⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 33 from three
- Beaten inside, 44 points in the paint to 60
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 3:47 · PHX 32-18 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q2 6:39 · PHX 56-30 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 1:48 · PHX 122-101 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q3 11:24 · PHX 74-56 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q3 8:38 · PHX 77-66 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q3 0:00 · PHX 98-85 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 18 | Threes made | 7 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 28 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
