Cleveland Cavaliers – Boston Celtics · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 29 October 2025

CLE105–125BOS

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· The win probability swung between the two teams 19 times

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↑ BOS winsCLE wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when BOS leads and falls when CLE does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jaylen Brown decided it, the Boston Celtics player with the most points (30, with 5 rebounds and 4 assists; +20 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Neemias Queta's (+25). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

Boston Celtics 125-105 Cleveland Cavaliers (October 29, 2025) was not decided in the closing minutes: the Boston Celtics went ahead for good in the second quarter (3:02 left), with a three-pointer by Jaylen Brown for 60-57, and never gave up the lead.

The biggest run of Boston Celtics 125-105 Cleveland Cavaliers (October 29, 2025) was a 9-0 run by the Boston Celtics in the second quarter (from 1:13 to 16.9 s), from 63-59 to 72-59. The Cleveland Cavaliers' best was a 8-0 run in the first quarter (from 8:31 to 7:55), from 5-9 to 13-9.

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I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

This is how the two teams compared in passes and jump shots.

Cleveland made 265 passes and Boston made 304.
CLE 265304 BOS
Cleveland made 23 of 65 jump shots and Boston made 29 of 75.
CLE23/65
BOS29/75

Passes come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game: each team's total adds up its players' passes. Jump shots come from ESPN's play-by-play: every field-goal attempt ESPN logs as a jump shot counts, threes included.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · CLE

Porter · Nance · Proctor · Bryant · Travers

Closing lineup · BOS

Garza · Gonzalez · Tillman · Scheierman · Walsh

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CLE

Evan Mobley

34′ · -22

Donovan Mitchell

32′ · -6

De'Andre Hunter

30′ · -25

Jaylon Tyson

27′ · -10

Jarrett Allen

25′ · -4

Lonzo Ball

24′ · +1

Dean Wade

18′ · -5

Craig Porter Jr.

22′ · -3

Larry Nance Jr.

14′ · -7

Tyrese Proctor

9′ · -9

Thomas Bryant

3′ · -5

Luke Travers

3′ · -5

BOS

Derrick White

35′ · +15

Josh Minott

33′ · +8

Payton Pritchard

32′ · +18

Jaylen Brown

32′ · +20

Neemias Queta

26′ · +25

Anfernee Simons

26′ · +6

Luka Garza

16′ · -1

Sam Hauser

21′ · +4

Hugo Gonzalez

4′ · -2

Xavier Tillman

4′ · -1

Baylor Scheierman

10′ · +5

Jordan Walsh

1′ · +3

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. CLE and BOS.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Mitchell, Allen, Hunter, Mobley, and Tyson played 8.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 12 points.
Mitchell, Allen, Hunter, Wade, and Mobley played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Nance, Mitchell, Mobley, Porter, and Proctor played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

Boston Celtics

Brown, White, Queta, Pritchard, and Minott played 14.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 19 points.
Brown, Simons, Pritchard, Garza, and Hauser played 6.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
White, Simons, Queta, Minott, and Scheierman played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Ball, Mitchell, Allen, Porter, and Tyson played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Ball, Mitchell, Allen, Wade, and Porter played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Ball, Mitchell, Hunter, Wade, and Mobley played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Ball, Hunter, Wade, Mobley, and Porter played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Ball, Hunter, Mobley, Porter, and Tyson played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Nance, Mitchell, Mobley, Porter, and Tyson played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Bryant, Travers, Porter, Tyson, and Proctor played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Nance, Ball, Allen, Hunter, and Tyson played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Ball, Hunter, Wade, Mobley, and Tyson played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Nance, Ball, Hunter, Mobley, and Tyson played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Mitchell, Hunter, Wade, Mobley, and Tyson played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

Boston Celtics

White, Simons, Queta, Hauser, and Scheierman played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Brown, White, Simons, Hauser, and Minott played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Brown, Simons, Pritchard, Garza, and Minott played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
White, Simons, Tillman, Hauser, and Gonzalez played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
White, Queta, Pritchard, Hauser, and Minott played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Brown, White, Simons, Garza, and Minott played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Brown, White, Pritchard, Garza, and Minott played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
White, Pritchard, Garza, Hauser, and Minott played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Derrick White covered 4.09 km, more than anyone in the game.

Derrick White touched the ball 86 times, a game high.
Payton Pritchard made 63 passes, a game high.
Luka Garza defended 6 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Neemias Queta had 25 rebound chances, a game high.

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Evan Mobley	3.56	6.8	74	50
Donovan Mitchell	3.39	6.8	59	42
Jaylon Tyson	3.23	7.9	43	27
De'Andre Hunter	3.14	6.8	47	24
Lonzo Ball	2.83	7.5	56	48
Jarrett Allen	2.72	6.9	29	17
Craig Porter Jr.	2.72	7.7	30	23
Dean Wade	2.16	7.8	19	13
Larry Nance Jr.	1.50	7.0	10	7
Tyrese Proctor	0.97	7.0	10	8
Thomas Bryant	0.32	6.5	5	3
Luke Travers	0.32	6.7	3	3

Boston Celtics

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Derrick White	4.09	7.6	86	58
Payton Pritchard	3.68	7.5	79	63
Josh Minott	3.64	7.1	36	22
Jaylen Brown	3.43	7.0	62	36
Anfernee Simons	3.07	7.5	37

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

This is how each team's plays were shared among its players.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Evan Mobley	34:06	29.6
Donovan Mitchell	31:56	21.6
De'Andre Hunter	30:14	27.0
Jaylon Tyson	26:31	20.6
Jarrett Allen	25:02	19.7
Lonzo Ball	24:23	11.1
Craig Porter Jr.	22:15	12.0
Dean Wade	17:36	11.9
Larry Nance Jr.	13:49	9.7
Tyrese Proctor	8:33	11.8
Luke Travers	2:47	0.0
Thomas Bryant	2:47	33.3

Boston Celtics

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Derrick White	34:49	29.1
Josh Minott	32:55	14.8
Jaylen Brown	31:50	29.1
Payton Pritchard	31:43	19.0
Anfernee Simons	26:22	17.5
Neemias Queta	25:39	13.8
Sam Hauser	21:12	25.0
Luka Garza	16:20	19.0
Baylor Scheierman	10:14	0.0

Usage is the NBA's official figure (NBA.com) for this game: out of every 100 team plays while he was on the floor, how many he finished with a shot, a turnover or free throws.

Who guarded whom

Josh Minott guarded Evan Mobley for 6.4 minutes, over 39 possessions.
In that time, Evan Mobley scored 2 points and made 0 of 5 shots.
Evan Mobley guarded Josh Minott for 6.0 minutes, over 27 possessions.
In that time, Josh Minott scored 3 points and made 1 of 4 shots.
Jarrett Allen guarded Neemias Queta for 5.6 minutes, over 25 possessions.
In that time, Neemias Queta scored 4 points and made 1 of 1 shots.

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Cleveland Cavaliers defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Mobley	Minott	6.0	27	3 (1/4)
Allen	Queta	5.6	25	4 (1/1)
Hunter	Brown	5.3	25	13 (5/8)
Porter	Simons	4.1	18	3 (1/3)
Ball	Simons	3.8	16	6 (2/4)
Wade	White	3.5	18	2 (0/2)
Mitchell	Pritchard	3.3	18	2 (1/1)
Mobley	Garza	3.0	11	2 (1/2)
Tyson	White	2.8	13	3 (1/1)
Mobley	Queta	2.6	9	0 (0/2)
Mitchell	Scheierman	2.5	8	0 (0/0)
Mitchell	White	2.4	12	4 (1/3)
Tyson	Pritchard	2.4	11	0 (0/5)
Hunter	Minott	2.3	9	5 (2/2)
Porter	Pritchard	2.2	8	2 (1/2)
Nance	Hauser	2.1	8	0 (0/0)

Boston Celtics defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Minott	Mobley	6.4	39	2 (0/5)
Brown	Hunter	5.0	28	7 (2/5)
Queta	Allen	4.6	24	0 (0/1)
Pritchard	Mitchell	4.5	24	6 (2/3)
Simons	Porter	2.8	16	0 (0/0)

Matchups come from the NBA's tracking (NBA.com) for this game: how long each defender guarded each attacker and what the attacker produced in that time. Only matchups of two minutes or more are shown.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2025-26 regular season, not this game.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Evan Mobley contested 10.3 shots per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 3 of 399 in the league.
Jarrett Allen contested 8.0 shots per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 20 of 399 in the league.
Donovan Mitchell deflected 2.9 passes per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 31 of 399 in the league.

Boston Celtics

Jaylen Brown recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 13 of 399 in the league.
Neemias Queta contested 7.8 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 24 of 399 in the league.
Derrick White drew 0.10 charges per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 29 of 399 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Boston Celtics have won 170 of their 284 games against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

170-114record of the Boston Celtics · NBA 1970-71 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Game context

Attendance

19.156

102.9% of capacity

TD Garden · Boston

Scoring

230

combined points

1.2 below the season average (231.2)