The game between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers will take place at TD Garden on Wednesday, March 1 at 7:30 PM ET.
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The Boston Celtics will welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to TD Garden for an NBA game on Wednesday. The Boston Celtics lost 109-94 in their last game over the Knicks. Malcolm Brogdon scored 22 for the Celtics (44-18), who were missing All-Star Jaylen Brown due to personal reasons. They slipped percentage points behind Milwaukee (43-17), which has won 14 straight games and now owns the NBA’s best record.
Marcus Smart added 19 points but Boston missed 20 of its first 22 attempts from 3-point range and had its three-game winning streak snapped. Tatum beat the 76ers on Saturday in Philadelphia with a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left for a 110-107 victory, but couldn’t get his outside shot going Monday. He missed his first six 3-point tries and finished 1 for 9 behind the arc. Even when he got inside, things didn’t work out. Mitchell Robinson stuffed his dunk attempt in the first half, and Tatum’s driving dunk in the third quarter was followed by his first technical foul for his reaction afterward, believing he was fouled.
He picked up his second and was thrown out moments after his final 3-point miss in the fourth, screaming and gesturing at halfcourt believing he was fouled. Tatum said he didn’t know the difference between normally keeping his temper in check but going too far Monday. “But all the great players get thrown out a few times in their career, so it’s good for my rep,” he said.
The Cleveland Cavaliers on the other hand won 118-93 against the Raptors in their last game. Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points and Jarrett Allen had 23 points and 11 rebounds, sending the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 118-93 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night. Mitchell made eight 3-pointers — one shy of his career high — and had six rebounds and four assists in 31 minutes as the Cavaliers snapped their three-game losing streak and remained fourth in the Eastern Conference.
Darius Garland added 18 points and 11 assists, and Evan Mobley had 18 points and nine rebounds for Cleveland, which built a 110-80 lead in the fourth quarter and improved to 26-7 at home this season. “We hadn’t played our best basketball the last three games, so we just came out and were aggressive,” said Mitchell, who scored 13 points in both the second and third quarters. “Darius got us going scoring-wise and the rest of us took over from there.”
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum, Al Horford, Robert Williams III, Marcus Smart, Derrick White
Cleveland Cavaliers: Evan Mobley, Isaac Okoro, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell
Boston Celtics: Mike Muscalal, Danilo Gallinari
Cleveland Cavaliers: None
The game between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers will take place at TD Garden on Wednesday, March 1 at 7:30 PM ET.
The match between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers will be telecast live on NBC Sports Boston, ESPN, Bally Sports Ohio, Fox Sports Ohio.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | NBC Sports Boston, ESPN, Bally Sports Ohio, Fox Sports Ohio. | March 1 (7:30 PM ET) |
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