Here’s last night’s key stat -- .927. That represents Boston’s Defensive Rebounding Percentage for last night’s ECF Game 5. (The Cleveland Cavaliers’ OR% was .073.)
Ty Lue’s troops missed 43 FGA’s – one fewer than did the C’s – two of which were quarter-ending heaves. A Boston player rebounded 36 of the remaining 41 misfires, a Cleveland player just THREE. (Boston was awarded possession of the other two “clanks” by virtue of a Team Rebound.)
Ironically, the little Q2 Morris-Nance “dust-up” sparked put-backs on the next two Cav possessions and a quick 12 – 3 run, cutting a 17-point bulge to eight.