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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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Game leaders

BOS

Points
Cleveland Cavaliers: Donovan Mitchell41 PTS13-26 FG, 5-12 3P, 10-11 FT
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum46 PTS19-37 FG, 4-12 3P, 4-5 FT
Rebounds
Cleveland Cavaliers: Evan Mobley12 REB5 OREB, 7 DREB
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum16 REB5 OREB, 11 DREB
Assists
Cleveland Cavaliers: Darius Garland7 AST20 PTS, 1 TOV
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum9 AST46 PTS, 3 TOV

On February 28, 2025 at TD Garden, the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics 123-116. Donovan Mitchell scored 41 to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Jayson Tatum had 46 for the Boston Celtics.

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Cleveland Cavaliers
Donovan MitchellG	35:00	41	3	5	13-26	5-12	10-11	1	0	2	1	0
Darius GarlandG	32:00	20	3	7	9-23	2-7	0-0	0	0	1	0	-17
De'Andre HunterF	29:00	12	5	1	4-6	3-3	1-2	0	1	1	1	+21
Evan MobleyF-C	29:00	17	12	3	6-12	2-5	3-4	0	1	2	4	+2
Jarrett AllenC	24:00	10	4	1	4-4	0-0	2-2	1	0	1	2	-23
Max StrusG	22:00	2	4	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	2	-19
Ty JeromeG	21:00	8	4	3	3-10	2-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	+34
Dean WadeF	19:00	5	3	1	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	2	+12
Sam MerrillG	18:00	3	3	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	+22
Isaac OkoroF-G	12:00	5	3	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	1	0	1	+3
Team	241	123	44	23	45-94	17-39	16-19	4	3	7	14

DNP: Luke Travers, Nae'Qwan Tomlin, Craig Porter, Jaylon Tyson, Javonte Green, JT Thor, Tristan Thompson, Emoni Bates

Boston Celtics box score
Boston Celtics
Jayson TatumF	41:00	46	16	9	19-37	4-12	4-5	0	3	3	4	+5
Derrick WhiteG	41:00	16	1	5	5-12	4-10	2-2	3	0	1	3	-2
Al HorfordC-F	38:00	5	7	2	2-4	1-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	+4
Sam HauserF	38:00	6	6	1	2-8	2-6	0-0	0	0	0	2	+18
Jaylen BrownG	34:00	37	5	2	13-24	4-6	7-10	0	0	3	4	+10
Payton PritchardG	25:00	6	0	1	2-4	2-4	0-0	1	0	2	2	-36
Luke KornetF-C	19:00	0	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	1	4	-26
Torrey CraigF	3:00	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	-8
Drew PetersonF	1:00	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	240	116	40	20	43-89	17-39	13-17	5	5	11	19

DNP: JD Davison, Kristaps Porzingis, Neemias Queta, Xavier Tillman, Baylor Scheierman, Jordan Walsh, Jrue Holiday, Anton Watson

Team stats

Team stats: Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics
CLE	Stat	BOS
47.9%45-94	Field-goal percentage	48.3%(better)43-89
43.6%17-39	Three-point percentage	43.6%17-39
84.2%(better)16-19	Free-throw percentage	76.5%13-17
44(better)	Rebounds	40
14	Offensive rebounds	14
30(better)	Defensive rebounds	26
23(better)	Assists	20
4	Steals	5(better)
3	Blocks	5(better)
7(better)	Turnovers	11
14(better)	Personal fouls	19

Team advanced
CLE	Stat	BOS
94.0	Pace	94.4(better)
130.3(better)	Off. rating	122.9
122.9(better)	Def. rating	130.3
7.4(better)	Net rating	-7.4
60.1	TS%	60.1
56.9	eFG%	57.9(better)
6.4(better)	TOV%	10.2
35.0(better)	OREB%	31.8
0.202(better)	FT rate	0.191
41.5	3PA rate	43.8(better)

Keel projection

How the projections do →

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

CLE 45%BOS 55%

Expected margin: BOS by 1.5
Result: CLE by 7: The projection missed.

The projected margin was 8.5 pts from the result. Its largest input: Net rating so far this season, 1.7 pts toward CLE. 3 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

CLE 2, BOS 2

Nov 19Cleveland Cavaliers 117, Boston Celtics 120
Dec 1Boston Celtics 111, Cleveland Cavaliers 115
Feb 4Boston Celtics 112, Cleveland Cavaliers 105
Feb 28 · this gameCleveland Cavaliers 123, Boston Celtics 116

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