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Cleveland Cavaliers vs Boston Celtics: player stats

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Cleveland Cavaliers

TD Garden · Boston, MA

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CLE

Game leaders

BOS

Points
Cleveland Cavaliers: Donovan Mitchell29 PTS11-22 FG, 5-13 3P, 2-2 FT
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum25 PTS7-19 FG, 2-9 3P, 9-9 FT
Rebounds
Cleveland Cavaliers: Max Strus9 REB0 OREB, 9 DREB
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum10 REB0 OREB, 10 DREB
Assists
Cleveland Cavaliers: Darius Garland7 AST26 PTS, 2 TOV
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum5 AST25 PTS, 4 TOV

The Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-113 on December 12, 2023 at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum led the Boston Celtics with 25 points; Donovan Mitchell scored 29 for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Cleveland Cavaliers
Darius GarlandG	38:00	26	2	7	11-23	4-8	0-0	1	0	2	1	-3
Jarrett AllenC	37:00	14	5	5	6-9	0-0	2-5	3	2	2	4	+4
Max StrusG	37:00	17	9	3	6-15	5-11	0-0	0	0	1	4	+1
Donovan MitchellG	35:00	29	6	3	11-22	5-13	2-2	1	0	3	3	+6
Caris LeVertG	23:00	11	2	3	5-11	1-4	0-0	0	1	2	1	-5
Georges NiangF	23:00	3	2	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	1	1	-14
Dean WadeF	20:00	8	3	3	2-6	2-6	2-2	0	1	0	3	+2
Isaac OkoroF-G	16:00	3	2	1	1-4	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	1	-15
Tristan ThompsonC-F	12:00	2	4	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	-11
Team	241	113	35	27	44-92	19-45	6-9	6	4	12	18

DNP: Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley, Craig Porter, Ty Jerome, Ricky Rubio, Damian Jones, Isaiah Mobley, Emoni Bates

Boston Celtics box score
Boston Celtics
Jayson TatumF	41:00	25	10	5	7-19	2-9	9-9	0	2	4	3	+9
Derrick WhiteG	37:00	17	4	4	5-9	5-8	2-2	1	2	1	3	-6
Jaylen BrownG	35:00	25	2	4	10-17	1-5	4-4	1	1	3	1	-6
Jrue HolidayG	34:00	11	4	2	4-7	3-5	0-0	3	1	1	3	+2
Kristaps PorzingisF-C	32:00	21	10	3	5-16	2-6	9-9	1	2	3	1	-3
Al HorfordC-F	22:00	2	5	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	+13
Sam HauserF	20:00	9	3	1	3-5	3-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	+14
Payton PritchardG	12:00	6	3	3	2-5	2-5	0-0	2	1	1	1	+10
Luke KornetF-C	8:00	4	4	0	1-3	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	+2
Team	241	120	45	23	38-84	18-44	26-26	9	9	13	13

DNP: JD Davison, Neemias Queta, Jordan Walsh, Svi Mykhailiuk, Dalano Banton, Oshae Brissett, Lamar Stevens

Team stats

Team stats: Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics
CLE	Stat	BOS
47.8%(better)44-92	Field-goal percentage	45.2%38-84
42.2%(better)19-45	Three-point percentage	40.9%18-44
66.7%6-9	Free-throw percentage	100.0%(better)26-26
35	Rebounds	45(better)
6	Offensive rebounds	12(better)
29	Defensive rebounds	33(better)
27(better)	Assists	23
6	Steals	9(better)
4	Blocks	9(better)
12(better)	Turnovers	13
18	Personal fouls	13(better)

Team advanced
CLE	Stat	BOS
98.8	Pace	98.8
113.9	Off. rating	121.0(better)
121.0	Def. rating	113.9(better)
-7.1	Net rating	7.1(better)
58.9	TS%	62.9(better)
58.2(better)	eFG%	56.0
11.1(better)	TOV%	12.0
15.4	OREB%	29.3(better)
0.098	FT rate	0.310(better)
48.9	3PA rate	52.4(better)

Keel projection

How the projections do →

Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.

CLE 25%BOS 75%

Expected margin: BOS by 8.5
Result: BOS by 7: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 1.5 pts from the result. Its largest input: Rest (back-to-backs), 2.4 pts toward BOS. 5 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

CLE 1, BOS 2

Dec 12 · this gameCleveland Cavaliers 113, Boston Celtics 120
Dec 14Cleveland Cavaliers 107, Boston Celtics 116
Mar 5Boston Celtics 104, Cleveland Cavaliers 105

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