Suns (117) vs Cavaliers (111) · Mar 11, 2024

FINAL

Mar 11, 2024

38-27PhoenixSuns

117

41-24ClevelandCavaliers

111

Game Recap

Phoenix defeats Cleveland, 117-111. For Phoenix, the “Big 3” shined to lead the way with Kevin Durant (37 points (five 3PM), eight rebounds, six assists), Devin Booker (27 points, six rebounds, seven assists), and Bradley Beal (24 points, five rebounds, four assists, three steals) combining for 88 in the victory. Darius Garland finished with 30 points (seven 3PM) and five assists while Caris LeVert recorded 17 points, six rebounds, and 11 assists for Cleveland in the losing effort. Phoenix improves to 38-27, while Cleveland moves to 41-24 in the loss.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	32	31	34	20	117
CLE	41	29	21	20	111

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
8Grayson AllenSF	35	4-6	4-5	2-2	3	2	2	2	2	3	14	+5
35Kevin DurantPF	39	14-26	5-10	4-5	8	6	1	0	3	2	37	+13
20Jusuf NurkicC	29	4-5	0-0	1-6	8	0	0	1	3	4	9	-3
3Bradley BealSG	35	10-19	2-7	2-2	5	4	3	0	1	3	24	+6
1Devin BookerPG	38	11-22	1-7	4-4	6	7	0	1	2	2	27	+12
00Royce O'Neale	29	0-2	0-2	0-0	4	4	1	0	2	4	0	+3
14Drew Eubanks	17	2-2	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	1	0	0	4	+5
11Bol Bol	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	-12
21David Roddy	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	+1
2Josh Okogie	— did not play —												— did not play —
12Ish Wainright	— did not play —												— did not play —
30Thaddeus Young	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	46-8454.8%	12-3237.5%	13-1968.4%	42	23	8	6	14	18	117	-

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
35Isaac OkoroSF	39	4-12	2-7	3-4	4	3	4	0	2	3	13	-10
20Georges NiangPF	25	3-9	0-6	2-2	3	1	1	0	2	4	8	-13
31Jarrett AllenC	37	5-7	0-0	5-6	10	2	1	0	1	3	15	-4
3Caris LeVertSG	33	7-16	3-10	0-0	6	11	1	0	1	2	17	+2
10Darius GarlandPG	36	10-17	7-10	3-4	2	5	1	0	5	2	30	-16
5Sam Merrill	21	1-5	1-5	0-0	1	5	0	0	0	0	3	+10
30Damian Jones	11	4-7	0-2	1-1	5	1	1	0	0	0	9	-4
15Isaiah Mobley	13	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	+6
9Craig Porter Jr.	21	5-7	1-2	2-2	6	1	0	0	1	3	13	-1
21Emoni Bates	— did not play —												— did not play —
2Ty Jerome	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Pete Nance	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	40-8447.6%	15-4632.6%	16-1984.2%	37	30	9	0	12	18	111	-

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterphxcle

(11:55) Jump Ball J. Nurkic vs. J. Allen: Tip to B. Beal
(11:40) MISS K. Durant 26' 3PT
(11:35) C. LeVert REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:28) J. Allen reverse DUNK (2 PTS) (D. Garland 1 AST)
02
(11:12) MISS D. Booker 24' 3PT
(11:09) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (11:07) J. Nurkic putback Layup (2 PTS)
22
(10:55) MISS C. LeVert 25' 3PT
(10:53) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(10:46) MISS D. Booker 25' pullup 3PT
(10:43) C. LeVert REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (10:39) I. Okoro running DUNK (2 PTS) (C. LeVert 1 AST)
24
(10:29) J. Nurkic bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(10:29) G. Niang STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (10:23) D. Garland 26' 3PT running (3 PTS) (C. LeVert 2 AST)
27
(10:06) G. Allen step out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:51) B. Beal shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Garland 2 FT)
+1 (9:51) D. Garland Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
28
+1 (9:51) D. Garland Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
29
+2 (9:41) K. Durant 19' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
49
(9:23) MISS C. LeVert 25' step back 3PT
(9:21) G. Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:02) K. Durant 13' fadeaway Jump Shot (4 PTS)
69
+3 (8:48) D. Garland 25' 3PT pullup (8 PTS) (J. Allen 1 AST)
612
+3 (8:22) G. Allen 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (K. Durant 1 AST)
912
+2 (8:01) G. Niang 9' driving floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (C. LeVert 3 AST)
914
(7:51) J. Allen shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Nurkic 2 FT)
+1 (7:51) J. Nurkic Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1014
(7:51) MISS J. Nurkic Free Throw 2 of 2
(7:48) G. Niang REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:30) MISS D. Garland 3PT
(7:28) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (7:22) D. Booker running finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (K. Durant 2 AST)
1214
+2 (7:10) G. Niang driving finger roll Layup (4 PTS) (D. Garland 2 AST)
1216
(7:02) C. LeVert personal FOUL (1 PF)
(7:00) K. Durant bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(7:00) C. LeVert STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (6:56) I. Okoro running finger roll Layup (4 PTS) (C. LeVert 4 AST)
1218
+3 (6:39) G. Allen 24' 3PT (6 PTS) (D. Booker 1 AST)
1518
+3 (6:27) D. Garland 25' 3PT pullup (11 PTS) (J. Allen 2 AST)
1521
(6:11) K. Durant bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(6:11) J. Allen STEAL (1 STL)
(6:04) MISS I. Okoro running 3PT
(6:02) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:59) CLE Timeout
(5:45) MISS G. Allen 10' driving floating Shot
(5:43) G. Niang REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (5:32) G. Niang 7' driving floating bank Jump Shot (6 PTS) (C. LeVert 5 AST)
1523
+2 (5:17) D. Booker 13' Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1723
+3 (4:51) C. LeVert 3PT (3 PTS) (I. Okoro 1 AST)
1726
(4:35) K. Durant bad pass TURNOVER (3 TO)
(4:35) I. Okoro STEAL (1 STL)
(4:29) MISS C. LeVert running reverse Layup
(4:27) I. Okoro REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(4:27) MISS I. Okoro putback Layup - blocked
(4:27) G. Allen BLOCK (1 BLK)
(4:27) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(4:12) MISS K. Durant 10' fadeaway Shot
(4:11) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(4:08) MISS K. Durant 13' pullup Shot
(4:05) D. Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:01) G. Allen personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (3:50) D. Garland driving finger roll Layup (13 PTS)
1728
+3 (3:37) D. Booker 25' 3PT (7 PTS) (K. Durant 3 AST)
2028
+3 (3:26) D. Garland 28' 3PT pullup (16 PTS)
2031
(3:25) PHX Timeout
+2 (3:07) K. Durant 15' Jump Shot (6 PTS)
2231
(2:43) D. Garland bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:43) B. Beal STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (2:28) B. Beal 19' step back Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2431
+3 (2:05) I. Mobley 3PT (3 PTS) (I. Okoro 2 AST)
2434
+3 (1:54) B. Beal 3PT (5 PTS) (K. Durant 4 AST)
2734
(1:47) MISS I. Okoro driving finger roll Layup - blocked
(1:47) D. Booker BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:45) D. Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (1:44) D. Jones putback Layup (2 PTS)
2736
+3 (1:31) K. Durant 25' 3PT (9 PTS) (D. Booker 2 AST)
3036
+2 (1:12) D. Garland driving reverse Layup (18 PTS)
3038
(0:59) MISS K. Durant 20' pullup Shot
(0:57) D. Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(0:46) MISS S. Merrill 26' pullup 3PT
(0:43) D. Eubanks REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:34) MISS D. Booker 19' step back Shot
(0:31) D. Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+3 (0:09) D. Garland 25' 3PT fadeaway (21 PTS)
3041
(0:02) MISS K. Durant 8' pullup Shot
(0:00) D. Eubanks REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (0:00) D. Eubanks tip Layup (2 PTS)
3241

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

PHX

CLE

117Points111

46-84(54.8%)Field Goal(%)40-84(47.6%)

12-32(37.5%)3-Point(%)15-46(32.6%)

13-19(68.4%)Free Throw(%)16-19(84.2%)

42(12)Rebounds(Offensive)37(10)

23Assists30

8Steals9

6Blocks0

14Turnovers12

18Fouls18

34Pts In The Paint44

20Fast Break Pts14

16Pts Off Turnovers20

6Bench Pts28

9Largest Lead19

Game Details

Monday, March 11, 2024 · 7:30 PM

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse · Cleveland, OH

attendance: 19,432 (100.0%)