⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 33 from three
- A 15-0 run took them from 11 down to 4 up in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 9 rebounds to 28
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 7:24 · CLE 56-42 PHX
- Lead
LeBron James hit a 19-foot jumper
Q4 1:51 · CLE 106-104 PHX
- Ties it
LeBron James hit a driving layup
Q4 0:22 · CLE 108-108 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 1:17 · CLE 34-31 PHX
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 11 down to 4 up
Q3 9:00 · CLE 76-80 PHX
- Winner
Shawn Marion hit a running jumper, Boris Diaw with the assist
Q4 0:01 · CLE 108-110 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire lost ball
Q4 2:48 · CLE 104-104 PHX
- Turnover
Steve Nash traveling
Q4 2:19 · CLE 104-104 PHX
- Turnover
Boris Diaw bad pass
Q4 1:40 · CLE 106-104 PHX
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 17 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
