⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 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, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 32- Gave up second chances, 22 offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 3:30 · CLE 64-77 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Ira Newble Technical Foul
Q2 5:41 · CLE 34-44 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:11 · CLE 2-10 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joe Johnson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 5:41 · CLE 34-44 PHX
- Missed FT
Shawn Marion missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 3:20 · CLE 58-77 PHX
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 31% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
