⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the first quarter- They shot well above their usual, fourteen of 26 from three
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 2:57 · PHX 77-76 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Landry Shamet technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:39 · PHX 85-104 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q1 7:35 · PHX 16-24 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q4 8:37 · PHX 81-97 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
