Box Score: Cavaliers 105, Suns 107

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November 10, 2012

Published by Ryan Jones on November 10, 2012

The Cavaliers were not able to sustain the fast start they got off to Friday night, falling to the Phoenix Suns 107-105. The Cavaliers jumped out to a 37-16 lead after the first quarter, but were outscored by the Suns every period there after. Dion Waiters led all Cavaliers in scoring with 23 points on 9-13 shooting from the floor. Not to be outmatched, Shannon Brown, the former Cavalier, scored 12 of his 22 points in fourth quarter leading the Suns to a win Friday night.

Brown’s 23 and Dragic’s 26 points paced the Suns on a steady comeback after falling behind big in the first quarter. Dion Waiters’ 23 and Kyrie Irving’s 17 were not enough points for the Cavaliers to pull out the win on the road.

Up two points with under 10 seconds to play, the Suns used their foul to give, forcing Cleveland to take the ball out of bounds with under three seconds to play. Cleveland inbounded to Irving, who took a tough, contested three to win the game, but only drew iron.

With the loss, the Cavaliers fall to 1-3 on their current road trip, with games left on the trip at Oklahoma City and at Brooklyn before returning home to face Dallas.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Team Statistics: Starters for Cleveland Cavaliers
Starters	Pos	Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
K. Irving	G	37:41	4-9	1-3	8-9	+5	0	4	8	7	1	1	1	5	17
D. Waiters	G	31:01	9-13	3-5	2-2	-4	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	23
A. Varejao	C	35:36	5-12	0-1	4-7	+12	2	10	3	3	2	0	0	4	14
T. Thompson	F	36:48	5-8	0-0	0-0	-7	5	8	1	3	3	1	2	1	10
A. Gee	F	35:46	5-13	0-1	5-5	+8	0	7	1	1	3	1	2	4	15

Team Statistics: Bench for Cleveland Cavaliers
Bench	Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
Totals		37-77	9-21	22-27		9	39	19	20	11	4	6	25	105
Percentages		.481	.429	.815		Team Rebounds: 8
S. Samuels	23:17	2-6	0-0	3-4	-10	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	5	7
D. Gibson	22:06	7-9	5-7	0-0	-4	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	4	19
C.J. Miles	12:14	0-7	0-4	0-0	-10	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
D. Sloan	5:31	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
O. Casspi	DNP – Coach’s Decision
L. Harangody	DNP – Inactive
J. Leuer	DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Pargo	DNP – Coach’s Decision
L. Walton	DNP – Coach’s Decision
T. Zeller	DNP – Inactive

Phoenix Suns

Team Statistics: Starters for Phoenix Suns
Starters	Pos	Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
G. Dragic	G	34:26	9-16	0-3	8-10	-7	0	0	4	3	2	0	1	2	26
J. Dudley	G	21:45	3-4	1-1	1-2	-5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	8
M. Gortat	C	36:47	4-6	0-0	4-5	+12	0	8	0	0	3	5	0	3	12
M. Beasley	F	25:13	4-14	1-4	0-0	-5	1	4	5	3	1	0	0	4	9
L. Scola	F	24:31	2-6	0-0	1-2	-14	1	6	1	4	2	1	0	1	5

Team Statistics: Bench for Phoenix Suns
Bench	Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
Totals		38-81	6-17	25-33		12	42	21	17	12	6	4	19	107
Percentages		.469	.353	.758		Team Rebounds: 7
S. Brown	26:15	8-13	2-4	4-4	+7	2	4	1	4	1	0	0	1	22
P.J. Tucker	24:27	4-7	0-0	0-0	+13	4	7	3	2	2	0	1	4	8
M. Morris	24:18	0-9	0-1	4-6	-3	1	7	1	1	0	0	2	3	4
S. Telfair	22:18	4-6	2-4	3-4	+12	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	13
C. Frye	DNP – Inactive
D. Garrett	DNP – Coach’s Decision
W. Johnson	DNP – Coach’s Decision
K. Marshall	DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. O’Neal	DNP – Inactive
L. Zeller	DNP – Coach’s Decision

2 Comments

Josh says:

November 10, 2012 at 3:49 pm

One of the worst losses I have had the displeasure of witnessing. To give up that lead to the Suns is like losing a arm-wrestling contest to a baby because you forgot you were competing. Seriously, Shannon Brown had a big game…. the last time someone said “Shannon Brown had a big game” had to be when he was in high school. He wasn’t good enough to stay with the Cavaliers when they had no supporting talent. That was sad.
Josh says:

November 10, 2012 at 3:51 pm

Also, CJ Miles should be the waterboy… but he probably couldn’t even squirt the water into a player’s mouth with his accuracy. #waiting