⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 42 from three
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 31
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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 7:24 · CLE 17-10 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 5:52 · CLE 78-62 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses technical free throw
Q1 5:50 · CLE 17-13 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 19 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
