⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 11
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 8:49 · PHX 35-33 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 10:32 · PHX 60-51 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q4 3:36 · PHX 118-92 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
