Cleveland Cavaliers Shock Boston Celtics in Thrilling Upset
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00:03 We had an 11-game win streak at stake last night
00:08 for the Boston Celtics as the Seas went into Cleveland
00:11 against the Cavaliers.
00:12 Booked as an eight-point road favorite,
00:15 they had covered in the last five games
00:17 in the 11-game win streak.
00:18 And up by 22, with nine minutes remaining in regulation,
00:22 it seemed easy.
00:23 The R.S. that Boston would win 12 in a row
00:26 and more than likely cover for the sixth consecutive game.
00:29 But enter Dean Wade.
00:32 Dean Wade, the fourth-year NBA pro out of Kansas State,
00:36 who entering last night had scored three career
00:39 games of 20-plus points.
00:42 Scored 20 in the fourth quarter for the Cavaliers
00:45 as the Cavs come all the way back
00:47 to win outright 105-104 last night in the land.
00:51 Stays under the total, too.
00:53 We were talking about it yesterday.
00:54 You're trying to set this basketball game up.
00:56 And you know it's not going to be a good thing for the Cleveland
00:57 Cavaliers if the Boston Celtics do whatever
00:59 they want on offense, which means you're going
01:01 to have a higher tempo game.
01:02 That's the way it started last night, too, Ben.
01:04 33-25 at the end of the first quarter
01:06 looked like another easy win for the Boston Celtics.
01:09 And also, they were full gas in that starting lineup.
01:11 Tatum, 38 minutes.
01:12 Borzinga's 32.
01:13 Holiday, 36.
01:14 White, 35.
01:15 And Brown, 37.
01:16 They didn't shoot particularly well, just coming in just
01:18 under 42% from the three-point line.
01:21 They were fine, right around 40% as a team.
01:23 But also, in a game that's usually a slugfest, 105-104,
01:26 it's probably, oh, it's an ugly game, a lot of free throw
01:28 attempts.
01:28 That wasn't the case.
01:29 Only 12 total attempts here for the Boston Celtics,
01:32 11 total attempts for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
01:35 This game looked like it was going to be put away
01:37 with an easy Celtics victory until the fourth quarter
01:39 happened, 34-17 final of that fourth quarter, which
01:43 Cleveland won going away.
01:45 That's a nice win for the Cavaliers, a shocking defeat
01:47 for the Boston Celtics, who we were joking at.
01:49 Will they even lose another game down the stretch here?
01:52 It felt like they were running so hot.
01:53 But certainly, sometimes you get a little bit of bad breaks
01:55 here. The call at the end of the game overturned,
01:57 and away you go with the Cleveland Cavaliers' W.
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