Celtics 111-108 Cavaliers (22 May, 2017) Play-by-Play

Boston Celtics

53-29, 23-18 away

111

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	24	26	32	29	111
CLE	35	31	21	21	108

TIME	BOS	CLE
12:00	Amir Johnson vs. Tristan Thompson (Marcus Smart gains possession)	0	0
11:33	Al Horford makes layup	2	0
11:21	JR Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	2	3
11:00	Avery Bradley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)	5	3
10:38	Kevin Love misses 20-foot jumper	5	3
10:38	Avery Bradley defensive rebound	5	3
10:22	Marcus Smart misses 21-foot jumper	5	3
10:22	JR Smith defensive rebound	5	3
10:11	LeBron James lost ball turnover (Jae Crowder steals)	5	3
10:03	Avery Bradley misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	3
10:02	Kyrie Irving defensive rebound	5	3
9:49	Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)	5	6
9:30	Jae Crowder misses driving layup	5	6
9:29	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	5	6
9:04	LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	6
9:03	LeBron James offensive rebound	5	6
9:00	Tristan Thompson bad pass (Marcus Smart steals)	5	6
8:53	Avery Bradley misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	6
8:51	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	5	6
8:41	Kyrie Irving makes 27-foot three point jumper	5	9
8:15	Al Horford misses three point jumper	5	9
8:15	Amir Johnson offensive rebound	5	9
8:10	Amir Johnson makes two point shot (Avery Bradley assists)	7	9
7:54	Tristan Thompson makes two point shot (Kyrie Irving assists)	7	11
7:37	Avery Bradley misses 4-foot shot	7	11
7:35	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	7	11
7:22	Kevin Love makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)	7	14
7:22	Celtics Full timeout	7	14
7:22	Tyler Zeller enters the game for Amir Johnson	7	14
7:00	Al Horford misses 7-foot jump bank shot	7	14
6:58	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	7	14
6:56	LeBron James out of bounds lost ball turnover	7	14
6:41	Kevin Love defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul)	7	14
6:41	Avery Bradley misses technical free throw	7	14
6:41	Celtics offensive team rebound	7	14
6:28	Marcus Smart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Avery Bradley assists)	10	14
6:16	Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)	10	17
5:56	Jae Crowder misses three point jumper	10	17
5:56	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	10	17
5:41	Kevin Love makes three point jumper	10	20
5:31	Al Horford misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	20
5:30	JR Smith defensive rebound	10	20
5:11	LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot	10	22
4:50	Avery Bradley makes 2-foot layup (Al Horford assists)	12	22
4:50	Tristan Thompson defensive goaltending violation	12	22
4:37	Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	22
4:37	Jae Crowder defensive rebound	12	22
4:30	Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	22
4:28	Tyler Zeller offensive rebound	12	22
4:28	Kevin Love personal foul (Tyler Zeller draws the foul)	12	22
4:18	LeBron James blocks Al Horford 's 8-foot jumper	12	22
4:18	Celtics offensive team rebound	12	22
4:11	Avery Bradley makes 19-foot jumper	14	22
4:11	LeBron James shooting foul (Avery Bradley draws the foul)	14	22
4:11	Avery Bradley makes free throw 1 of 1	15	22
4:03	Jae Crowder shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	15	22
4:03	LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2	15	22
4:03	Cavaliers offensive team rebound	15	22
4:03	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	15	23
3:55	Kevin Love blocks Al Horford's shot	15	23
3:54	LeBron James defensive rebound	15	23
3:42	Tristan Thompson out of bounds lost ball turnover	15	23
3:21	Jae Crowder makes 19-foot jumper	17	23
3:04	Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)	17	26
2:45	Avery Bradley makes 21-foot jumper (Tyler Zeller assists)	19	26
2:42	Avery Bradley shooting foul (Kyrie Irving draws the foul)	19	26
2:42	Cavaliers Full timeout	19	26
2:42	Jaylen Brown enters the game for Jae Crowder	19	26
2:42	Terry Rozier enters the game for Marcus Smart	19	26
2:42	Iman Shumpert enters the game for JR Smith	19	26
2:42	Kyrie Irving makes free throw 1 of 3	19	27
2:42	Kyrie Irving makes free throw 2 of 3	19	28
2:42	Kyrie Irving makes free throw 3 of 3	19	29
2:27	Al Horford makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyler Zeller assists)	22	29
2:11	LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper	22	29
2:11	Celtics defensive team rebound	22	29
1:52	Jaylen Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper	22	29
1:52	Iman Shumpert defensive rebound	22	29
1:37	Kyrie Irving makes 26-foot three point jumper (Iman Shumpert assists)	22	32
1:24	Avery Bradley misses 19-foot jumper	22	32
1:23	Kyrie Irving defensive rebound	22	32
1:20	Jaylen Brown blocks Kyrie Irving 's 3-foot shot	22	32
1:19	Tristan Thompson offensive rebound	22	32
1:08	Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper	22	32
1:08	Terry Rozier defensive rebound	22	32
1:04	Tristan Thompson personal foul (Tyler Zeller draws the foul)	22	32
1:04	Kyle Korver enters the game for LeBron James	22	32
1:04	Kelly Olynyk enters the game for Al Horford	22	32
56.0	Terry Rozier makes layup (Tyler Zeller assists)	24	32
40.0	Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tristan Thompson assists)	24	35
29.0	Terry Rozier bad pass (Kyle Korver steals)	24	35
19.0	Kevin Love Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover	24	35
3.0	Kevin Love kicked ball violation	24	35
1.0	Jaylen Brown misses 10-foot jump bank shot	24	35
0.0	Terry Rozier offensive rebound	24	35
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	35

Bradley: We were leaving everything out on the court

1:45

Cavaliers
117
Celtics
104

Game 1

18/5

Cavaliers
130
Celtics
86

Game 2

20/5

Celtics
111
Cavaliers
108

Game 3

22/5

Celtics
99
Cavaliers
112

Game 4

24/5

Cavaliers
135
Celtics
102

Game 5

26/5

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

1:30 AM, 22 May 2017

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Dan Crawford
Marc Davis
David Guthrie

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	64	18	.780	-	W2
New York	50	32	.610	14	W5
Philadelphia	47	35	.573	17	W8
Brooklyn	32	50	.390	32	L2
Toronto	25	57	.305	39	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	49	33	.598	-	L2
Cleveland	48	34	.585	1	L1
Indiana	47	35	.573	2	W1
Chicago	39	43	.476	10	L1
Detroit	14	68	.171	35	L1

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