Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics

EAST FINALS - GAME 5 • BOS leads series 3-2

50-32, 21-20 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Cavaliers CLE	19	23	18	23	83
Celtics BOS	32	21	23	20	96

Boston CelticsCelticsBOS

55-27, 27-14 Home

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
Kevin LoveK. Love#0
LeBron JamesL. James#23
Tristan ThompsonT. Thompson#13
George HillG. Hill#3
JR SmithJ. Smith#5
bench
Jeff GreenJ. Green#32
Larry Nance Jr.L. Nance Jr.#22
Cedi OsmanC. Osman#16
Ante ZizicA. Zizic#41
Rodney HoodR. Hood#1
Kyle KorverK. Korver#26
Jose CalderonJ. Calderon#81
Jordan ClarksonJ. Clarkson#8
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	6-13	2-7	0-0	0	7	7	2	2	1	2	2	-23	14
39	11-22	1-6	3-4	0	10	10	5	1	0	6	2	-11	26
26	0-3	0-1	1-2	1	5	6	1	0	0	0	2	-15	1
30	1-5	0-0	5-6	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	-21	7
26	1-6	0-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	-19	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	3-4	1-2	1-2	0	5	5	0	0	0	2	1	+4	8
17	1-1	0-0	0-2	2	4	6	2	0	4	2	1	-2	2
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+5	0
3	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	+6	3
3	2-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+3	5
19	2-6	2-5	1-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	7
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	+6	0
15	3-10	2-7	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	+2	8
	31-74	9-34	12-19	3	36	39	7	15	19	0	0		83
	63.2%	26.5%	26.5%

Boston Celtics

starters
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Al HorfordA. Horford#42
Aron BaynesA. Baynes#46
Terry RozierT. Rozier#12
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
bench
Marcus Morris Sr.M. Morris Sr.#13
Guerschon YabuseleG. Yabusele#30
Abdel NaderA. Nader#28
Marcus SmartM. Smart#36
Semi OjeleyeS. Ojeleye#37
Greg MonroeG. Monroe#55
Shane LarkinS. Larkin#8
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
41	7-15	3-7	7-8	0	7	7	4	4	2	2	3	+19	24
35	4-9	1-2	6-6	3	9	12	1	1	0	2	2	+22	15
29	3-7	0-1	0-0	2	5	7	0	0	3	0	3	+2	6
34	3-15	1-7	1-1	0	6	6	6	3	0	1	3	+3	8
35	4-15	2-8	7-8	1	2	3	2	0	1	2	4	+7	17
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
37	5-13	3-6	0-0	1	5	6	0	1	0	1	3	+14	13
3	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-6	0
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6	0
23	5-9	3-6	0-0	0	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	+10	13
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER
	31-85	13-39	21-23	7	38	45	6	8	19	2	0		96
	91.3%	33.3%	33.3%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Lue explains Korver's limited minutes

0:20

Brown says Celtics had their best defense of the season

1:10

Cavaliers
83
Celtics
108

Game 1

5/13

Cavaliers
94
Celtics
107

Game 2

5/15

Celtics
86
Cavaliers
116

Game 3

5/19

Celtics
102
Cavaliers
111

Game 4

5/21

Cavaliers
83
Celtics
96

Game 5

5/23

Celtics
99
Cavaliers
109

Game 6

5/25

Cavaliers
87
Celtics
79

Game 7

5/27

TD Garden

8:30 PM, May 23, 2018Coverage: ESPN

Boston, MA

Attendance: 18,624

Referees:
Jason Phillips
Ed Malloy
Ken Mauer

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	.000	-	-
Cleveland	.000	-	-
Detroit	.000	-	-
Indiana	.000	-	-
Milwaukee	.000	-	-

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	.000	-	-
Brooklyn	.000	-	-
New York	.000	-	-
Philadelphia	.000	-	-
Toronto	.000	-	-

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