⏱️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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 33-19 off them- A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 3:42 · CLE 23-22 PHX
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17
Q2 1:24 · CLE 67-50 PHX
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 23
Q3 1:13 · CLE 96-73 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 34 | Assists | 25 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
