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James, as usual, was very good, with 44 points, including just one made three. He shot 60.7 percent from the field. He did have 7 turnovers though, and the play got a bit sloppy when the Cavs built a lead, which led to the Celtics starting to push for a comeback, primarily on the back of Terry Rozier and Jayson Tatum, but it was too little too late.
Boston was within seven late in the fourth, but the Cavs were able to put them away.Boston made plenty of mistakes in the first quarter alone, missing on four dunks. They came out and put down a couple dunks in the second, almost as if they wanted to prove that yes, they could still do it. But they quickly fell behind the Cavs, who shot better from range and made fewer mistakes throughout the first half.
Kevin Love had 11 rebounds, while Tristan Thompson had 12, along with 13 points. There were just 15 assists all game for the Cavs. Kyle Korver had 14 points and a couple key blocks.For the Celtics, Jaylen Brown led the way with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. The Celtics had 21 assists as a team, but shot a measly 41.2 percent overall and 32.1 percent from range. Tatum finished with 17 points and an assist.
Game 5 should be very, very interesting given the way the first two games were so slanted and how ... that definitely wasn’t the case in Games 3 and 4. The fifth game, at the TD Garden, is set for 8:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday.Below, you can check the live blog and highlights as Game 4 happened.
LeBron James is averaging 3.7 miles per hour in the conference finals, the second-slowest pace among all players remaining (with the Warriors' Zaza Pachulia being the slowest at 3.59 miles per hour) and the slowest pace in the Eastern Conference finals. James, however, wants nothing to do with pace stats. At 33 years old with 15 years of NBA experience under his belt, he claims that he's still working as hard as anyone.
"That's the dumbest s--- I've ever heard," James told The Athletic's Jason Lloyd after the Cavaliers' Game 4 win. "That tracking bulls--- can kiss my ass. The slowest guy? Get out of here."
Ask Cavaliers fans if they care how fast James is moving. James added those stats don't pick up the fact that he's playing 38.75 minutes per game, and by the end of the game he's utterly exhausted.
"Tell them to track how tired I am after the game, track that s---," he said. "I'm No. 1 in the NBA on how tired I am after the game."
James has visibly been exhausted at points in this postseason. Indeed, after the Cavaliers beat the Pacers in seven games in the first round, James was so gassed that at his press conference he simply said "I'm burnt right now. I'm not thinking about Toronto right now until tomorrow. I'm ready to go home," when asked about the Raptors.
James put up 44 points to even the series up 2-2, including a beautiful basket after a Kevin Love Hail Mary that James had to wrestle for.Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue also has an explanation for the slow pace, which is that James really isn't being asked to move all that much.
"If you think about it, he don't really move unless he gets the ball in transition," Lue told The Athletic. "Then he's flying. Other than that, he ain't doing no movement. The last couple games, the movement we've had, we got him holding while everybody else is moving around. He's just standing. He ain't going to move."
Given that tracking is based on average pace, if James is stationary on the floor that would affect his numbers. James doesn't seem to be sweating it either way. He knows how hard he's working on the floor. And if that gets the Cavaliers wins, it'll be good enough for him.
The Cleveland Cavaliers finally struck back and won a contest against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2018 NBA Playoffs. The Cavs are still down a game in the series, but have a chance to even things up at home in Game 4 this evening. Boston hasn’t been close to the same team on the road as it has at home during the playoffs, compiling a meager 1-5 record away from the TD Garden (where it is 9-0 so far this postseason). The C’s only road win came in overtime against the Philadelphia 76ers in the previous round. If they can overcome their road woes to notch a “W” on Monday night, the Celtics will have a shot at securing their first NBA Finals appearance since 2010 when they head home for Game 5.
Oddsmakers aren’t giving Boston much of a chance on the road, however, opening the club as a large, seven-point underdog for Game 4. The Cavs easily covered the 6.5-point spread in Game 3, dominating from the opening tip to the final whistle to complete a 116-86 loss. Cleveland had its back to the wall for that matchup, needing to come up with a victory to avoid a dreaded 0-3 hole that would basically decide the series, given that no team in 130 tries has ever overcome that deficit in the history of the NBA Playoffs. With the series now at 2-1, Boston is still a slight favorite to clinch an improbable Finals berth at -130, while the Cavs are a minor underdog at +110.
Will the Cavskeep their foot on the gas and pull even in the ECF, or will the Celtics finally put their road woes behind them and get a much-needed away win this evening? Jon Price of SportsInformationTraders.com was asked for his take on this critical Game 4 battle and came up with a best bet against the spread for readers. Before getting to the pro handicapper’s predictions, take a look at the complete schedule, tip-off start time, TV channel, live stream coverage and more for this Cavs-Celtics showdown. You can also find an updated NBA Playoff bracket, tweets, quotes and more.
