⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 30 rebounds to 42
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 4:41 · CLE 21-16 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:20 · CLE 34-41 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 11:15 · CLE 58-67 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 10:00 · CLE 87-99 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
