Cleveland Cavaliers 101, Boston Celtics 111 — Recap

December 22, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 101, Boston Celtics 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 26-31 BOS; Q2 CLE 22-32 BOS; Q3 CLE 25-22 BOS; Q4 CLE 28-26 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 34 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-22 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 28 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Robert Williams III (BOS) 21 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists on 10-of-12 shooting; Kevin Love (CLE) 18 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 18 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

34 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 12-22 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

28 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · BOS

Robert Williams III

21 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST · 10-12 FG

Season highs

Robert Williams III · Season-high 21 pointsTacko Fall · Season-high 10 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
CLE	26	22	25	28		101
BOS	31	32	22	26		111

🧮 How They Scored

CLEBOS

48Points in the paint46

19Fast-break points8

13Second-chance points21

18Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

44.0%Effective FG%52.7%

12.8%Turnover %11.5%

29.4%Offensive rebound %24.0%

0.261Free-throw rate0.196

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland G	40	28	2	6	3	0	3	11-22	2-8	4-4	-6
Lauri Markkanen F	33	7	9	0	0	1	1	2-12	0-5	3-3	-10
Cedi Osman F	31	13	6	1	1	0	1	5-14	1-7	2-2	-7
Ricky Rubio G	31	8	5	6	3	0	4	2-12	1-5	3-4	-20
Denzel Valentine G	26	8	6	0	0	0	2	3-6	2-4	0-0	-6
Kevin Love F-C	23	18	12	3	1	0	1	6-13	1-5	5-7	-5
Dean Wade F	23	6	3	0	0	0	2	2-5	0-2	2-2	-16
Tacko Fall C	19	4	10	0	0	2	1	2-5	0-0	0-0	-6
Kevin Pangos G	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+11
Justin Anderson G-F	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	1-2	+5
Trevon Scott F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Luke Kornet F-C	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	36	34	6	3	1	1	3	12-22	5-10	5-5	+14
Jayson Tatum F	36	18	9	5	2	1	2	6-19	2-8	4-4	+19
Robert Williams III C-F	34	21	11	7	2	2	2	10-12	0-0	1-2	+12
Marcus Smart G	32	4	2	4	3	0	0	1-7	1-4	1-2	+7
Romeo Langford G	31	11	9	0	2	1	1	5-8	1-3	0-1	+18
Payton Pritchard G	21	7	5	1	0	0	1	3-7	1-3	0-0	-2
Dennis Schroder G	18	3	1	4	1	0	1	1-11	0-1	1-2	+1
Aaron Nesmith G-F	12	5	0	0	0	0	2	2-2	1-1	0-0	-2
Enes Kanter C	12	4	4	0	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+3
Joe Johnson F	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Justin Jackson F	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	-5
CJ Miles F-G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Bruno Fernando F	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Darius Garland	Bench	40	28	58.9	26.8	-10.0	16.3
Kevin Love	Bench	23	18	56.0	27.4	-9.6	20.2
Cedi Osman	Bench	31	13	43.7	20.8	-13.6	6.6
Denzel Valentine	Bench	26	8	66.7	12.3	-12.5	6.2
Ricky Rubio	Bench	31	8	29.1	22.5	-30.3	5.0
Lauri Markkanen	Bench	33	7	26.3	17.5	-16.0	2.4
Dean Wade	Bench	23	6	51.0	12.1	-34.8	2.8
Kevin Pangos	Bench	8	5	125.0	9.5	+57.9	9.8
Tacko Fall	Bench	19	4	40.0	12.0	-20.1	12.1
Justin Anderson	Bench	2	4	106.4	40.0	+100.0	27.3
Luke Kornet	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	9.1
Trevon Scott	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	36	34	70.2	33.8	+24.6	20.6
Robert Williams III	Bench	34	21	81.5	19.0	+18.5	25.8
Jayson Tatum	Bench	36	18	43.4	25.9	+26.9	10.1
Romeo Langford	Bench	31	11	65.2	12.3	+28.1	12.3
Payton Pritchard	Bench	21	7	50.0	15.7	-2.1	9.0
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	12	5	125.0	12.9	-7.1	1.9
Marcus Smart	Bench	32	4	25.4	11.1	+13.7	3.5
Enes Kanter	Bench	12	4	100.0	6.5	+7.3	15.7
Dennis Schroder	Bench	18	3	12.6	27.1	+2.5	-11.7
Justin Jackson	Bench	2	2	53.2	40.0	-100.0	9.1
Joe Johnson	Bench	2	2	100.0	20.0	-100.0	18.2
Bruno Fernando	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-100.0	0.0
CJ Miles	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	-9.1