Boston Celtics 98, Cleveland Cavaliers 92 — Recap

November 15, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 98, Cleveland Cavaliers 92. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 19-22 CLE; Q2 BOS 18-17 CLE; Q3 BOS 28-25 CLE; Q4 BOS 33-28 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Ricky Rubio (CLE) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Cedi Osman (CLE) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-20 shooting; Al Horford (BOS) 17 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 17 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Ricky Rubio

28 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · CLE

Cedi Osman

26 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

23 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 7-20 FG

Season highs

Cedi Osman · Season-high 26 points

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	19	18	28	33		98
CLE	22	17	25	28		92

🧮 How They Scored

BOSCLE

42Points in the paint28

4Fast-break points6

11Second-chance points6

9Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.6%Effective FG%48.2%

13.9%Turnover %12.6%

14.6%Offensive rebound %14.9%

0.256Free-throw rate0.193

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Marcus Smart G	37	14	4	5	2	0	3	6-13	1-5	1-2	+1
Jayson Tatum F	36	23	8	5	1	2	2	7-20	2-8	7-7	+4
Dennis Schroder G	34	14	2	3	1	0	3	5-11	0-1	4-4	+2
Al Horford C-F	32	17	9	3	0	2	1	7-10	3-4	0-0	+8
Josh Richardson G-F	25	9	5	1	0	2	1	4-6	1-2	0-0	0
Grant Williams F	24	11	4	1	1	0	0	4-7	3-6	0-0	+10
Romeo Langford G	15	1	3	2	2	0	0	0-1	0-0	1-4	+1
Robert Williams III C-F	13	0	6	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	-8
Aaron Nesmith G-F	11	4	3	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	2-2	+3
Enes Kanter C	8	5	2	0	0	0	2	2-3	0-0	1-1	+5
Payton Pritchard G	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+4

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ricky Rubio G	37	28	6	2	0	0	3	9-20	4-8	6-7	-7
Darius Garland G	35	17	1	2	1	0	3	6-15	3-7	2-3	-9
Dean Wade F	35	0	8	0	0	0	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	-5
Isaac Okoro F-G	32	12	5	3	3	0	1	4-8	1-4	3-4	-4
Cedi Osman F	31	26	2	5	2	0	0	10-17	6-12	0-0	-2
Evan Mobley F-C	29	1	9	5	0	2	3	0-11	0-2	1-2	-8
Denzel Valentine G	22	6	9	1	0	0	3	2-7	2-5	0-0	-4
Dylan Windler G-F	11	2	0	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Tacko Fall C	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	36	23	49.8	32.1	+6.8	15.6
Al Horford	Bench	32	17	85.0	16.4	+12.3	21.7
Dennis Schroder	Bench	34	14	54.9	21.9	+0.2	6.2
Marcus Smart	Bench	37	14	50.4	21.0	+2.6	10.3
Grant Williams	Bench	24	11	78.6	14.0	+20.0	16.0
Josh Richardson	Bench	25	9	75.0	12.3	0.0	10.8
Enes Kanter	Bench	8	5	72.7	25.0	+24.6	6.1
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	11	4	51.5	23.8	+14.3	9.5
Romeo Langford	Bench	15	1	18.1	8.8	+5.8	7.1
Robert Williams III	Bench	13	0	0.0	10.7	-29.6	3.7
Payton Pritchard	Bench	5	0	0.0	25.0	+50.0	0.0

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ricky Rubio	Bench	37	28	60.7	32.5	-8.0	14.2
Cedi Osman	Bench	31	26	76.5	25.0	-4.8	21.8
Darius Garland	Bench	35	17	52.1	24.4	-12.5	5.1
Isaac Okoro	Bench	32	12	61.5	15.9	-3.3	11.7
Denzel Valentine	Bench	22	6	42.9	19.6	-10.8	6.7
Dylan Windler	Bench	11	2	100.0	3.8	-3.0	1.6
Evan Mobley	Bench	29	1	4.2	23.1	-13.6	-1.8
Dean Wade	Bench	35	0	0.0	5.3	-4.2	0.0
Tacko Fall	Bench	8	0	0.0	0.0	+35.7	5.1