⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 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, 25 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 21-9 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 10:26 · PHX 79-69 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 3:42 · PHX 97-85 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Turnover
Q4 2:28 · PHX 93-85 CLE
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
