⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 36 from three- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 36
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 24-13 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q3 8:33 · PHX 64-68 CLE
- Steal
Marcus Morris stole it from Luol Deng
Q4 0:30 · PHX 99-107 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Channing Frye flagrant foul type 1 (Tristan Thompson draws the foul)
Q4 3:34 · PHX 90-102 CLE
- Turnover
Gerald Green bad pass
Q4 0:13 · PHX 99-107 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 0:01 · PHX 77-89 CLE
- Steal
Matthew Dellavedova stole it from Gerald Green
Q4 0:13 · PHX 99-107 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Spencer Hawes flagrant foul type 1 (Miles Plumlee draws the foul)
Q2 2:43 · PHX 41-53 CLE
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:20 · PHX 95-103 CLE
- Turnover
Luol Deng bad pass
Q4 0:30 · PHX 99-107 CLE
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
