NBA
Regular Season Round 129: Phoenix Suns - Cleveland C. 101-110
Date: March 12, 2014
Kyrie Irving scored 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and the Cleveland Cavaliers spoiled the return of Phoenix's Eric Bledsoe with a 110-101 victory over the Suns on Wednesday night. Spencer Hawes added 19, 17 in the first quarter, and Luol Deng scored 18 as the Cavs snapped a four-game losing streak. Bledsoe, who underwent knee surgery and missed 33 games, had 15 points on 5 for 16 shooting and a team-high nine assists. Goran Dragic scored 20 points, Markieff Morris 18 and Channing Frye 17 in the Suns' third straight loss. Irving also had nine rebounds and six assists for the Cavs, who never trailed, building a 14-point first-quarter lead. The Suns twice cut it to two in the third quarter. Phoenix fell two games behind Memphis and Dallas for the final two playoff spots in the West. Cleveland led by 15 in the opening minutes of the third quarter but the Suns, behind Dragic's 11 third-quarter points, cut it to two twice late in the period, the last time on Gerald Green's 11-footer in the lane that made it 77-75 with 35.9 seconds left. But after the teams traded baskets, Dion Waiters made a 3 at the buzzer to put Cleveland up 82-77 entering the fourth. It was part of a 12-2 run that gave the Cavaliers an 89-77 lead on Irving's 18-footer with 10:15 to play. Green's steal and breakaway dunk cut it to 89-81, but Irving scored eight, including two 3s, in a 9-3 spurt and the Cavs led 98-84 with 6:33 left. Green had eight points on 4 of 14 shooting, 0 for 6 from 3-point range as the Suns went 10 for 36 from beyond the arc to Cleveland's 12 of 24. The Cavs outrebounded Phoenix 51-36. The Suns also struggled from the foul line, going 13 of 22 to Cleveland's 22 of 27. Hawes scored 17 in the first quarter, including 3 of 3 3-pointers, as Cleveland took a 37-24 lead. It was the highest-scoring first quarter of the season for the Cavaliers. Phoenix never got closer than nine in the second quarter. Markieff Morris scored inside to make it 46-37, but Tristan Thompson made a 6-footer and Deng made a 3 and Cleveland led 51-37 with 4:01 left in the half. The Cavs were up 60-47 at the break, outrebounding the Suns 25-13 and making 8 of 11 3s to Phoenix's 5 of 18 in the first two quarters. Courtesy of: abcnews.go.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
Regular Season Round 129: Phoenix Suns - Cleveland C. 101-110
Date: March 12, 2014
Kyrie Irving scored 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and the Cleveland Cavaliers spoiled the return of Phoenix's Eric Bledsoe with a 110-101 victory over the Suns on Wednesday night. Spencer Hawes added 19, 17 in the first quarter, and Luol Deng scored 18 as the Cavs snapped a four-game losing streak. Bledsoe, who underwent knee surgery and missed 33 games, had 15 points on 5 for 16 shooting and a team-high nine assists. Goran Dragic scored 20 points, Markieff Morris 18 and Channing Frye 17 in the Suns' third straight loss. Irving also had nine rebounds and six assists for the Cavs, who never trailed, building a 14-point first-quarter lead. The Suns twice cut it to two in the third quarter. Phoenix fell two games behind Memphis and Dallas for the final two playoff spots in the West. Cleveland led by 15 in the opening minutes of the third quarter but the Suns, behind Dragic's 11 third-quarter points, cut it to two twice late in the period, the last time on Gerald Green's 11-footer in the lane that made it 77-75 with 35.9 seconds left. But after the teams traded baskets, Dion Waiters made a 3 at the buzzer to put Cleveland up 82-77 entering the fourth. It was part of a 12-2 run that gave the Cavaliers an 89-77 lead on Irving's 18-footer with 10:15 to play. Green's steal and breakaway dunk cut it to 89-81, but Irving scored eight, including two 3s, in a 9-3 spurt and the Cavs led 98-84 with 6:33 left. Green had eight points on 4 of 14 shooting, 0 for 6 from 3-point range as the Suns went 10 for 36 from beyond the arc to Cleveland's 12 of 24. The Cavs outrebounded Phoenix 51-36. The Suns also struggled from the foul line, going 13 of 22 to Cleveland's 22 of 27. Hawes scored 17 in the first quarter, including 3 of 3 3-pointers, as Cleveland took a 37-24 lead. It was the highest-scoring first quarter of the season for the Cavaliers. Phoenix never got closer than nine in the second quarter. Markieff Morris scored inside to make it 46-37, but Tristan Thompson made a 6-footer and Deng made a 3 and Cleveland led 51-37 with 4:01 left in the half. The Cavs were up 60-47 at the break, outrebounding the Suns 25-13 and making 8 of 11 3s to Phoenix's 5 of 18 in the first two quarters. Courtesy of: abcnews.go.com
 CLEVELAND C. (coach: Kenny Atkinson)110 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 8 | oQLajD, KFQaR | 47 | 1-64 (31.8%) | 4-1 (05%) | 8-8 (655%) | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 84 | 80 | 5 |
| gRjD, vuIl | 47 | 3-1 (11.9%) | 4-1 (05%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 85 | 5 | |
| HiTRs, ApRjZRQ | 43 | 4-9 (38.7%) | 4-3 (90%) | 3-3 (655%) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 67 | 60 | 5 | |
| 6 | ziZV, ziQQRUU | 43 | 4-1 (05%) | 5-6 (5%) | 0-1 (24.4%) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 66 | 66 | 5 |
| 64 | whIBpsIj, wQasUij | 46 | 4-9 (38.7%) | 5-5 (5%) | 9-65 (95%) | 8 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 65 | 5 |
| 4 | WiaURQs, gaIj | 62 | 8-1 (44.4%) | 8-0 (35%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 6 | 5 |
| 69 | kiQRniI, SjdRQsIj | 60 | 4-9 (38.7%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 5 |
| 35 | cRllRQ, wFlRQ | 60 | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | gRlliLRdILi, biUUhRT | 65 | 6-8 (05%) | 6-8 (05%) | 8-8 (655%) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| 44 | GRR, SlIjJI | 3 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| qdTiQds, AhijR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| 60 | mRjjRUU, SjUhIjF | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 81-09 (30.1%) | 68-83 (05.5%) | 88-89 (26.0%) | 64 | 42 | 06 | 85 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 665 | 656 | |||
 PHOENIX SUNS (coach: Jordan Ott)101 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 6 | gQiDaZ, GIQij | 38 | 1-64 (31.8%) | 8-1 (44.4%) | 8-3 (05%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 85 | 7 | 5 |
| 60 | bIQQas, biQZus | 42 | 8-4 (11.9%) | 4-0 (15%) | 6-3 (80%) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 65 | 5 |
| 2 | yQFR, ChijjajD | 41 | 6-3 (80%) | 3-65 (35%) | 4-3 (90%) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 69 | 64 | 5 |
| 8 | mlRdsIR, qQaZ | 48 | 3-65 (35%) | 6-1 (61.9%) | 3-1 (11.9%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 61 | 5 |
| 63 | GQRRj, GRQild | 46 | 3-2 (05%) | 5-1 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 66 | bIQQas, biQVaRff | 82 | 2-65 (25%) | 5-4 (5%) | 8-8 (655%) | 3 | 1 | 65 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 67 | 5 |
| 88 | OluBlRR, balRs | 81 | 3-0 (25%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 3 | 1 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 5 |
| 4 | ABaUh, oshBiRl | 3 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| eijdIlph, AhiLlaV | 4 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| 86 | vRj, SlRx | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 80 | ChQasUBis, gaIjUR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 69 | wuZVRQ, O.z. | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| GIIdTaj, SQZhaR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 87-03 (04.9%) | 65-41 (89.2%) | 64-88 (07.6%) | 68 | 83 | 41 | 85 | 86 | 5 | 66 | 6 | 5 | 68 | 656 | 91 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
