⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 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 ten- Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their thirteen
- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 34
- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 15-7 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 11:27 · CLE 36-27 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 11:18 · CLE 70-48 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q3 0:36 · CLE 98-70 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 1 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
