⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-7Q130-31
+3Q223-18
-5Q319-24
+7Q423-13
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22
Key battles
27Free throws made7
2Threes made5
13Turnovers22
16Assists25
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire Technical Foul
Q4 1:00 · PHX 91-82 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ricky Davis missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 1:00 · PHX 91-82 CLE
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
