⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers 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, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the second quarter
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
Tyson Chandler offensive foul (Iman Shumpert draws the foul)
Q4 0:46 · PHX 95-96 CLE
- Turnover
Tyson Chandler turnover
Q4 0:46 · PHX 95-96 CLE
- Turnover
P.J. Tucker bad pass turnover
Q4 0:11 · PHX 95-99 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q2 5:47 · PHX 49-58 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tristan Thompson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:35 · PHX 84-92 CLE
- Turnover
Matthew Dellavedova bad pass
Q4 3:13 · PHX 89-94 CLE
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
