Phoenix Suns 88, Cleveland Cavaliers 90 — Recap

January 4, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 88, Cleveland Cavaliers 90. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 14-15 CLE; Q2 PHX 29-18 CLE; Q3 PHX 21-26 CLE; Q4 PHX 24-31 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Chris Paul (PHX) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Caris LeVert (CLE) 21 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-20 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 15 points, 18 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-12 shooting; Landry Shamet (PHX) 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Chris Paul

25 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · CLE

Caris LeVert

21 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 7-11 FG

Scoring · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

20 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 6-20 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
PHX	14	29	21	24		88
CLE	15	18	26	31		90

🧮 How They Scored

PHXCLE

36Points in the paint38

3Fast-break points6

9Second-chance points8

8Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

45.7%Effective FG%46.1%

12.8%Turnover %13.8%

17.0%Offensive rebound %14.6%

0.222Free-throw rate0.299

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Chris Paul G	40	25	4	8	2	0	1	9-17	3-5	4-4	+7
Deandre Ayton C	37	15	18	1	1	0	3	7-12	0-1	1-2	-5
Landry Shamet G	36	14	4	3	1	0	0	4-12	2-6	4-4	0
Mikal Bridges F	36	10	7	4	1	2	1	3-15	1-4	3-4	-12
Torrey Craig F	24	4	5	3	1	0	1	1-3	0-1	2-2	-5
Dario Saric F	19	10	4	1	0	0	1	4-7	2-3	0-0	-2
Damion Lee G	16	2	2	2	1	1	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	-2
Ish Wainright F	12	6	1	0	1	0	1	2-4	2-3	0-0	+10
Cameron Payne G	9	2	1	2	0	0	3	1-5	0-2	0-0	-2
Bismack Biyombo C	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-2	+5
Duane Washington Jr. G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Caris LeVert G	38	21	6	2	2	1	2	7-11	5-7	2-3	-8
Donovan Mitchell G	36	20	6	9	2	0	4	6-20	3-12	5-5	+9
Cedi Osman F	33	12	3	1	1	0	1	4-12	2-6	2-4	+11
Jarrett Allen C	33	2	8	0	1	1	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	+5
Evan Mobley F-C	32	6	8	1	2	0	4	2-9	0-0	2-2	-8
Kevin Love F-C	22	6	8	1	0	1	2	1-7	0-6	4-4	-1
Raul Neto G	21	14	2	0	1	1	0	5-7	0-1	4-4	+4
Isaac Okoro F-G	19	7	4	1	0	0	0	3-7	1-3	0-1	+5
Lamar Stevens F	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Chris Paul	Bench	40	25	66.6	23.0	+11.4	18.8
Deandre Ayton	Bench	37	15	58.2	20.3	-3.2	19.4
Landry Shamet	Bench	36	14	50.9	17.9	+1.3	7.5
Mikal Bridges	Bench	36	10	29.8	24.0	-13.3	6.6
Dario Saric	Bench	19	10	71.4	21.6	-3.1	16.4
Ish Wainright	Bench	12	6	75.0	17.9	+37.0	6.4
Torrey Craig	Bench	24	4	51.5	9.1	-6.2	9.9
Damion Lee	Bench	16	2	25.0	12.2	-8.0	5.2
Cameron Payne	Bench	9	2	20.0	42.1	-11.8	-11.3
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	9	0	0.0	9.1	+21.3	-3.8
Josh Okogie	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jock Landale	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Duane Washington Jr.	Bench	2	0	0.0	33.3	-80.0	-42.9

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Caris LeVert	Bench	38	21	85.2	17.5	-10.7	18.3
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	36	20	45.0	32.5	+11.3	13.2
Raul Neto	Bench	21	14	79.9	20.0	+14.2	17.2
Cedi Osman	Bench	33	12	43.6	20.0	+16.7	4.6
Isaac Okoro	Bench	19	7	47.0	16.7	+15.0	9.0
Kevin Love	Bench	22	6	34.2	22.0	-2.2	3.2
Evan Mobley	Bench	32	6	30.4	20.6	-12.9	4.9
Jarrett Allen	Bench	33	2	33.3	5.5	+5.0	7.3
Lamar Stevens	Bench	6	2	100.0	7.1	-53.0	3.6
Robin Lopez	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Mobley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0