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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 35 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 112 |
 Suns | 26 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 98 |
CLETeam statsPHX| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 45-7857.7% | 11-2937.9% | 11-1764.7% | 39 | 29 | 14 |
| PHX | 37-8444.0% | 14-2653.8% | 10-1190.9% | 36 | 22 | 16 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers112| 35 | 22 | 8-17 | 2-5 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +22 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 34 | 14 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +1.4 | |||||
| 30 | 22 | 7-12 | 2-7 | 6-6 | 0 | +3 | +0.6 | |||||||
| 29 | 13 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | +4 | +10.4 | ||||||
| 23 | 14 | 5-9 | 4-6, Ties his career high | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −0.6 | ||||
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| 28 | 13 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +28 | +5.2 | ||||||
| 18 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −4.8 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −2.0 | ||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −5.3 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | +3.0 | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.6 | ||
| Team | 112 | 45-7857.7% | 11-2937.9% | 39 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 11-1764.7% | 3 | 8 | 5 | |||
Bench 27 points on 12 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Robin Lopez (coach’s decision).
Phoenix Suns98| 38 | 15 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | 4-14 | 3-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −5.2 | |||||
| 30 | 14 | 6-16 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −5 | +2.1 | ||||||
| 26 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 24 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −3.4 | |||||||
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| 26 | 7 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −4.4 | ||||
| 25 | 25 | 9-18 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.6 | |||||
| 18 | 14 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | −9 | +4.1 | ||||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −7.1 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.4 | |||
| Team | 98 | 37-8444.0% | 14-2653.8% | 36 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 10-1190.9% | 6 | 7 | 2 | |||
Bench 50 points on 17 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers112Suns98ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Phoenix Suns 112-98.
Caris LeVert’s 10-foot pull-up jumper put the Cavaliers ahead for good with 34 seconds left in the third quarter.
Early in the fourth quarter, Darius Garland had 2 steals, 1 of them during a 12-0 Cavaliers run, and the Cavaliers scored 2 points off them.
Garland had 22 points and 7 assists. Donovan Mitchell added 22 points, and Jarrett Allen had 13 points (10 in the paint) and 12 rebounds.
For the Suns, Duane Washington Jr. scored 25 points (11 in the second quarter) with 5 3-pointers off the bench.
The Cavaliers shot 57.7% from the field to the Suns’ 44.0%. The Suns got 6 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Cavaliers 50-27 off the bench. The Cavaliers outscored the Suns 19-4 in 7 minutes with Neto, LeVert, Garland, Stevens and Mobley on the floor together.
Cleveland CavaliersPhoenix SunsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
101 points from the field on 78 shots: 17.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-20 | 80.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 10-17 | 58.8% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-12 | 66.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-6 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-23 | 34.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikal Bridges | 36 | 11 | 5-7 | −4 |
| Landry Shamet | 6 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Torrey Craig | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Deandre Ayton | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 8 | 2-3 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landry Shamet | 26 | 9 | 4-7 | 0 |
| Mikal Bridges | 13 | 0 | 0-3 | −4 |
| Torrey Craig | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Josh Okogie | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 7 | 2-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torrey Craig | 14 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Landry Shamet | 9 | 6 | 2-4 | +5 |
| Duane Washington Jr. | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Mikal Bridges | 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 42 possessions. He usually scores about 6 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
PHX win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Washington Jr. 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Bridges 2 AST)
Q3 1:48
13.2%
43→56
Garland 27' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q4 11:12
12.2%
46→34
Craig 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Ayton 5 AST)
Q3 10:16
9.9%
37→47
Mitchell 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (19 PTS)
Q3 1:36
9.5%
56→47
Landale 1' Putback Layup (7 PTS)
Q3 1:10
9.5%
47→56
