Celtics
Boston
Eastern Conference
Atlantic
50
28
78
2989
2786
33
7
21
81
33
41
29
18
62
30
8
38
4
21
6
12
18
91
4
89
21
24
2122
88
4
46
25
54
87
31
118
01
55
00
42
2022
6060
97
22
23
1820
89
5
811
65
8
78
22
100
03
65
24
33
2425
6060
8
2
25
21
8
38
4
2
50
8
3
11
0
5
0
4
20
60
9
1
11
22
8
36
6
5
83
7
1
8
1
5
0
2
22
60
9
2
22
18
8
44
8
6
75
7
2
9
0
6
2
3
24
60
7
2
29
20
9
45
11
5
45
8
2
10
3
5
4
3
25
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
1
8
12
0
3
0
2
4
50
2
5
7
1
1
0
1
2
4
-22
none
Isaiah
Thomas
Isaiah Thomas
True
32
9
19
47
1
8
12
7
8
88
0
4
4
6
0
1
4
1
26
-10
none
Jae
Crowder
Jae Crowder
True
29
5
11
45
2
5
40
1
2
50
3
1
4
2
1
0
1
4
13
-15
none
Al
Horford
Al Horford
True
27
4
6
67
1
1
100
3
3
100
1
6
7
3
0
0
2
3
12
-13
none
Amir
Johnson
Amir Johnson
True
13
4
4
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
1
0
0
2
8
-10
none
Marcus
Smart
Marcus Smart
False
25
1
8
12
1
4
25
1
2
50
0
2
2
4
0
0
1
1
4
-19
none
Jaylen
Brown
Jaylen Brown
False
19
1
7
14
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
none
Kelly
Olynyk
Kelly Olynyk
False
15
5
8
62
1
3
33
1
2
50
1
3
4
0
0
0
1
3
12
-10
none
Jonas
Jerebko
Jonas Jerebko
False
13
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
50
0
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
-6
none
Gerald
Green
Gerald Green
False
10
1
3
33
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
2
none
Terry
Rozier
Terry Rozier
False
9
2
5
40
1
3
33
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
-14
none
Jordan
Mickey
Jordan Mickey
False
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
none
James
Young
James Young
False
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
none
6
April
2017
Thursday
Philips Arena
Atlanta
Hawks
Atlanta
False
Cavaliers
Cleveland
Eastern Conference
Central
51
27
78
2622
2623
36
11
31
92
43
47
18
17
94
38
13
51
5
19
7
10
26
114
4
118
13
11
2725
716
26
43
43
100
1112
82
1194
23
19
22
20
1938
6060
125
52
42
2119
119
6
74
64
86
69
21
90
00
45
30
26
3324
6060
11
1
9
27
7
26
4
4
100
11
8
19
2
1
2
2
19
60
8
3
38
25
16
64
3
3
100
12
2
14
3
9
2
0
38
60
12
5
42
21
11
52
7
6
86
6
2
8
0
4
3
2
33
60
5
2
40
19
9
47
4
4
100
9
1
10
0
5
0
6
24
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
LeBron
James
LeBron James
True
38
14
22
64
1
4
25
7
7
100
2
8
10
6
1
2
3
3
36
32
double
Kyrie
Irving
Kyrie Irving
True
32
7
18
39
1
6
17
4
5
80
0
1
1
5
2
1
0
4
19
13
none
Kevin
Love
Kevin Love
True
32
5
15
33
1
5
20
4
4
100
5
11
16
1
0
0
0
4
15
17
double
J.R.
Smith
J.R. Smith
True
30
5
10
50
2
7
29
0
0
0
1
2
3
0
1
1
0
1
12
19
none
Channing
Frye
Channing Frye
True
17
3
7
43
2
6
33
2
2
100
3
5
8
1
2
0
1
3
10
7
none
Iman
Shumpert
Iman Shumpert
False
27
2
6
33
1
3
33
0
0
0
1
3
4
1
0
0
2
4
5
6
none
Kyle
Korver
Kyle Korver
False
19
2
2
100
2
2
100
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
3
6
19
none
Deron
Williams
Deron Williams
False
15
0
5
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
5
0
1
1
1
0
9
none
Richard
Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
False
10
3
3
100
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
7
5
none
DeAndre
Liggins
DeAndre Liggins
False
4
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
-3
none
James
Jones
James Jones
False
4
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
-3
none
Derrick
Williams
Derrick Williams
False
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
-3
none
Larry
Sanders
Larry Sanders
False
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
-3
none
7
April
2017
Friday
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland
Hawks
Atlanta
True
The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Boston Celtics , 114 - 91 , Wednesday at TD Garden . The Cavaliers ( 51 - 27 ) came into Wednesday 's contest with revenge on their minds , and following a low - scoring , tightly contested first quarter that saw the Celtics ( 50 - 28 ) take a one - point lead , the motivation kicked in ; at least for LeBron James it did . James launched a 22 - 4 run to open up the second quarter and he and his teammates never looked back , as Boston was unable to get much closer than that throughout the remainder of Wednesday 's game . James finished with a game - high 36 points , 10 rebounds and six assists in 39 minutes as his team avenged their last - second loss at Boston earlier in the season . Each of the other four Cleveland starters joined James in reaching double figures in the scoring column , but the story of the game was their defense . The Cavaliers ' defensive effort was their best in a long time , as 91 points is the fewest they 've given up since March 16 against the Jazz . The Celtics managed to shoot just 41 percent from the field , 21 percent from behind the arc , and to make matters even worse , 62 percent from the free throw line . It was the first time in nine games that Boston failed to score at least 100 points and their lowest point total since they scored 88 against the Warriors on Nov. 18 . Isaiah Thomas still managed to lead the way with a team - high 26 points to go along with six assists and four rebounds , but no other Celtic scored more than 13 points in the loss . The win for Cleveland moves them one game ahead of the Celtics for first place in the Eastern Conference standings with just four games remaining for each team .
The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Boston Celtics, 114 - 91, Wednesday at TD Garden. The Cavaliers (51 - 27) came into Wednesday's contest with revenge on their minds, and following a low - scoring, tightly contested first quarter that saw the Celtics (50 - 28) take a one - point lead, the motivation kicked in; at least for LeBron James it did. James launched a 22 - 4 run to open up the second quarter and he and his teammates never looked back, as Boston was unable to get much closer than that throughout the remainder of Wednesday's game. James finished with a game - high 36 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in 39 minutes as his team avenged their last - second loss at Boston earlier in the season. Each of the other four Cleveland starters joined James in reaching double figures in the scoring column, but the story of the game was their defense. The Cavaliers' defensive effort was their best in a long time, as 91 points is the fewest they've given up since March 16 against the Jazz. The Celtics managed to shoot just 41 percent from the field, 21 percent from behind the arc, and to make matters even worse, 62 percent from the free throw line. It was the first time in nine games that Boston failed to score at least 100 points and their lowest point total since they scored 88 against the Warriors on Nov. 18. Isaiah Thomas still managed to lead the way with a team - high 26 points to go along with six assists and four rebounds, but no other Celtic scored more than 13 points in the loss. The win for Cleveland moves them one game ahead of the Celtics for first place in the Eastern Conference standings with just four games remaining for each team.
The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Boston Celtics, 114 - 91, Wednesday at TD Garden. The Cavaliers (51 - 27) came into Wednesday's contest with revenge on their minds, and following a low - scoring, tightly contested first quarter that saw the Celtics (50 - 28) take a one - point lead, the motivation kicked in; at least for LeBron James it did. James launched a 22 - 4 run to open up the second quarter and he and his teammates never looked back, as Boston was unable to get much closer than that throughout the remainder of Wednesday's game. James finished with a game - high 36 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in 39 minutes as his team avenged their last - second loss at Boston earlier in the season. Each of the other four Cleveland starters joined James in reaching double figures in the scoring column, but the story of the game was their defense. The Cavaliers' defensive effort was their best in a long time, as 91 points is the fewest they've given up since March 16 against the Jazz. The Celtics managed to shoot just 41 percent from the field, 21 percent from behind the arc, and to make matters even worse, 62 percent from the free throw line. It was the first time in nine games that Boston failed to score at least 100 points and their lowest point total since they scored 88 against the Warriors on Nov. 18. Isaiah Thomas still managed to lead the way with a team - high 26 points to go along with six assists and four rebounds, but no other Celtic scored more than 13 points in the loss. The win for Cleveland moves them one game ahead of the Celtics for first place in the Eastern Conference standings with just four games remaining for each team.
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R. Smith <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 12 <FG> 5 10 50 <FG3> 2 7 29 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Channing Frye <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 10 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 2 6 33 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 8 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Richard Jefferson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 10 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 3 100 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kyle Korver <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 2 100 <FG3> 2 2 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Iman Shumpert <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 6 33 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Jones <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 1 100 <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> DeAndre Liggins <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Larry Sanders <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-10 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Derrick Williams <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 4 <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> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Deron Williams <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 5 0 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 5 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none