⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
0Q133-31
0Q226-26
+3Q325-21
+1Q431-28
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of seventeen from three- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 16-5 off them
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 44
Key battles
16Points off turnovers5
5Steals1
65%Three-point accuracy35%
11Fast break points5
🏀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
Steve Nash technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:02 · PHX 83-77 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 1 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
