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7 stats explaining how the Celtics pushed the Cavs to the brink

One. That’s the number of wins standing between the Celtics and a place in the NBA Finals. Win in Cleveland, or back home in Boston, and Brad Stevens’s team will be moving on to face the Golden State Warriors or the Houston Rockets.

The Celtics put themselves in that position by knocking off the Cavaliers 96-83 in yet another game that gave white-knucklers watching at home room to relax. No game in the Eastern Conference finals has been decided by fewer than nine points.

Here are some of the stats that explain how the Celtics pushed the Cavs to the brink:

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The number of turnovers the Cavaliers committed in Game 5.