⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seven- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 11
- Made six threes 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 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 6:57 · PHX 39-44 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 4:31 · PHX 50-46 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 9:12 · PHX 71-52 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · PHX 97-90 CLE
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:23 · PHX 97-90 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 13
Q3 3:12 · PHX 78-65 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
