Individual Stats.. Read them and weep, Celtics.
You got beat by the Cavs bench. 3 starters out.
Starters:
Okoro 16-4-1 with a steal and 2 blocks in 31 minutes. Excellent play from SF.
Mobley 4-6-4 with 2 steal in 23 minutes. Left with a sprained ankle. Not good.
Allen 21-12-4 with 2 steals in 35 minutes. Solid double-double from our center.
Merrill 6-4-1 with a steal in 30 minutes. 2-6 from 3. Not there tonight.
Garland 16-1-11 with 2 steals in 36 minutes. 3 very bad turnovers.
Bench: 42-15-9
LeVert 10-4-5 with 3 steals in 30 minutes. Solid play.
Wade 23-8-1 with 2 steals, 8-11 fg, 6-9 from 3. in 21 minutes. Imagine if he played 36! Mr. Everything tonight. JYD, MVP, mayor of Cleveland.
Niang 9-1-1 in 27 minutes. Good Niang tonight 3-4 from 3 and timely.
Porter 0-2-2 in 6 minutes. Not his night.
Boston CelticsCleveland Cavaliers
PTS104 105
REB61 48 Cleveland gets killed on the boards, but . . .
AST24 28
STL6 11
BLK9 3
TO13 8 (Boston turns it over 5 more times, thanks to Cleveland's 5 more steals)
FG%42.4 43.3
3P%39.5 47.6 (Boston 15-38, Cleveland 20-42. That's the game, folks)
FT%91.7 63.6 (Boston 11-12, Cleveland 7-11)