*Saturday’s game includes the only 2 Eastern Conference teams to lose each of their last 3 games.–The first 2 losses of the Cavaliers’ most recent losing streak marked the first time in 20 months that they dropped consecutive contests by more than 15 points each.
*The Cavaliers have the 2nd-worst road record and scoring margin in the NBA this season.
*For the first time since the break between their final preseason game and opening night, the Celtics will have more than 2 days off between games.
–The Celtics get 5 full days off before facing the Cleveland Cavaliers at TD Garden on Saturday.
*Heading into Saturday, there have been 161 different 30-point performances in the NBA this season, and none of them have been against the Celtics.
–The C’s remain the only NBA team to not allow a 30-point scorer against them in 2013-14.
–In fact, every other team in the league has given up at least 2 of these performances.
*Jeff Green is 1 of 5 players to score at least 30 points against the Cavaliers this season.
–Green has scored 25 points per game in his last 3 games against Cleveland.
–He has topped 20 points only once in his 11 games played since he scored the most points of any Celtic in a game this season.
*Kyrie Irving is 1 of 3 Eastern Conference players to score at least 30 points on 6 or more different nights this season.
–However, Irving has scored only 28 points combined in his last 2 games against the Celtics.
*Avery Bradley led the Celtics with 13 points against the Pacers.
–For the first time in almost 800 games, the Celtics had a leading scorer with 13 or fewer points.
–The last time the Celtics had a leading scorer with 13 or fewer points in a regular season or playoff game was March 23, 2005 when Antoine Walker led the Celtics with just 13 points in a 107-82 loss to the Knicks.
*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Cavaliers
–The Celtics and Cavaliers have alternated their wins and losses each of the last 5 meetings.
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