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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suns | 32 | 31 | 34 | 20 | 117 |
 Cavaliers | 41 | 29 | 21 | 20 | 111 |
PHXTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 46-8454.8% | 12-3237.5% | 13-1968.4% | 42 | 23 | 14 |
| CLE | 40-8447.6% | 15-4632.6% | 16-1984.2% | 37 | 30 | 12 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Phoenix Suns117| 39 | 37 | 14-26 | 5-10 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +7.7 | ||||||
| 38 | 27 | 11-22 | 1-7 | 4-4 | 0 | +12 | +4.8 | |||||||
| 36 | 14 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 2-2 | +5 | +2.8 | ||||||||
| 36 | 24 | 10-19 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | +6 | +5.6 | |||||||
| 29 | 9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-6 | 0 | −3 | −4.7 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −7.6 | ||||||
| 18 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | +5 | +2.8 | |||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −1.9 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.2 | ||
| Team | 117 | 46-8454.8% | 12-3237.5% | 42 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 13-1968.4% | 12 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 6 points on 3 for 6 shooting
Did not play: Thaddeus Young and Ish Wainright (coach’s decision); Josh Okogie (injury/illness).
Cleveland Cavaliers111| 39 | 13 | 4-12 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 0 | −10 | −2.8 | |||||||
| 38 | 15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0 | −4 | +3.5 | |||||||
| 36 | 30 | 10-17 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +4.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 17 | 7-16 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | +5.1 | |||||||
| 25 | 8 | 3-9 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −7.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 13 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −2.5 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −3.2 | |||
| 12 | 9 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −4 | +4.5 | |||||
| Team | 111 | 40-8447.6% | 15-4632.6% | 37 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 16-1984.2% | 10 | 9 | 0 | |||
Bench 28 points on 11 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Ty Jerome (injury/illness); Pete Nance and Emoni Bates (coach’s decision).
Suns117Cavaliers111ClickTap 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.
Kevin Durant scored 37 points (19 in the third quarter), and the Phoenix Suns rallied from 19 points down in the second quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-111.
The Suns trailed 63-44 with 4:50 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Cavaliers 73-48 the rest of the way.
The Cavaliers had the ball down 2 with 1:11 left, but Drew Eubanks stole the ball from Jarrett Allen, lifting the Suns’ chance to win from 71% to 73%. A basket would have tied the game.
Devin Booker’s 2 free throws with 10.3 seconds left made it 117-111 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Cavaliers 9-4. Booker scored 4 of the Suns’ 9 on 1 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Booker had 27 points and 7 assists, and Bradley Beal added 24 points (11 in the second quarter) and 3 steals. The Suns had 3 20-point scorers. Durant and Booker set each other up for 7 baskets and 19 points, 5 of them 3-pointers.
For the Cavaliers, Darius Garland scored 30 points with 7 3-pointers, and Caris LeVert added 17 points and 11 assists.
The Suns shot 54.8% from the field and 37.5% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 47.6% and 32.6%. The Cavaliers outscored the Suns 28-6 off the bench. The Suns did not make a field goal in the last 3:43.
Phoenix SunsCleveland CavaliersPS, 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. The Suns’ chance bottomed out at 5.3% (2nd quarter, 5:59 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
104 points from the field on 84 shots: 16.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-17 | 76.5% | 66% |
| In the paint | 4-6 | 66.7% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 17-29 | 58.6% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-8 | 25.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-24 | 41.7% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georges Niang | 26 | 10 | 4-6 | 0 |
| Jarrett Allen | 10 | 8 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Isaiah Mobley | 10 | 14 | 5-7 | +10 |
| Caris LeVert | 10 | 0 | 0-3 | −4 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 5 | 2-7 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 37 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caris LeVert | 26 | 6 | 3-5 | −4 |
| Isaac Okoro | 20 | 13 | 5-6 | +5 |
| Georges Niang | 9 | 8 | 4-4 | +4 |
| Darius Garland | 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 6 | 3-10 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Okoro | 24 | 5 | 2-4 | −2 |
| Darius Garland | 14 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Caris LeVert | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Sam Merrill | 7 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 9 | 3-8 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 20 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.
CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Durant 27' 3PT Jump Shot (37 PTS) (Beal 4 AST)
Q4 3:43
19.3%
34→14
Booker 1' Driving Layup (23 PTS)
Q4 7:02
17.6%
55→37
Merrill 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Okoro 3 AST)
Q4 9:43
13.9%
29→43
Porter Jr. 1' Driving Dunk (11 PTS) (Niang 1 AST)
Q4 4:04
12.5%
21→34
Durant 28' 3PT Jump Shot (24 PTS) (Booker 5 AST)
Q3 4:41
11.0%
32→21
