Game completed

Boston Celtics43-21109 winneratCleveland Cavaliers39-2598

Sun, Mar 8, 1:00 PM EDTRocket Arena, Cleveland, OHABC

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
BOS	35	21	30	23	109
CLE	26	10	33	29	98

Boston Celtics

109

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson TatumSF	27	20	3	2	0	1	6-16	2-9	6-7	-3
Sam HauserPF	24	15	4	0	0	1	5-10	5-10	0-0	+11
Neemias QuetaC	36	4	11	1	0	0	2-7	0-0	0-0	+13
Jaylen BrownSG	38	23	9	8	0	4	7-17	1-3	8-9	+17
Derrick WhitePG	36	6	7	5	0	0	2-9	0-3	2-2	-6
Payton Pritchard	35	18	3	7	1	2	7-12	2-6	2-2	+18
Baylor Scheierman	26	16	10	0	1	0	6-8	4-6	0-0	+10
Hugo González	7	0	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Luka Garza	12	7	1	1	0	2	2-4	1-1	2-2	-4
Team		109	56	25	2	10	37-84	15-38	20-22

DNP: Ron Harper Jr., Jordan Walsh, Amari Williams, Max Shulga, John Tonje (gleague twoway), Nikola Vučević (injury)

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Sam MerrillSF	29	5	5	4	1	0	0	2-9	1-7	0-0	-1
Dean WadePF	21	7	3	0	1	0	0	3-5	1-3	0-0	+1
Evan MobleyC	31	24	8	1	0	3	2	10-19	2-6	2-3	-6
Donovan MitchellSG	33	30	7	5	1	2	0	9-18	3-9	9-11	+8
James HardenPG	38	19	4	10	0	0	0	6-16	3-8	4-7	-12
Jaylon Tyson	25	8	6	1	0	0	1	3-8	2-6	0-0	-18
Thomas Bryant	14	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	-8
Dennis Schröder	20	2	3	2	0	0	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	0
Keon Ellis	24	0	3	0	1	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-15
Craig Porter Jr.	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Team		98	52	23	4	6	7	35-86	13-45	15-21

DNP: Tristan Enaruna, Riley Minix, Larry Nance Jr., Nae'Qwan Tomlin, Jarrett Allen (injury), Tyrese Proctor (injury), Olivier Sarr (gleague twoway), Max Strus (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · CLE: 8
Biggest lead · BOS: 26
Times tied: 2
Lead changes: 1
Longest run · BOS: 11

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: CLETravel tax: BOSNational TV

CLE has the rest edge with 113h between tipoffs, 72h more than BOS.
BOS is carrying the heavier travel load at 549 mi from its previous stop.
BOS is in game 1 of 3 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	BOS	CLE
Record	43-21	39-25
Days rest	1 day	4 days edge
Hours rest	41h	113h
Rest swing	-72h	+72h
Travel in	549 mi	0 mi edge
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	0h	0h
Local tip	afternoon	afternoon
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 3	Homestand · 2 of 3
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	2	0 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

BOS carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 2 vs. CLE's 0.

How each side got here549 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

BOS

549 mi

Boston, MACleveland, OH

BOS came from Boston, MA with 549 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Boston, MA to Cleveland, OH

CLE

0 mi

Cleveland, OHNo travel

CLE stayed in Cleveland, OH between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Cleveland, OH

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 3 vs homestand 2 of 3

Where this game sits in the run

BOS

Road trip

BOS is on game 1 of 3 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 3

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles2,224 mi

CLE

Homestand

CLE is in game 2 of 3 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 3

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: ABC
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Radio: BOS98.5 The Sports HubSiriusXMCLEWTAM 1100 / 100.7 WMMS / S: La Mega 1300

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