113 - 129

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Rocket Arena

Officials: Courtney Kirkland, Eric Dalen, and Dannica Baroody

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Phoenix Suns	21	33	35	24	113
Cleveland Cavaliers	37	30	29	33	129

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Phoenix Suns	113	42-105	40.0%	15-36	41.7%	14-16	87.5%	19	61	23	20	8	13	5
Cleveland Cavaliers	129	48-96	50.0%	15-38	39.5%	18-22	81.8%	14	58	32	17	7	14	9

PLAYER STATS


Phoenix Suns	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Dillon Brooks^SF	34:29	20	7-15	2-4	4-4	0	3	3	3	3	0	1	4	-13
Royce O’Neale^PF	27:07	9	4-10	1-6	0-1	0	3	3	1	1	0	4	0	-16
Mark Williams^C	23:42	2	0-3	0-0	2-2	4	4	8	2	0	1	1	1	-12
Devin Booker^SG	32:42	32	13-25	2-4	4-4	0	2	2	4	1	1	1	5	-12
Collin Gillespie^PG	27:14	17	6-15	5-11	0-0	2	4	6	5	2	1	2	2	-17
Jordan Goodwin	22:22	4	1-11	0-2	2-3	8	7	15	1	1	0	1	3	-11
Ryan Dunn	19:23	6	2-7	2-4	0-0	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	2	-11
Oso Ighodaro	20:37	0	0-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	-12
Jamaree Bouyea	15:10	18	7-12	2-3	2-2	2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	-4
Isaiah Livers	05:54	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
Khaman Maluach	03:34	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8
Rasheer Fleming	03:34	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8
Nigel Hayes-Davis	03:34	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	8
Nick Richards	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grayson Allen	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Koby Brea	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Green	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cleveland Cavaliers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Dean Wade^SF	23:23	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	4	5	2	2	0	0	0	4
Evan Mobley^PF	28:40	16	7-10	0-1	2-3	2	8	10	5	1	5	2	3	15
Jarrett Allen^C	26:36	16	7-12	0-0	2-2	3	8	11	3	0	0	2	0	18
Donovan Mitchell^SG	29:52	34	10-18	4-7	10-12	2	8	10	7	2	1	4	4	17
Darius Garland^PG	28:59	19	7-13	2-7	3-3	0	1	1	6	1	0	3	1	15
Sam Merrill	22:47	16	6-14	4-9	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	4	14
Jaylon Tyson	31:06	18	7-16	3-6	1-2	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	12
Craig Porter Jr.	28:24	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	4	5	9	3	1	1	0	2	8
Nae’Qwan Tomlin	12:29	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	2	0	1	-7
Tyrese Proctor	03:34	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	-8
Thomas Bryant	03:33	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8
Lonzo Ball	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
De’Andre Hunter	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Livingston	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Nance Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Strus	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Travers	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

WateryPasta | Cavaliers

74 | 9 hours ago

I love Jaylon Tyson

dylofpickle | Cavaliers

13 | 9 hours ago

Am I remembering wrong or was Tysons 3pt shot never mentioned in his draft coverage?

archivedpear

9 | 9 hours ago

it wasn’t really the best part of his game and didn’t seem like would be his go to skill. he was able to shoot, it wasn’t a glaring hole so it just wasn’t really covered like that. he shot 36% his season at cal on 139 total attempts. so like not a huge total volume. he’s already made more this season on similar slightly less volume

Sweatytubesock

1 | 8 hours ago

It was mentioned as needing work due to a clumsy release. I’m sure he’s worked his ass off improving it. He’s also really improved his decision making with the ball - last year he was being sloppy too often passing. Still happens occasionally, but he’s worlds better.

DatGinga | Cavaliers

3 | 8 hours ago

His form remains…odd, to the point that some part of me still goes NO NO NO when he goes to shoot but it’s becoming clear that I need to tell that part of myself to STFU because he has been absolute money all season. What an awesome draft pick in a historically bad draft.

Giuseppe_exitplan | Magic

8 | 9 hours ago

He looks much better than last season.

LakeErieMonster88 | CLE

4 | 8 hours ago

Confident, under control, and touch around the rim. Money 3 ball doesn’t hurt one bit

thecameraman8078 | Cavaliers

4 | 9 hours ago

I agree, Go Cavs

VolumeValuable3537

68 | 9 hours ago

Devin Booker 3rd quarter heroics just for the lead to balloon to 20 while he sits

Schristie007 | CLE

31 | 9 hours ago

He was on fire. One of those runs where no matter what the defense did he was making the shot it felt like.

VolumeValuable3537

17 | 9 hours ago

I don’t think I’ve seen him make back to back 3’s since October.

DarthGamer2004 | Suns

4 | 9 hours ago

What has actually happened to his 3 ball man

Sikkly290 | Suns

-1 | 9 hours ago

Booker cannot shoot well from 3 and middies, this is a known fact for 90% of his career.

No but real I think whenever he tweaks his hammy it takes months for him to figure his 3 ball back. I expected him to struggle with it for awhile.

BigAcanthocephala358

9 | 9 hours ago

Middies? He is one of the best mid-range shooters in the league

Sikkly290 | Suns

6 | 8 hours ago

Its an old joke, old suns heads will recognize it for sure.

GolfShred

1 | 7 hours ago

To be fair. Most nights someone steps up and helps with the scoring. Didn’t happen tonight.

calebkeith | CLE

63 | 9 hours ago

Sit Lonzo = we’re back

Weak-Application-146

37 | 9 hours ago

Who knew missing half your team and playing a less than G league bench for a month would make you a shit team. Mysterious.

Snorlaxative9 | Cavaliers

6 | 8 hours ago

Truly puzzling.. better trade DG!

Uhavetabekiddingme

37 | 9 hours ago

Maybe the Cavs aren’t dead yet?

doodoovoodooo | Cavaliers

29 | 9 hours ago

Some Suns flair was telling me that the Cavs suck a few days ago, so this was a pleasant watch.

defiantcross | Suns

20 | 9 hours ago

I never bought into that. Always knew you guys were gonna be trouble.

this game ended up very similar to that Detroit/Lakers game a couple nights back. 4th quarter just stopped trying it seems.

PrimeShaq | Australia

6 | 9 hours ago

You mean like yesterday?

defiantcross | Suns

8 | 9 hours ago

I forget it was last night lol. Yeah

Thehelloman0 | Spurs

8 | 8 hours ago

A front court of Mobley and Allen with Mitchell at the guard spot is really good. If Garland can get back to how he was last season the cavs seed will keep going up. I was surprised people were acting like the cavs would stick around 0.500

yjk924 | Cavaliers

1 | 7 hours ago

The problem is that Garland usually doesn’t stay healthy, last year we had ty jerome to be a third creator. We brought in lonzo to try to be that guy but it hasnt worked out. I actually think tyson is starting to show that he can be the bench creator. Deandre hunter disappearing this year and missing strus at the same time hasnt helped.

Thehelloman0 | Spurs

1 | 7 hours ago

I never trusted Hunter much despite his good scoring numbers. He seemed like an empty stats guy to me on the hawks. Counting on Lonzo was a huge gamble, he has sadly had horrible injury luck

yjk924 | Cavaliers

1 | 7 hours ago

There really wasnt much else to do with the roster since mobley won dpoy and his extension became 47m. Wemby being out last year is gonna hurt us for years especially if Mobley doesnt take the next step offensively. I was at the game today, it seems like his offense has regressed since last year, he needs all of his shots created for him by garland or mitchell

heat_fan_ | Raptors

29 | 9 hours ago

Spida absolutely balled out

Cavs are putting it together finally

SquidwardLover48 | Cavaliers

31 | 9 hours ago

All it took was some health, effort & sending lonzo to guantanamo bay

PrimeShaq | Australia

8 | 9 hours ago

RIP Zo.

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

29 | 9 hours ago

Mitchell having the best season of his career

Weak-Application-146

-8 | 9 hours ago

Going to be a tough All NBA year with Cade and Brunson.

LakeErieMonster88 | CLE

16 | 8 hours ago

Its positionless now right?

Ok_Possible_5702

9 | 8 hours ago

not hard at all, given that All-NBA has been positionless for a few years.

DDBull | Spurs

25 | 9 hours ago

I love watching Donovan Mitchell play. Glad Cavs are back

okaybrah | CLE

21 | 9 hours ago

Built in excuse for Suns fans; Ott felt bad for the shit Atkinson is getting and laid one up for his former boss.

blueclown562000 | Suns

11 | 9 hours ago

You know what… You might be right 🤔

CAM2772

23 | 9 hours ago

Tyson looks like an absolute steal. He’s shown so much growth this year

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

18 | 9 hours ago

Cavs: The rumors of our demise has been greatly exaggerated.

Unusual-Ask6933 | Celtics

14 | 9 hours ago

I feel like the Cavs are turning a new leaf

Weak-Application-146

15 | 9 hours ago

If this Cavs team gets healthy, not out of the question that they could go on a 2021-22 Celtics type regular season turn around.

WateryPasta | Cavaliers

29 | 9 hours ago

I just hope when Strus comes back they don’t diminish Tyson’s role. He’s a godsend of a player

DirectInvestigator66 | Cavaliers

7 | 9 hours ago

Strus is exactly the type of player that makes the Cavs better though, look how much better we are when Merrill plays.

aroach1995 | Cavaliers

7 | 9 hours ago

He will be back. He is waiting for his hairline to come in

DirectInvestigator66 | Cavaliers

9 | 9 hours ago

Pacers started last year 15-15. It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.

StudiousLebronJames

16 | 9 hours ago

booker must’ve fucked adam silvers wife idk why the refs hate him so much. bro literally had a knife cut in his arm after a drive and couldn’t get a call

DM_yo_Feet_pls | Suns

13 | 9 hours ago

Haha he got a tech for his efforts instead. NBA refs hate the suns

cavsking21 | Cavaliers

-11 | 9 hours ago

He’s physical himself when he drives so not gonna get a ton of calls.

StudiousLebronJames

15 | 9 hours ago

and guys like shai or luka aren’t lmaoo. can u even name a single star player who isn’t physical when they get into the paint?

starbuck012

11 | 9 hours ago

Or Mitchell? Book just doesn’t act enough.

DirectInvestigator66 | Cavaliers

3 | 9 hours ago

Mitchell doesn’t act, you didn’t see the post a couple weeks ago comparing Free Throw rates among volume scorers?

starbuck012

3 | 8 hours ago

I wasn’t trying to imply that he does, but I see that I did. I’m a suns fan, and have to watch a lot of Luka and SGA, so it’s a season long frustration. I was adding Mitchell to the list above it. I love his game.

cavsking21 | Cavaliers

-3 | 9 hours ago

I don’t think Shai particularly is. He’s more shifty than Booker.

StudiousLebronJames

7 | 9 hours ago

shais go to move in the midrange is literally a pushoff into a stepback or just forearming someone out the way on a drive. idk what ur talking ab

kingofnick | Suns

14 | 9 hours ago

So are all the top free throw attempts guys in the league.

Luka is as physical as anyone, it’s why he’s able to overcome his lack of athleticism and quickness. He doesn’t seem to struggle to get calls though.

VolumeValuable3537

10 | 9 hours ago

Not understanding the reasoning on that sir.

CruzAndChill

6 | 9 hours ago

Yeah that was easily the worst explanation i’ve heard on this sub for a while wtf

cavsking21 | Cavaliers

-3 | 9 hours ago

When players initiate contact, they are more likely to not get calls when players hit back.

VolumeValuable3537

6 | 9 hours ago

Makes sense, but even on the drive where Booker was sliced on the arm to the point of bleeding without initiating contact, it was crickets from the refs.

CruzAndChill

13 | 9 hours ago

Was hoping to finish the road trip and end the year with a win, but I’ll take the loss missing Graysen Allen and Jalen Green.

DirectInvestigator66 | Cavaliers

9 | 9 hours ago

Cavs have the Nuggets (who are super injured) and Detroit (with a chance to go 2-0 against them) next, both at home. The Houston game was ugly but really ever since Garland started looking like himself a week and half ago the Cavs have started to look like themselves.

Thehelloman0 | Spurs

6 | 9 hours ago

So did Goodwin miss a ton of putbacks or something? ¹⁄₁₁ and 8 offensive rebounds makes it seem likely. Also how does a 6’3 guy get 8 offensive rebounds and 15 total rebounds in 20 minutes lol

VolumeValuable3537

5 | 8 hours ago

He’s not a good finisher and will either shot ⁴⁄₄ from 3 or ¹⁄₉.

Giuseppe_exitplan | Magic

4 | 9 hours ago

Jamaree Bouyea is having a great year for a 6’2 undrafted guard that has been on 5 different teams in the last 3-4 years. He only played a total of 19 games in that span of time too.

Edit: in 16 games, playing 15 minutes a game, he averages 7/2/2 almost.

magic_spam

6 | 9 hours ago

I’m hoping after we trade Richards and or Royce we give Bouyea a full contract. He’s such a well rounded player perfect on any bench

WasteAd7284

2 | 6 hours ago

Mobley’s importance was talked about so much last season, and people seem to have completely ignored his absence.

A_Mellow_Fellow | Cavaliers

-9 | 9 hours ago

Genuinely hope the Suns get their backs blown out by whoever they face in the play in.

BigAcanthocephala358

22 | 9 hours ago

Booker has one of the worst whistles of any all-star level player.

A_Mellow_Fellow | Cavaliers

6 | 9 hours ago

I agree

cavsking21 | Cavaliers

10 | 9 hours ago

Ott has them playing pretty well tbf but Brooks is such a dick lmfao

Foyerfan | Suns

5 | 7 hours ago

Damn dude what did we do to you lmao

A_Mellow_Fellow | Cavaliers

1 | 4 hours ago

Dillon Brooks. Its always just Dillon Brooks.

Foyerfan | Suns

2 | 4 hours ago

My man didn’t even do anything this game lol

CruzAndChill

2 | 9 hours ago

Thanks, and we will lol. Making the play-in alone is overachieving for this team. You guys are all in and won’t sniff the ECF, Pistons and Knicks are beating y’all.

A_Mellow_Fellow | Cavaliers

2 | 9 hours ago

Cleveland going all the way babyyy.

Forgive me. I’ve been drinking some delusion juice today.

Living-Reference1646 | Suns

7 | 9 hours ago

No need to be sorry! That’s the whole point, being delusional every year until it happens

NiceHandsLarry11

3 | 6 hours ago

Do your thing booboo.

Easy_Magician_925

2 | 8 hours ago

Suns are all in. Its just to people not on the team.

WateryPasta | Cavaliers

-10 | 9 hours ago

I didn’t realize Booker was that much of a whiner

A_Mellow_Fellow | Cavaliers

28 | 9 hours ago

To be fair the refs were pretty terrible tonight. Id be pissed too if I had a gash in my arm without a call lol

blueclown562000 | Suns

6 | 9 hours ago

Exactly, Idk how they are surprised someone with a horrible whistle whines about it

kingofnick | Suns

15 | 9 hours ago

I mean, the dude was getting a bunch of contact with no calls. On one play he literally got scratched and was bleeding on the arm, and no call.

He does whine though, I’ll give you that.

VolumeValuable3537

8 | 9 hours ago

Funny you say that cause Booker gets hit to the point of bleeding but still no call

CruzAndChill

-3 | 9 hours ago

Cavs commentary was a joke haha. On the play where Garland flops, they tried to call out Booker for pushing off with his arm on the replay, and it was crickets when they saw he didn’t extend his arm at all.

Fynity | Cavaliers

1 | 6 hours ago

He did extend his arm what are you smoking? Like sure garland oversold but it was a clear offensive foul, just one refs don’t seem to call anymore

CruzAndChill

-1 | 5 hours ago

His arm wasn’t extended at all, there was no push-off aside from using his shoulder, and If you think that’s a clear offensive foul, then you’ve clearly never watched a Thunder game, because SGA does that all the time.

Fynity | Cavaliers

2 | 4 hours ago

Bruh I’m not gonna sight every player who does this. Of course other players do it, heck my team does it here and there. It was obviously a flop but he flopped to try sell the also obvious offensive foul. Not sure how to comment photos but you can just watch the clip and freeze frame

jacu1 | Suns

4 | 9 hours ago

Was literally bleeding from him arm and that play resulted in him getting a tech. fuck up

russellarth

-11 | 9 hours ago

We can stop pretending Booker was ever on the level Mitchell is.

Ok_Feed_4235 | Bucks

17 | 9 hours ago

Booker averaged 34/5/7 on 70 TS% in a playoff run. Stop with this bullshit

russellarth

-6 | 9 hours ago

Chris Paul showed up then disappeared. Then Booker disappeared.

Funny how that works.

Durant showed up and was like…nahhhh.

SugarFreeCummiBears

6 | 9 hours ago

Booker made the NBA finals in his first playoff run and Mitchell has never made it past the second round while being on the 1st seeded team TWICE and having TWO SEPARATE DPOYs playing with him.

russellarth

-7 | 9 hours ago

lmao…Booker was dragged by Chris Paul to the Finals. Then…nothing.

Mitchell has never played with a Chris Paul or Durant.

VolumeValuable3537

4 | 9 hours ago

Like when Booker dropped back to back 40 bombs while the rest of the team faded away which ultimately led to Booker running out of gas?

russellarth

1 | 9 hours ago

Booker is shooting 30% from 3 the past two years. He sucks.

VolumeValuable3537

1 | 9 hours ago

Yeah sure we can. Booker was better than Mitchell in 2020,2021,2022,2023,and 2024. Only this year has Mitchell become better than Booker.

russellarth

9 | 9 hours ago

Mitchell was 1st Team All-NBA last year.

VolumeValuable3537

-3 | 9 hours ago

I still give Booker 2024, mainly first half of 2024 and Mitchell was a little better in the back half of 2024 because there were stretches where Booker would get 50,40,30 points in consecutive games. And then he had that stretch with 46,62,44.

russellarth

8 | 9 hours ago

lmao, ok, you are delusional. Mitchell was better last year, and much better this year.

But you have your own weird opinions!

VolumeValuable3537

1 | 8 hours ago

Booker was better in every stat except for rebounds (4.5 to 4.1) ,steals (1.3 to 0.9), turnovers (2.9 to 2.1) and 3 point percentage (36.8 to 33.2), yet led in essentially everything else. Cavs had the benefit of having a much more functional team.

russellarth

6 | 8 hours ago

uhhh… and wins. What is everything else? You just named like some of the most important things.

You don’t think his poor 3-point shooting affects his impact? He’s not considered a great defender.

VolumeValuable3537

2 | 8 hours ago

And what was the point of 64 wins just to get embarrassed in the 2nd round? Booker led in points, assists, overall fg%, ft%, and had more double doubles,

russellarth

2 | 8 hours ago

Again, you had a “super team” and didn’t make the playoffs lmao.

Mitchell has made the playoffs every year. Never played with Durant lmao.

VolumeValuable3537

2 | 8 hours ago

Mitchell didn’t have Durant, but he did play with Mike Conley, two different DPOY’s, and one of the best front courts of this decade. The fact you called the 2025 suns a super team tells me how much ball knowledge you have.

StudiousLebronJames

3 | 9 hours ago

booker literally played better this game with much less help and a far worse whistle lmao. 6 of mitchell’s points came from the signature dame move where u flail 30 ft out off a DHO and pretend like u got fouled on a 3pt shot

russellarth

4 | 9 hours ago

ok…this seems like cope.

VolumeValuable3537

3 | 9 hours ago

A lot of talk from a team that keeps falling in the second round.

russellarth

5 | 9 hours ago

Brother, you had Booker, Durant and Beal and didn’t make the playoffs. Like, literally, you thought you all had title aspirations. And then…did nothing.

And you’ll likely be out in the play-in again. But Booker is great! (Keep telling yourself that.)

Kuntsaw | Suns

5 | 8 hours ago

Let’s keep Beal out of these, he’s ass

russellarth

2 | 8 hours ago

That’s fine, I think people just act like Mitchell has been in amazing situations.

Mitchell has done more with less. Booker has done less with more.

Give Mitchell, Durant or Chris Paul.

StudiousLebronJames

2 | an hour ago

this is a pretty bad argument and u know it. in 2023 booker had kd and an injured chris paul and guess what he did, 33ppg and 8 assists on nearly 70%ts and singlehandlely took 2 games off the super nuggets that breezed their way to a ring. literally what more can a player do to try to win and what would mitchell magically do that booker can’t 🤣. cuz their playoff stats are pretty much identical but booker is more efficient. and bookers played pg for multiple seasons cuz the suns couldn’t even get a normal functioning pg once cp3 got cooked and booker was forced to play out of position. aside from 2021 and 2022, booker has never had a great well rounded team. ur just looking at the big names he’s played with, and both those big names weren’t even in their prime lmao. cp3 was good for 1.5 years of the 4 years they were together before he completely fell off a cliff, not to mention his inability to be healthy in the playoffs. they got a post prime kd who is a great player in a vacuum but a terrible fit given their roster construction. mitchell’s current team with garland, mobely, allen and a million shooters and 2 way players and lob threats who have all bought into a system and are coached well is better than just old kd and a bunch of bots with no defense. they literally went thru like 3 coaches in 3 seasons cuz the team was so dysfunctional. also mitchell didn’t need to force a trade when his team became shit. booker has stuck with it thru bad and good. come up with a better argument next time

VolumeValuable3537

1 | 8 hours ago

Sounds like pure hate. You make Cavs fans seem bad. Good luck getting second rounded again.

russellarth

1 | 8 hours ago

Sports baby. Good luck!

GeneralJMan | Cavaliers

4 | 8 hours ago

A lot of talk from a team that missed the playoffs with Kevin Durant

jacu1 | Suns

1 | 9 hours ago

Not really that’s literally what happened

russellarth

2 | 9 hours ago

? Mitchell was three assists from a triple double and we won by 16…I’ll be confident in my opinion that Mitchell was better.

NegbombDB

0 | 8 hours ago

In no way did Booker outplay Mitchell this game.

StudiousLebronJames

1 | an hour ago

yea cuz ur a box score watcher lol. booker was getting doubled and blitzed all game and still had like a 20pt 3rd quarter. the moment he sat to begin the 4th the cavs went up by fucking 20. mitchell was seeing single coverage all game cuz hes playing alongside an all star pg, a billion different shooters and an all star front court. also he had a much friendlier whistle this game. idk why this is still an argument, mitchell has never been better than booker, this is the one year u can slightly argue he is and its cuz booker is on a much much inferior team

The Cleveland Cavaliers (19-16) defeat the Phoenix Suns (19-14), 129-113, as Donovan Mitchell leads the Cavs with 34/10/7 in 30 minutes