Celtics (104) vs Cavaliers (105) · Mar 5, 2024

FINAL

Mar 5, 2024

48-13BostonCeltics

104

40-21ClevelandCavaliers

105

Game Recap

The Cavaliers overcame a 22-point deficit as they trailed 93-71 with nine minutes to go in the fourth quarter to defeat the Celtics, 105-104, as they snapped Boston’s 11-game win streak. Dean Wade caught fire as he shot 7-7 (5-5 3PT) in the fourth quarter to total 20 of his career-high 23 points, along with eight rebounds. Jarrett Allen (21 points, 12 rebounds) and Darius Garland (16 points, season-high 11 assists) totaled 37 points. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 26 points and 13 rebounds as Kristaps Porzingis (24 points, nine rebounds, three blocks) and Jaylen Brown (21 points, three rebounds, four assists) totaled 45 points. This was the tenth time this year that trio totaled 20 or more. Cleveland improves to 40-21 on the year while Boston moves to 48-13.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	33	22	32	17	104
CLE	25	20	26	34	105

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
7Jaylen BrownSF	36	8-20	3-7	2-2	3	4	0	0	1	3	21	+9
0Jayson TatumPF	37	8-21	5-9	5-6	13	2	0	0	2	3	26	-7
8Kristaps PorzingisC	32	9-18	3-6	3-3	9	3	2	3	1	2	24	0
9Derrick WhiteSG	35	1-5	0-2	1-1	6	7	0	4	2	0	3	+4
4Jrue HolidayPG	36	5-9	2-6	0-0	4	5	2	0	4	1	12	-14
42Al Horford	19	3-8	1-4	0-0	5	0	1	0	1	1	7	-2
30Sam Hauser	14	2-5	1-3	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	1	5	+14
11Payton Pritchard	12	1-3	0-1	0-0	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	-7
40Luke Kornet	15	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	2	0	1	4	-2
12Oshae Brissett	— did not play —												— did not play —
50Svi Mykhailiuk	— did not play —												— did not play —
44Jaden Springer	— did not play —												— did not play —
27Jordan Walsh	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	39-9341.9%	15-3839.5%	11-1291.7%	53	24	6	9	13	13	104	-

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
35Isaac OkoroSF	31	5-11	4-8	2-4	4	1	1	2	0	1	16	-4
4Evan MobleyPF	22	2-8	0-1	0-0	6	4	2	0	2	2	4	-7
31Jarrett AllenC	35	9-16	0-0	3-3	12	2	0	1	0	0	21	-4
5Sam MerrillSG	30	2-7	2-6	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	1	6	-3
10Darius GarlandPG	36	6-20	3-8	1-2	1	11	2	0	3	2	16	0
3Caris LeVert	29	4-10	2-5	0-0	4	5	3	0	2	1	10	+2
32Dean Wade	21	8-11	6-9	1-2	8	1	2	0	0	0	23	+16
20Georges Niang	26	3-4	3-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	3	9	+7
9Craig Porter Jr.	5	0-3	0-1	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2
21Emoni Bates	— did not play —												— did not play —
00Sharife Cooper	— did not play —												— did not play —
30Damian Jones	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Pete Nance	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	39-9043.3%	20-4247.6%	7-1163.6%	42	28	11	3	8	10	105	-

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterboscle

(11:57) Jump Ball Allen vs. Porzingis: Tip to White
(11:42) MISS Brown 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:40) White REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(11:37) MISS Holiday 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:34) Okoro REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:20) MISS Garland Driving Finger Roll Layup
(11:15) Allen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (11:15) Allen Putback Layup (2 PTS)
02
(11:02) MISS White 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:59) Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:52) MISS Mobley 1' Driving Layup
(10:48) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:45) Brown 25' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (3 PTS)
32
+2 (10:24) Allen 14' Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Garland 1 AST)
34
+3 (10:11) Tatum 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS)
64
+2 (9:57) Garland 17' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
66
(9:44) MISS Brown 3PT Jump Shot
(9:40) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(9:39) MISS Porzingis 2' Layup
(9:36) Merrill REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:31) MISS Garland 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(9:28) Mobley REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (9:26) Okoro 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Mobley 1 AST)
69
(9:01) MISS Tatum 2' Driving Dunk
(9:00) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(8:57) MISS Brown 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(8:53) Allen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:44) MISS Garland 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(8:40) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:31) MISS Holiday 3PT Jump Shot
(8:28) Mobley REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(8:26) Mobley Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(8:26) Holiday STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (8:15) Tatum 31' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS)
99
(7:51) MISS Garland 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(7:50) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(7:41) MISS Brown 2' Cutting Layup Shot
(7:37) Okoro REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:36) MISS Mobley 1' Running Layup
(7:36) Porzingis BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:36) Celtics Rebound
(7:36) Celtics Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+3 (7:16) Porzingis 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Holiday 1 AST)
129
(6:54) MISS Mobley 12' Fadeaway Jumper
(6:52) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (6:42) Tatum Driving Layup (8 PTS)
149
(6:27) MISS Allen 7' Floating Jump Shot
(6:26) Allen REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(6:26) MISS Allen Putback Layup
(6:26) Celtics Rebound
(6:26) Jump Ball Allen vs. Porzingis: Tip to Tatum
+2 (6:17) Brown 1' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (Tatum 1 AST)
169
(6:02) MISS Mobley 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:58) Holiday REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:49) Holiday 11' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (White 1 AST)
189
(5:33) MISS Mobley 6' Driving Hook Shot
(5:30) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(5:23) MISS Porzingis 18' Jump Shot
(5:21) Allen REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(5:08) MISS Garland 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:04) Holiday REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:54) MISS Brown 13' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(4:52) White REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(4:51) LeVert S.FOUL (P1.T1) (Z.Zarba)
+1 (4:51) Porzingis Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
199
+1 (4:51) Porzingis Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
209
+2 (4:35) Allen 1' Dunk (6 PTS) (LeVert 1 AST)
2011
(4:35) Porzingis S.FOUL (P1.T1) (A.Smith)
+1 (4:35) Allen Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
2012
(4:17) Porzingis Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(4:17) Wade STEAL (1 STL)
(4:12) MISS Wade 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(4:11) CAVALIERS Rebound
+3 (4:05) Garland 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Allen 1 AST)
2015
+3 (3:40) Hauser 28' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Porzingis 1 AST)
2315
+2 (3:24) Allen 2' Turnaround Hook Shot (9 PTS) (Garland 2 AST)
2317
(3:07) MISS Horford 3' Driving Layup
(3:07) Allen BLOCK (1 BLK)
(3:05) Horford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (3:01) Porzingis 1' Driving Layup (7 PTS) (Hauser 1 AST)
2517
(2:46) MISS LeVert 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:46) Horford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (2:37) Porzingis 29' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
2817
(2:14) MISS Garland 1' Driving Layup
(2:14) Porzingis BLOCK (2 BLK)
(2:11) White REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(2:09) MISS Brown 4' Running Layup
(2:08) Hauser REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(2:07) MISS Hauser Tip Layup Shot
(2:05) Wade REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (1:56) Niang 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (LeVert 2 AST)
2820
(1:38) White Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
(1:38) CAVALIERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(1:25) MISS Niang 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:22) Hauser REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(1:09) Mobley S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Green)
+1 (1:09) Tatum Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)
2920
+1 (1:09) Tatum Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)
3020
+3 (0:54) Wade 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Porter Jr. 1 AST)
3023
(0:42) MISS Hauser 32' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:39) Holiday REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(0:33) Pritchard Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(0:33) Wade STEAL (2 STL)
(0:26) MISS LeVert 1' Running Finger Roll Layup
(0:24) Wade REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (0:19) LeVert 5' Turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS)
3025
+3 (0:00) Tatum 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (13 PTS)
3325

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

BOS

CLE

104Points105

39-93(41.9%)Field Goal(%)39-90(43.3%)

15-38(39.5%)3-Point(%)20-42(47.6%)

11-12(91.7%)Free Throw(%)7-11(63.6%)

53(14)Rebounds(Offensive)42(8)

24Assists28

6Steals11

9Blocks3

13Turnovers8

13Fouls10

48Pts In The Paint32

12Fast Break Pts7

19Pts Off Turnovers17

18Bench Pts42

22Largest Lead4

Game Details

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 · 7:30 PM

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse · Cleveland, OH

attendance: 19,432 (100.0%)

tv: TNT