CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Cavaliers fight to keep their season alive Wednesday night in Game 5 against the Boston Celtics.
After stealing Game 2 on the road, the Cavs dropped Games 3 and 4 to Cleveland. They were dealt a brutal blow, with Donovan Mitchell forced to miss Game 4 with a calf injury. It appears Mitchell and Jarrett Allen won’t be available for Game 5 either.
The Cavs showed they can play with the Celtics if they fight like they did in Game 4. They will have to start again to extend the series.
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4:57, 3Q: Evan Mobley converts a three-point play and a layup on consecutive possessions to cut Boston’s lead to 66-72.
8:39 a.m., 3Q: Al Horford hits a 3. Boston leads 69-57.
9:07, 3Q: The Celtics respond to five straight Cavs points with an 8-0 run to force a Cavs timeout. Boston leads 66-57.
Half time: Garland makes the technical free throw but fails to beat the halftime buzzer. Boston leads 58-52. Derrick White has 15 points to lead all scorers, while Marcus Morris leads the Cavs with 14.
4.3, 2Q: Jayson Tatum hits a 3 on Garland and is hit with a technical foul immediately afterward.
37.1, 2Q: Jayson Tatum makes two free throws to increase the lead to four.
40.2, 2Q: Sam Merrill makes an open 3. Boston leads 53-51.
2:00 p.m., 2Q: Jayson Tatum gets a dunk in transition to give Boston a five-point lead.
3:02, 2Q: Al Horford hits a 3 to give Boston a 51-48 lead.
4:02, 2Q: Derrick White makes a layup on one possession. The next time, he hits a 3 to tie the score at 48.
5:16 p.m., 2Q: Morris hits a mid-range jumper to give the Cavs a 48-43 lead.
5:29 p.m., 2Q: JB Bickerstaff requests a waiting period.
6:29, 2Q: Al Horford responds to another Morris bucket with a 3.
7:12.2Q: Morris responds to a Jaylen Brown layup with a 3 from the top of the arc. The Cavs lead 44-40.
7:42, 2Q: Darius Garland scores a left-handed floater on a step-by-step move to keep the Cavs up three.
8:21, 2Q: Jaylen Brown scores on Max Strus to cut the lead to one point.
8:59, 2Q: Sam Merril and Evan Mobley score five quick points to give Cleveland a 39-36 lead.
10:08, 2Q: Max Strus hits a 3 to tie the score at 34 and force a Boston timeout.
10:43, 2Q: Sam Hauser and Issac Okoro trade 3s to keep the lead at three.
11:38, 2Q: Payton Pritchard hits a 3 to give Boston a 31-28 lead.
End of 1st Q: Tristan Thompson is called for goalie during a layup attempt by Sam Hauser. The score was tied at 28 heading into the second quarter.
1:14, 1Q: Darius Garland makes a floater to tie the game. A few possessions later, Garland got to the free throw line and sank a pair to give the Cavs a 28-26 lead.
2:48, 1Q: Strus finds Mobley for an alley-oop, but a Payton Pritchard 3 gives Boston a 26-24 lead.
3:17 p.m., 1Q: Marcus Morris hits a 3 after a Luke Kornet dunk to cut Boston’s lead to 23-22.
4:19, 1Q: Dean Wade hits a 3 to answer a Derrick White layup.
5:19 p.m., 1Q: Tatum responds to four straight Cavs points with a 3 down.
6:25 p.m., 1Q: Evan Mobley makes a layup after a Derrick White 3. Jayson Tatum comes back the other way with a dunk to give Boston a 16-12 lead and force a Cavs timeout.
7:12 a.m., 1Q: Al Horford responds to a Marcus Morris jumper with a 3. Darius Garland comes back down and makes a floater to give Boston the lead 11-10.
8:49 a.m., 1Q: Max Strus makes a 3 to tie the score at six.
10:21, 1Q: Derrick White hits a three on an assist from Jrue Holiday. Boston leads 6-3.
10:58, 1Q: Jaylen Brown hits a 3 from the corner to tie the game.
11:15 a.m., 1Q: Max Strus commits a foul while shooting a 3 following a block by Evan Mobley on Jayson Tatum. Strus makes all three free throws to put the Cavs on the board first.
12:00 p.m., 1Q: The Cavs win the first game.
