Celtics
Boston
Eastern Conference
Atlantic
14
11
25
1613
2064
32
9
28
87
28
32
14
12
86
29
12
41
6
18
6
10
11
77
4
86
32
37
2718
116
4
08
07
88
69
42
111
12
74
12
33
2521
6060
117
13
11
2220
56
3
42
41
98
86
33
119
12
34
21
22
1516
6060
8
3
38
27
11
41
0
0
0
6
4
10
1
7
1
3
25
60
6
2
33
18
6
33
8
7
88
9
2
11
2
4
2
3
21
60
11
1
9
22
5
23
4
4
100
8
3
11
1
3
2
2
15
60
7
3
43
20
6
30
2
1
50
6
3
9
2
4
1
2
16
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Avery
Bradley
Avery Bradley
True
33
5
12
42
3
10
30
4
4
100
0
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
17
-13
none
Jae
Crowder
Jae Crowder
True
27
5
13
38
4
9
44
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
1
2
1
3
14
-10
none
Isaiah
Thomas
Isaiah Thomas
True
27
3
15
20
0
2
0
6
6
100
2
1
3
4
0
0
1
0
12
-10
none
Amir
Johnson
Amir Johnson
True
24
2
5
40
0
0
0
1
2
50
4
3
7
0
1
1
1
2
5
-11
none
Jared
Sullinger
Jared Sullinger
True
22
2
9
22
0
1
0
1
2
50
1
4
5
2
0
0
1
2
5
-13
none
Evan
Turner
Evan Turner
False
27
3
8
38
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
7
8
4
0
1
2
0
6
-5
none
Kelly
Olynyk
Kelly Olynyk
False
21
2
7
29
1
3
33
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
5
-6
none
David
Lee
David Lee
False
18
4
8
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
3
0
0
2
0
8
3
none
James
Young
James Young
False
15
0
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
4
5
3
0
0
0
1
0
-1
none
Jonas
Jerebko
Jonas Jerebko
False
13
2
4
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
-1
none
Tyler
Zeller
Tyler Zeller
False
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
none
R.J.
Hunter
R.J. Hunter
False
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
none
Terry
Rozier
Terry Rozier
False
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
none
16
December
2015
Wednesday
Palace of Auburn Hills
Detroit
Pistons
Detroit
False
Cavaliers
Cleveland
Eastern Conference
Central
16
7
23
1815
1365
23
8
35
78
36
46
10
9
90
40
6
46
7
17
5
14
17
89
4
44
10
23
2217
106
5
25
25
100
1010
20
1030
12
41
21
45
2317
6060
114
43
38
2217
128
6
12
11
92
128
13
141
31
84
11
32
2920
6060
4
1
25
22
10
45
2
2
100
10
2
12
1
4
2
4
23
60
4
0
0
17
6
35
5
5
100
10
0
10
2
1
1
5
17
60
11
4
36
22
12
55
1
1
100
12
1
13
3
8
1
3
29
60
4
3
75
17
8
47
2
1
50
8
3
11
1
4
1
2
20
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
J.R.
Smith
J.R. Smith
True
35
4
9
44
1
3
33
0
0
0
3
3
6
0
1
0
0
4
9
8
none
LeBron
James
LeBron James
True
35
10
20
50
0
3
0
4
4
100
1
6
7
3
2
1
6
3
24
17
none
Kevin
Love
Kevin Love
True
34
7
16
44
3
7
43
3
4
75
1
7
8
5
1
2
2
0
20
20
none
Matthew
Dellavedova
Matthew Dellavedova
True
27
1
6
17
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
1
0
1
4
2
13
none
Timofey
Mozgov
Timofey Mozgov
True
24
4
5
80
0
0
0
1
1
100
0
10
10
0
0
3
0
1
9
11
none
Tristan
Thompson
Tristan Thompson
False
22
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
8
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
-4
none
Richard
Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
False
20
2
3
67
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
5
-4
none
Mo
Williams
Mo Williams
False
18
4
10
40
1
4
25
1
1
100
0
1
1
3
0
0
3
2
10
1
none
Iman
Shumpert
Iman Shumpert
False
13
2
4
50
2
3
67
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
6
4
none
Anderson
Varejão
Anderson Varejão
False
7
2
3
67
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
4
-4
none
Jared
Cunningham
Jared Cunningham
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-2
none
James
Jones
James Jones
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Sasha
Kaun
Sasha Kaun
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
17
December
2015
Thursday
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland
Thunder
Oklahoma City
True
The Cleveland Cavaliers ( 16 - 7 ) defeated the Boston Celtics ( 14 - 11 ) 89 - 77 on Tuesday . The much - improved Celtics gave the Cavaliers all they could handle in the first half , and went into intermission with a 46 - 40 lead . That quickly dissipated in the third quarter however , with Cleveland 's turnaround spearheaded by contributions from J.R. Smith and Mo Williams . The Cavs also significantly tightened up their defensive efforts , holding Boston to a mere 31 points over the final two quarters . The Celtics only managed a 32 percent success rate from the field for the game , and shot a mediocre 28 percent from beyond the arc . The visitors were led by 24 points from LeBron James , who also added seven rebounds , three assists , a pair of steals and a block . Kevin Love continued to alternate double - and - single - digit point efforts , amassing 20 points , eight rebounds , five assists , a pair of blocks and a steal . Williams was the only other Cleveland player who managed double - digit scoring , tallying 10 points over a highly efficient 19 minutes from the bench . Timofey Mozgov did come within a point of a double - double , accummulating nine points and 10 rebounds . The Cavaliers improved to 16 - 7 and remain atop the Eastern Conference 's Central Division . They head home to face the Thunder in a Thursday night showdown . The Celtics were led by Avery Bradley 's 17 points , his 17th consecutive double - digit scoring effort . Jae Crowder ( 14 points ) and Isaiah Thomas ( 12 points ) were the other Boston players with any type of meaningful production , with the latter enduring a particularly difficult 3 - for - 15 shooting night . Boston 's starting frontcourt came up particularly short on the night , with Jared Sullinger and Amir Johnson combining for only 10 points and 12 rebounds . The Celtics were also outscored in the paint , 44 - 24 . Boston fell to 14 - 11 and remains in second place in the Eastern Conference 's Atlantic Division . They head to Detroit to take on the Pistons on Wednesday .
The Cleveland Cavaliers (16 - 7) defeated the Boston Celtics (14 - 11) 89 - 77 on Tuesday. The much - improved Celtics gave the Cavaliers all they could handle in the first half, and went into intermission with a 46 - 40 lead. That quickly dissipated in the third quarter however, with Cleveland's turnaround spearheaded by contributions from J.R. Smith and Mo Williams. The Cavs also significantly tightened up their defensive efforts, holding Boston to a mere 31 points over the final two quarters. The Celtics only managed a 32 percent success rate from the field for the game, and shot a mediocre 28 percent from beyond the arc. The visitors were led by 24 points from LeBron James, who also added seven rebounds, three assists, a pair of steals and a block. Kevin Love continued to alternate double - and - single - digit point efforts, amassing 20 points, eight rebounds, five assists, a pair of blocks and a steal. Williams was the only other Cleveland player who managed double - digit scoring, tallying 10 points over a highly efficient 19 minutes from the bench. Timofey Mozgov did come within a point of a double - double, accummulating nine points and 10 rebounds. The Cavaliers improved to 16 - 7 and remain atop the Eastern Conference's Central Division. They head home to face the Thunder in a Thursday night showdown. The Celtics were led by Avery Bradley's 17 points, his 17th consecutive double - digit scoring effort. Jae Crowder (14 points) and Isaiah Thomas (12 points) were the other Boston players with any type of meaningful production, with the latter enduring a particularly difficult 3 - for - 15 shooting night. Boston's starting frontcourt came up particularly short on the night, with Jared Sullinger and Amir Johnson combining for only 10 points and 12 rebounds. The Celtics were also outscored in the paint, 44 - 24. Boston fell to 14 - 11 and remains in second place in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. They head to Detroit to take on the Pistons on Wednesday.
The Cleveland Cavaliers (16 - 7) defeated the Boston Celtics (14 - 11) 89 - 77 on Tuesday. The much - improved Celtics gave the Cavaliers all they could handle in the first half, and went into intermission with a 46 - 40 lead. That quickly dissipated in the third quarter however, with Cleveland's turnaround spearheaded by contributions from J.R. Smith and Mo Williams. The Cavs also significantly tightened up their defensive efforts, holding Boston to a mere 31 points over the final two quarters. The Celtics only managed a 32 percent success rate from the field for the game, and shot a mediocre 28 percent from beyond the arc. The visitors were led by 24 points from LeBron James, who also added seven rebounds, three assists, a pair of steals and a block. Kevin Love continued to alternate double - and - single - digit point efforts, amassing 20 points, eight rebounds, five assists, a pair of blocks and a steal. Williams was the only other Cleveland player who managed double - digit scoring, tallying 10 points over a highly efficient 19 minutes from the bench. Timofey Mozgov did come within a point of a double - double, accummulating nine points and 10 rebounds. The Cavaliers improved to 16 - 7 and remain atop the Eastern Conference's Central Division. They head home to face the Thunder in a Thursday night showdown. The Celtics were led by Avery Bradley's 17 points, his 17th consecutive double - digit scoring effort. Jae Crowder (14 points) and Isaiah Thomas (12 points) were the other Boston players with any type of meaningful production, with the latter enduring a particularly difficult 3 - for - 15 shooting night. Boston's starting frontcourt came up particularly short on the night, with Jared Sullinger and Amir Johnson combining for only 10 points and 12 rebounds. The Celtics were also outscored in the paint, 44 - 24. Boston fell to 14 - 11 and remains in second place in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. They head to Detroit to take on the Pistons on Wednesday.
<GAME> <DATE> 15 December 2015 <DAY> Tuesday <STADIUM> TD Garden <CITY> Boston <HOME> <TEAM> Celtics <CITY> Boston <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 77 <WINS-LOSSES> 14 11 <QTRS> 25 21 15 16 <TEAM-AST> 18 <3PT> 9 <TEAM-FG> 28 <TEAM-FT> 12 <TEAM-REB> 41 <TEAM-TO> 10 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 16 December 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Wednesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Palace of Auburn Hills <NEXT-CITY> Detroit <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Detroit <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Pistons <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Cavaliers <CITY> Cleveland <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 89 <WINS-LOSSES> 16 7 <QTRS> 23 17 29 20 <TEAM-AST> 17 <3PT> 8 <TEAM-FG> 36 <TEAM-FT> 9 <TEAM-REB> 46 <TEAM-TO> 14 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 17 December 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Thursday <NEXT-STADIUM> Quicken Loans Arena <NEXT-CITY> Cleveland <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Oklahoma City <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Thunder <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Avery Bradley <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 17 <FG> 5 12 42 <FG3> 3 10 30 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 3 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jae Crowder <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 14 <FG> 5 13 38 <FG3> 4 9 44 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Isaiah Thomas <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 12 <FG> 3 15 20 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 6 6 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> David Lee <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 8 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Evan Turner <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 8 38 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 8 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jonas Jerebko <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 13 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kelly Olynyk <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jared Sullinger <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 9 22 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 5 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Amir Johnson <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 7 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 4 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Terry Rozier <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 1 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> R. J. Hunter <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 2 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyler Zeller <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Young <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 3 0 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 5 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> LeBron James <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 24 <FG> 10 20 50 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 1 <TO> 6 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kevin Love <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 20 <FG> 7 16 44 <FG3> 3 7 43 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 8 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mo Williams <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 10 40 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Timofey Mozgov <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 5 80 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 10 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 10 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> J. R. Smith <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Iman Shumpert <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 13 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Richard Jefferson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 3 67 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anderson Varejão <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 7 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 3 67 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Matthew Dellavedova <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 6 17 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Sasha Kaun <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Jones <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jared Cunningham <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tristan Thompson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 9 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none