⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 40 points inside to 24
A 15-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 17 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 6:22 · CLE 23-21 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 10:44 · CLE 39-26 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - J.R. Smith and P.J. Tucker
Q3 9:00 · CLE 61-37 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:41 · CLE 2-8 PHX
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 17
Q3 1:47 · CLE 80-63 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q4 5:54 · CLE 84-73 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
