⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 41- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 19-7 off them
- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 32
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:47 · CLE 9-2 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 7:48 · CLE 18-7 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q1 3:31 · CLE 29-12 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Anderson Varejao technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:54 · CLE 93-77 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:05 · CLE 70-49 PHX
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
