⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 26- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 48
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ricky Davis missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 8:47 · CLE 10-12 PHX
- Technical
Tyrone Hill Technical Foul
Q2 0:55 · CLE 44-54 PHX
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Technical Foul
Q3 9:07 · CLE 48-59 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 26 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
