{"id":127998,"date":"2024-11-20T10:41:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T03:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127998"},"modified":"2024-11-20T10:41:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T03:41:42","slug":"celtics-hot-shooting-ends-cavaliers-unbeaten-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127998","title":{"rendered":"Celtics&#8217; hot shooting ends Cavaliers&#8217; unbeaten streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/bontemps_tim.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Tim Bontemps, ESPN<span class=\"timestamp \">Nov 19, 2024, 09:33 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>BOSTON &#8212; Before the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"ec79ad1f-e6d2-7762-a2db-7fe97d35126b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/cle\/cleveland-cavaliers\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> put their perfect 15-0 start to the season to the test Tuesday night at TD Garden against the defending NBA champion <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2ca761df-5f60-b2e9-22ed-e099c46d889b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/bos\/boston-celtics\">Celtics<\/a>, Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson was asked what he hoped to get out of the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want feedback,&#8221; Atkinson said. &#8220;More feedback. Hopefully we&#8217;ll see this team down the road and down the road in an important game. On the other hand, I don&#8217;t want to blow this game out of proportion. It&#8217;s that balance, but it&#8217;s more anxious to see where we are. And we all know our schedule has not been the hardest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re playing an elite team &#8212; the top team in the league. So I just can&#8217;t wait to get some feedback from the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over the next 48 minutes, Atkinson got his wish. The result? Boston, despite a stellar push from Cleveland after halftime, had enough to hold off the Cavaliers 120-117, ending Cleveland&#8217;s unblemished start.<\/p>\n<p>The loss left the Cavaliers tied for the second-longest winning streak to begin a season in NBA history &#8212; though undoubtedly earning Cleveland some respect in the process.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Respect, however, doesn&#8217;t always translate to wins. And after spending almost a month with a zero in the loss column, Cleveland now has a number there thanks to a 33-point, 12-rebound, 7-assist effort from <a data-player-guid=\"ed3343b0-2ffa-f6b4-e422-3a1920938c81\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4065648\/jayson-tatum\">Jayson Tatum<\/a>, one of six Celtics to score in double figures.<\/p>\n<p>Boston went white-hot from beyond the 3-point arc, going 22-for-41 from deep, as the Celtics &#8212; who led by as many as 21 &#8212; held off a charge from Cleveland in the second half as the Cavaliers pounded away in the paint.<\/p>\n<p>If these teams meet again in the playoffs next spring &#8212; as they did in the Eastern Conference semifinals last season &#8212; the matchup probably will be one split along the same battle lines as Tuesday with the Celtics trying to dominate the 3-point line and the Cavaliers attempting to do the same in the paint.<\/p>\n<p>In this one, both teams got what they wanted. Boston shot 14-for-22 from deep in the first half &#8212; the single-best 3-point shooting half by the Celtics in the past 25 years, with a minimum of 20 attempts. The Celtics, however, shot 22-for-45 from inside the arc, whereas Cleveland was 36-for-64 from 2, including owning a 60-36 edge in points in the paint.<\/p>\n<p>It was a parade of trips to the rim by Cleveland in the third quarter, in particular, that allowed Atkinson&#8217;s team to get back in the game, as the Cavaliers scored 22 points in the paint in the quarter alone &#8212; as many as Boston had in the game to that point.<\/p>\n<p>By then, the celebratory mood at TD Garden early gave way to a bitterly competitive one &#8212; complete with the crowd roaring in applause and dismay in ways that would&#8217;ve felt at home if this had been a continuation of last spring&#8217;s playoff series. That included the physicality with which both teams played, and the lack of fouls called in spite of it.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, though, Boston had enough to hold off Cleveland&#8217;s comeback, with a key <a data-player-guid=\"930f5cd6-6d49-6508-6824-19fc78e33a32\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4066354\/payton-pritchard\">Payton Pritchard<\/a> 3-pointer with 5:31 remaining putting Boston up 107-100, creating enough separation to ensure Cleveland&#8217;s perfect start came to a close.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said he was looking at this game as an opportunity for his Celtics (12-3) to shore up specific things that have troubled them lately &#8212; individual defense and positioning, and rebounding, in general.<\/p>\n<p>How did that work out? Boston won the rebounding battle 42-41, despite playing against the combination of <a data-player-guid=\"27839f34-323e-31ce-9bfb-3708571bef5a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4432158\/evan-mobley\">Evan Mobley<\/a> (22 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists) and <a data-player-guid=\"2c854df9-a5a0-0096-9a6e-c13cefab21d0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4066328\/jarrett-allen\">Jarrett Allen<\/a> (10 points, 11 rebounds) throughout, and with <a data-player-guid=\"a1f467e2-5304-c8c1-db23-80fe313c3d7c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3102531\/kristaps-porzingis\">Kristaps Porzingis<\/a> still recovering from offseason surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Boston&#8217;s individual defense, meanwhile, had a huge impact on <a data-player-guid=\"eb092265-024f-9840-7f49-507cfcab5aab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4396907\/darius-garland\">Darius Garland<\/a>, who had only eight points on 3-for-21 shooting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/42495720\/celtics-hot-shooting-ends-cavaliers-unbeaten-streak\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Bontemps, ESPNNov 19, 2024, 09:33 PM ET BOSTON &#8212; Before the Cleveland Cavaliers put their perfect 15-0 start to the season to the test Tuesday night at TD Garden &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127998\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}