||||
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| 20 | 13 | 6-10 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | +5.7 | |||||
| 12 | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −0.2 | |||
| 11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.3 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −2.4 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.9 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.2 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.7 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.7 | ||
| Team | 94 | 33-8041.3% | 8-3522.9% | 31 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 20-2483.3% | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||
Bench 25 points on 10 for 19 shooting
Cavaliers118Celtics94ClickTap 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.
Evan Mobley had 21 points (16 in the paint) and 10 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers went on a 21-6 run that bridged the second and third quarters to beat the Boston Celtics 118-94 to even the Eastern Conference semifinals 1-1.
The Cavaliers led by as many as 29, pulling away with a 25-7 run in the first quarter.
Donovan Mitchell had 29 points (16 in the third quarter) and 8 assists, and Caris LeVert added 21 points off the bench. The Cavaliers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Celtics, Jayson Tatum had 25 points and 6 assists, and Derrick White went 1 for 8 from 3.
The Cavaliers shot 54.7% from the field and 46.4% from 3 to the Celtics’ 41.3% and 22.9%. The Celtics got 6 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Cavaliers outscored the Celtics 19-4 in 7 minutes with LeVert, Mitchell, Strus, Garland and Mobley on the floor 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
107 points from the field on 86 shots: 11.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-32 | 71.9% | 66% |
| In the paint | 7-15 | 46.7% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-11 | 36.4% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-4 | 25.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-24 | 50.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jrue Holiday | 24 | 2 | 0-3 | −7 |
| Jaylen Brown | 20 | 10 | 4-5 | +3 |
| Jayson Tatum | 13 | 8 | 3-5 | +3 |
| Derrick White | 9 | 5 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 3-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Horford | 16 | 4 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Jayson Tatum | 16 | 8 | 4-4 | +4 |
| Jrue Holiday | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Luke Kornet | 9 | 7 | 3-5 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 2 | 1-5 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayson Tatum | 9 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Al Horford | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Payton Pritchard | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Sam Hauser | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 12 | 6-12 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 50 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
Mitchell 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS)
Q3 7:14
11.1%
43→32
Garland 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q3 5:11
10.5%
27→17
Horford 24' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Pritchard 1 AST)
Q2 9:02
9.5%
49→59
Garland 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
Q2 10:01
9.2%
53→44
Garland 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS)
Q3 10:58
8.5%
49→41
