Boston Celtics 112, Cleveland Cavaliers 105 — Recap

February 4, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 112, Cleveland Cavaliers 105. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 28-15 CLE; Q2 BOS 26-29 CLE; Q3 BOS 33-31 CLE; Q4 BOS 25-30 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 31 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-25 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-23 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Kristaps Porzingis (BOS) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-20 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

31 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 12-25 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

25 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

22 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 7-23 FG

Season highs

Jarrett Allen · Season-high 18 rebounds

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	28	26	33	25		112
CLE	15	29	31	30		105

🧮 How They Scored

BOSCLE

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.5%Effective FG%45.6%

10.2%Turnover %11.3%

28.8%Offensive rebound %26.9%

0.184Free-throw rate0.286

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	35	22	4	7	2	2	1	7-23	3-11	5-6	+1
Derrick White G	35	20	5	2	2	1	—	7-14	6-12	0-2	-11
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	35	19	7	2	2	2	2	7-20	1-6	4-4	-2
Payton Pritchard G	29	9	6	3	1	—	2	3-7	3-7	—	+19
Jaylen Brown G	28	16	9	6	—	—	5	7-12	—	2-2	-9
Al Horford C-F	27	13	10	2	—	1	1	5-12	3-9	—	+19
Jrue Holiday G	26	6	6	1	2	—	1	1-6	0-2	4-4	-10
Sam Hauser F	13	3	3	—	—	—	—	1-2	1-1	—	+18
Luke Kornet F-C	12	4	3	3	1	—	—	2-2	—	—	+10

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	36	31	10	6	2	—	5	12-25	4-14	3-3	-5
Darius Garland G	34	25	1	3	2	—	3	8-20	3-8	6-8	+6
Jarrett Allen C	33	17	18	2	—	1	1	6-11	—	5-5	+8
Max Strus G	29	2	6	1	1	—	1	1-4	0-2	—	+5
Evan Mobley F-C	28	7	5	2	—	—	1	3-14	0-4	1-2	-9
Georges Niang F	25	6	2	—	—	—	—	1-3	1-3	3-4	-13
Sam Merrill G	24	12	2	1	1	—	—	3-5	3-5	3-3	+7
Caris LeVert G	17	—	3	3	—	—	2	0-5	0-3	—	-23
Ty Jerome G	15	5	4	—	—	—	—	2-4	—	1-1	-11

🔬 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	35	22	42.9	30.0	+1.3	13.3
Derrick White	Bench	35	20	67.2	17.2	-16.3	17.6
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	35	19	43.7	28.2	-6.9	9.8
Jaylen Brown	Bench	28	16	62.1	24.3	-16.4	15.6
Al Horford	Bench	27	13	54.2	20.0	+40.7	10.9
Payton Pritchard	Bench	29	9	64.3	12.5	+33.9	7.6
Jrue Holiday	Bench	26	6	38.7	13.4	-19.8	8.9
Luke Kornet	Bench	12	4	100.0	6.1	+46.5	11.9
Sam Hauser	Bench	13	3	75.0	6.1	+69.2	3.6
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neemias Queta	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Walsh	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	36	31	58.9	35.6	-3.7	19.7
Darius Garland	Bench	34	25	53.1	32.1	+11.0	9.5
Jarrett Allen	Bench	33	17	64.4	18.2	+14.5	26.2
Sam Merrill	Bench	24	12	94.9	10.9	+17.7	13.7
Evan Mobley	Bench	28	7	23.5	22.9	-16.7	-2.2
Georges Niang	Bench	25	6	63.0	8.1	-27.2	0.0
Ty Jerome	Bench	15	5	56.3	10.8	-30.3	8.9
Max Strus	Bench	29	2	25.0	7.4	+12.9	0.0
Caris LeVert	Bench	17	—	0.0	17.5	-72.7	-2.3
Craig Porter	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0