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Celtics at Cavaliers · Thu, Apr 1 · 7:00 PM ET

Boston at Cleveland. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Celtics edges

No clear mismatch in Boston's favor.

Cavaliers edges

No clear mismatch in Cleveland's favor.

Key battles

  • Cleveland's offense shoots efficiently (4th), but Boston's defense contests every shot (4th). Watch the shooting.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
BOSRankStatRankCLE
121.72ndOffensive rating6th120.2
113.54thDefensive rating15th116.0
+8.23rdNet rating9th+4.1
94.230thPace13th99.1
55.311thEffective FG %4th56.1
10.51stTurnover %9th11.7
29.26thOffensive rebound %9th26.9
16.729thFree throw rate16th20.6
52.34thOpponent eFG %14th54.3
11.026thForced turnover %13th12.5
75.74thDefensive rebound %11th74.4
18.95thOpponent FT rate17th20.9

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Celtics5-5 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. W
  7. L
  8. W
  9. W
  10. W

Cavaliers4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. L

2025-26 series: Wed, Oct 29 CLE 105, BOS 125 · Sun, Nov 30 BOS 117, CLE 115 · Sun, Mar 8 BOS 109, CLE 98

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers