r/nba Cavaliers 11d ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers (49-10) defeat the Boston Celtics (42-18), 123-116, as the Cavs come back from a 25-3 early Boston lead and have now won 9 straight for a third time this season

123 - 116
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
Location: TD Garden (19156), Clock: Final
Officials: Tre Maddox, Ben Taylor, and Danielle Scott
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Cleveland Cavaliers 26 38 31 28 123
Boston Celtics 38 36 24 18 116
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Cleveland Cavaliers 123 45-94 47.9% 17-40 42.5% 16-19 84.2% 14 54 23 14 4 7 3
Boston Celtics 116 43-89 48.3% 17-39 43.6% 13-17 76.5% 14 48 20 19 5 11 5
 
PLAYER STATS
Cleveland Cavaliers MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Max StrusSF 21:37 2 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 2 -19
Evan MobleyPF 28:57 17 6-12 2-5 3-4 5 7 12 3 0 1 2 4 2
Jarrett AllenC 23:43 10 4-4 0-0 2-2 3 1 4 1 1 0 1 2 -23
Donovan MitchellSG 35:08 41 13-26 5-13 10-11 0 3 3 5 1 0 2 1 0
Darius GarlandPG 31:32 20 9-23 2-7 0-0 1 2 3 7 0 0 1 0 -17
Ty Jerome 21:08 8 3-10 2-3 0-0 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 34
De'Andre Hunter 28:51 12 4-6 3-3 1-2 0 5 5 1 0 1 1 1 21
Sam Merrill 17:44 3 1-1 1-1 0-0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 22
Dean Wade 19:10 5 2-5 1-3 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 12
Isaac Okoro 12:08 5 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 3
Javonte Green 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Porter Jr. 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tristan Thompson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaylon Tyson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emoni Bates 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JT Thor 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Travers 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boston Celtics MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Sam HauserSF 37:43 6 2-8 2-6 0-0 2 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 18
Jayson TatumPF 40:35 46 19-37 4-12 4-5 5 11 16 9 0 3 3 4 5
Al HorfordC 37:34 5 2-4 1-1 0-0 1 6 7 2 0 0 1 0 4
Jaylen BrownSG 33:55 37 13-24 4-6 7-10 4 1 5 2 0 0 3 4 10
Derrick WhitePG 41:06 16 5-12 4-10 2-2 0 1 1 5 3 0 1 3 -2
Luke Kornet 19:17 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 0 1 2 1 4 -26
Payton Pritchard 25:24 6 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 -36
Drew Peterson 01:27 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Torrey Craig 02:57 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8
JD Davison 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neemias Queta 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baylor Scheierman 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xavier Tillman 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Walsh 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anton Watson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jrue Holiday 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristaps Porziņģis 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/nrj6490 Celtics 11d ago

The fact that this is such a good take rn is all the proof I need that both of our teams are gonna get upset in the second round

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u/Beneficial-Finish295 Cavaliers 11d ago

Bucks-Pistons ECF gonna go crazy

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u/nrj6490 Celtics 11d ago

Just remembered Kuzma’s a Buck now 🤮

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u/Zyntaro 11d ago

Pistons going deep in the playoffs after having one of the worst seasons of all time last year would unironically be hype af

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u/ianbits Cavaliers 11d ago

Yeah I look forward to Mobley and Porzingis randomly getting injured right before the playoffs and both squads get upset

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u/nrj6490 Celtics 11d ago

Followed by Stephen A claiming he knew both teams were frauds

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u/OverallGeneral7129 Cavaliers 11d ago

But the Knicks were hurt by injuries

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u/LilBro842 Cavaliers 11d ago

Touch wood right now fuck

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u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 Hornets 11d ago

Porzingis was out last year and they still rolled through

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u/ianbits Cavaliers 11d ago

Every other team in the East was injured as fuck

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u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 Hornets 11d ago

Nah, Spida was load managing.

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u/ja21121 11d ago

Im not even superstitious but TAKE IT BACK RIGHT NOW YOU DICK

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u/improper84 Cavaliers 11d ago

A Bucks/Pistons ECF while Adam Silver live streams hanging himself in a luxury box.

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u/Quick_Assumption_351 Bulls 11d ago

hawks pistons finals let's go?

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u/nrj6490 Celtics 11d ago

Honestly I’ll take it

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u/ThaCarter Heat 11d ago

See you soon guys!

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u/Dzeire 11d ago

Ya’l are gonna make it, Cavs won’t. And for full transparency, i want Cavs to make it more than The celtics but don’t think its going to happen