⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 3- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the fourth 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 0:45 · PHX 35-23 CLE
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q4 11:13 · PHX 105-88 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 3:15 · PHX 20-22 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Collin Sexton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 11:15 · PHX 73-52 CLE
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 13 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 28 | Assists | 17 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 1 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
