Game 1 of the Boston Celtics vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers is now history with the Cavs taking the game handily with a 113-100 conquest.
Many have predicted the game, and the series, to go the Cavs’ way so the pressure was all on the home team to make the prognosticators look good. While the game was hardly in doubt, the Celtics did lead by eight midway through the second quarter and were also within six late in the third to make the game interesting.
Much of the story can be told from the statistics after the game and it gives us a good look at what happened in the game that led to Cleveland’s victory.