⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 28 from three
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 19-8 off them
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 23
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Hakim Warrick turnover
Q4 3:10 · PHX 96-94 CLE
- Turnover
Channing Frye lost ball
Q4 1:35 · PHX 101-96 CLE
- Missed FT
Jared Dudley misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:23 · PHX 101-96 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 0:59 · PHX 81-86 CLE
- Steal
Antawn Jamison stole it from Channing Frye
Q4 1:35 · PHX 101-96 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Manny Harris bad pass
Q4 2:58 · PHX 96-94 CLE
- Turnover
Alonzo Gee turnover
Q4 0:47 · PHX 104-96 CLE
- Missed FT
J.J. Hickson misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:17 · PHX 106-98 CLE
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
