⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 33 from three
- Beaten inside, 20 points in the paint to 64
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 dragged them back level
Q1 2:13 · PHX 27-27 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 11:14 · PHX 74-66 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:32 · PHX 95-100 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:00 · PHX 6-13 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 4:22 · PHX 84-83 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 11:14 · PHX 93-97 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 2:19 · PHX 106-113 CLE
- Missed FT
Sasha Pavlovic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:42 · PHX 111-118 CLE
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 17 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 20 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
