Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics
EAST FINALS - GAME 5 • BOS leads series 3-2
50-32, 21-20 Away
83
50-32, 21-20 Away
55-27, 27-14 Home
96
55-27, 27-14 Home
Cleveland Cavaliers
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 39 | 26 | 11-22 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | -11 |
| 31 | 14 | 6-13 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | -23 |
| 26 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -15 |
| 30 | 7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -21 |
| 26 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -19 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 26 | 8 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
| 17 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | -2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 |
| 3 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 |
| 3 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 |
| 19 | 7 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +6 |
| 15 | 8 | 3-10 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 |
83 | 31-74 | 9-34 | 12-19 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 36 | 0 | ||
63% | 26% | 26% |
Boston Celtics
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 41 | 24 | 7-15 | 3-7 | 7-8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +19 | |
| 35 | 15 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | +22 | |
| 29 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |
| 34 | 8 | 3-15 | 1-7 | 1-1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | |
| 35 | 17 | 4-15 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +7 | |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 37 | 13 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +14 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 | |
| 23 | 13 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +10 | |
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| DNP-COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||||
| DNP-SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER | ||||||||||||||
96 | 31-85 | 13-39 | 21-23 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 38 | 0 | |||
91% | 33% | 33% | ||||||||||||
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
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