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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 Mitchell31 PTS12-24 FG, 2-8 3P, 5-5 FT
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum27 PTS9-22 FG, 3-10 3P, 6-8 FT
Rebounds
Cleveland Cavaliers: Jarrett Allen10 REB1 OREB, 9 DREB
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum11 REB3 OREB, 8 DREB
Assists
Cleveland Cavaliers: Donovan Mitchell6 AST31 PTS, 3 TOV
Boston Celtics: Jaylen Brown5 AST22 PTS, 2 TOV

The Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-107 on December 14, 2023 at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum led the Boston Celtics with 27 points; Donovan Mitchell scored 31 for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Cleveland Cavaliers
Donovan MitchellG	40:00	31	8	6	12-24	2-8	5-5	1	0	3	2	-11
Jarrett AllenC	39:00	8	10	3	4-7	0-0	0-0	0	0	3	1	-1
Darius GarlandG	36:00	19	2	3	8-19	3-7	0-0	2	0	5	2	-11
Caris LeVertG	35:00	26	3	5	9-16	3-6	5-6	3	1	1	2	-1
Max StrusG	31:00	5	4	2	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	0	1	5	-4
Georges NiangF	22:00	4	2	0	1-4	0-2	2-2	0	0	1	2	-7
Isaac OkoroF-G	18:00	7	4	2	2-2	1-1	2-2	1	0	1	3	+4
Dean WadeF	16:00	5	4	0	1-5	1-5	2-2	0	0	0	0	-11
Tristan ThompsonC-F	3:00	2	2	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	-3
Team	240	107	39	21	40-83	11-33	16-17	7	1	16	18

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

Boston Celtics box score
Boston Celtics
Jrue HolidayG	37:00	15	3	4	7-11	1-3	0-0	0	0	2	2	+11
Jaylen BrownG	36:00	22	5	5	10-20	2-5	0-0	2	0	2	3	+4
Jayson TatumF	36:00	27	11	3	9-22	3-10	6-8	0	3	3	1	+2
Derrick WhiteG	35:00	14	5	3	5-10	2-4	2-2	3	0	3	0	+9
Kristaps PorzingisF-C	31:00	18	6	0	5-11	1-6	7-8	1	2	3	2	-1
Al HorfordC-F	24:00	7	10	3	3-4	1-2	0-0	0	1	0	1	+9
Sam HauserF	18:00	9	0	1	3-3	3-3	0-0	0	0	0	2	+9
Payton PritchardG	14:00	0	3	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	1	+1
Lamar StevensF	9:00	4	1	1	1-3	0-2	2-2	1	1	0	3	+1
Team	240	116	44	22	43-85	13-36	17-20	7	8	13	15

DNP: JD Davison, Luke Kornet, Drew Peterson, Neemias Queta, Jordan Walsh, Svi Mykhailiuk, Dalano Banton, Oshae Brissett

Team stats

Team stats: Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics
CLE	Stat	BOS
48.2%40-83	Field-goal percentage	50.6%(better)43-85
33.3%11-33	Three-point percentage	36.1%(better)13-36
94.1%(better)16-17	Free-throw percentage	85.0%17-20
39	Rebounds	44(better)
9	Offensive rebounds	13(better)
30	Defensive rebounds	31(better)
21	Assists	22(better)
7	Steals	7
1	Blocks	8(better)
16	Turnovers	13(better)
18	Personal fouls	15(better)

Team advanced
CLE	Stat	BOS
95.6	Pace	95.6
111.9	Off. rating	121.3(better)
121.3	Def. rating	111.9(better)
-9.4	Net rating	9.4(better)
59.1	TS%	61.8(better)
54.8	eFG%	58.2(better)
15.0	TOV%	12.2(better)
22.5	OREB%	30.2(better)
0.205	FT rate	0.235(better)
39.8	3PA rate	42.4(better)

Keel projection

How the projections do →

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

CLE 30%BOS 70%

Expected margin: BOS by 6.6
Result: BOS by 9: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 2.4 pts from the result. Its largest input: Net rating so far this season, 2.2 pts toward BOS. 4 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

CLE 1, BOS 2

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

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