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#pounditSaturday, November 2, 2024

Celtics fans head for the exits very early in Game 2 vs. Cavaliers

Celtics fans leaving TD Garden

Several Boston Celtics fans on Thursday made sure to get ahead of the parking lot rush at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.

The Celtics were walloped 118-94 by the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinals matchup.

Celtics fans were seen leaving in droves well before the final buzzer. The mass exodus began with 4:58 left in what was then a 111-87 contest.

A 24-point lead isn’t completely insurmountable in five minutes. The 64-18 Celtics, of all teams, have shown that they’re capable of erasing big leads in a hurry this season.

But Celtics fans clearly weren’t optimistic about Boston’s chances at that point — and they were right.

Boston suffered a similar meltdown in Game 2 of their first-round series against the Miami Heat. They lost by double digits to a Heat team that used a barrage of threes to bury Boston.

Cleveland copied the Game 2 formula from Miami. The Cavaliers outshot the Celtics from the field (54.7% to 41.3%) and most significantly from the three-point line (46.4% to 22.9%).

The Cavaliers had three players hit the 20-point mark, led by Donovan Mitchell’s 29 points on 10/19 shooting from the floor.

None of the Celtics’ starters shot better than 50% from the field. They shot a combined 23/61 (37.7%).

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