⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
+4Q130-29
-9Q223-30
-1Q322-23
-13Q416-27
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 30-15 off them- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 4
- A 15-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 21 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
4Fast break points17
1Blocks5
21%Three-point accuracy42%
15Points off turnovers30
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:33 · PHX 86-97 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 21
Q4 6:28 · PHX 86-107 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
