⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 10- A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up in the third quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dion Waiters and Shannon Brown
Q3 9:32 · CLE 39-41 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up
Q3 3:00 · CLE 63-77 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 9:47 · CLE 62-75 PHX
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
