⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 fifteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 34 from three
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 9:22 · PHX 65-77 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 6:16 · PHX 77-82 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marquese Chriss misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:28 · PHX 106-109 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 4:35 · PHX 21-34 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
Q4 2:12 · PHX 109-115 CLE
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 15 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
