Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics

Preseason

0-3, 0-2 Away

107

0-3, 0-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Cavaliers CLE	17	29	27	34	107
Celtics BOS	33	37	32	36	138

Boston CelticsCelticsBOS

2-1, 1-0 Home

138

2-1, 1-0 Home

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
Larry Nance Jr.L. Nance Jr.#22
Dean WadeD. Wade#32
Jaylon TysonJ. Tyson#20
Craig Porter Jr.C. Porter Jr.#9
Tyrese ProctorT. Proctor#24
bench
Miller KoppM. Kopp#18
Tristan EnarunaT. Enaruna#21
Norchad OmierN. Omier#15
Luke TraversL. Travers#33
Nae'Qwan TomlinN. Tomlin#35
Chaney JohnsonC. Johnson#14
Thomas BryantT. Bryant#3
Killian HayesK. Hayes#8
De'Andre HunterD. Hunter#12
Jarrett AllenJ. Allen#31
Evan MobleyE. Mobley#4
Donovan MitchellD. Mitchell#45
Max StrusM. Strus#1
Lonzo BallL. Ball#2
Sam MerrillS. Merrill#5
Darius GarlandD. Garland#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
23	11	2-10	1-6	6-7	9	1	0	3	0	5	4	1	-27
24	3	1-8	0-7	1-2	3	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	-28
28	16	6-14	2-6	2-4	5	4	3	0	0	3	2	4	-33
27	6	3-9	0-4	0-0	6	3	3	2	1	2	4	6	-28
28	12	5-14	2-9	0-1	2	4	3	1	0	2	0	2	-28
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
7	7	2-3	1-2	2-2	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	+4
12	7	2-5	0-3	3-5	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	-1
7	6	2-2	0-0	2-5	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	+4
20	6	1-4	0-2	4-4	5	4	3	0	1	2	3	1	+2
24	8	3-9	2-6	0-0	4	2	1	1	0	1	3	2	-16
7	4	2-5	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	+4
17	11	4-9	2-7	1-1	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	-8
14	10	3-10	2-6	2-2	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
	107	36-102	12-60	23-33	43	24	19	14	3	21	22	24
		35%	20%	70%

Boston Celtics

starters
Chris BoucherC. Boucher#99
Sam HauserS. Hauser#30
Derrick WhiteD. White#9
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
Payton PritchardP. Pritchard#11
bench
Xavier TillmanX. Tillman#26
Jalen BridgesJ. Bridges#41
Wendell Moore Jr.W. Moore Jr.#20
Josh MinottJ. Minott#8
Amari WilliamsA. Williams#77
Luka GarzaL. Garza#52
Neemias QuetaN. Queta#88
Anfernee SimonsA. Simons#4
Ron Harper Jr.R. Harper Jr.#13
Kendall BrownK. Brown#38
Baylor ScheiermanB. Scheierman#55
Max ShulgaM. Shulga#44
RJ Luis Jr.R. Luis Jr.#12
Hugo GonzalezH. Gonzalez#28
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Jordan WalshJ. Walsh#27
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
11	6	2-3	2-3	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	+12
17	15	3-5	2-4	7-7	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	+25
22	16	4-9	2-7	6-6	7	5	3	0	3	1	6	1	+24
22	8	2-6	0-1	4-6	5	6	4	3	1	1	4	1	+23
23	14	6-11	2-5	0-0	5	2	1	2	0	0	5	2	+26
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
10	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	2	+12
5	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1
9	5	2-2	0-0	1-2	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	-1
23	16	5-9	2-5	4-5	6	1	1	1	0	1	5	4	+6
3	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4
15	7	2-3	0-1	3-4	5	0	1	2	1	3	2	4	+9
7	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	+3
25	21	6-12	6-9	3-3	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	3	+15
7	5	1-2	1-1	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	-4
4	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
14	5	1-5	1-5	2-2	3	2	1	2	0	1	2	2	+8
5	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	-2
3	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
15	4	2-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	+4
DNP-RIGHT ACHILLES REHAB
DNP-LEFT ADDUCTOR
	138	43-82	18-45	34-39	51	27	21	13	6	12	39	30
		52%	40%	87%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics: Game Highlights

1:14

Wendell Moore Jr. electrifies with a massive poster dunk

0:17

Chaney Johnson throws down big flush vs. Boston Celtics

0:15

Matchups

CLE

BOS wins season

3-0

BOS

105

Game 1@ BOS

Final

125

115

Game 2@ CLE

Final

117

Game 3@ CLE

Final

109

Game Information

Boston, MA

ESPNNBC Sports BOFanDuel SN OH

Referee:John Goble

Referee:Jenna Schroeder

Referee:Gina Catanzariti

Eastern Conference

Central	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	60	22	.732	-	W3
Cleveland	52	30	.634	8	W1
Milwaukee	32	50	.390	28	L1
Chicago	31	51	.378	29	L2
Indiana	19	63	.232	41	L2

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	56	26	.683	-	W2
New York	53	29	.646	3	L1
Toronto	46	36	.561	10	W1
Philadelphia	45	37	.549	11	W2
Brooklyn	20	62	.244	36	L3

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