⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-10Q118-27
+4Q228-22
-10Q319-28
-6Q419-25
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 34- Made one threes to their seven
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
7Threes made1
30%Three-point accuracy20%
17Free throws made27
11Turnovers18
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
