On Tuesday night, the Wine & Gold went toe-to-toe with the top team in the West – trading blows for four quarters before running out of gas in overtime.
Behind a career night from rookie Isaac Okoro, Cleveland rallied to tie the affair late in the fourth quarter. But the Cavs were simply outmatched in the extra session – with Phoenix outscoring them, 20-4, in OT to win its fifth straight while sending J.B. Bickerstaff’s shorthanded squad to their seventh consecutive defeat.
Tuesday’s thriller was tight throughout, with neither team leading by more than a dozen through the first four quarters – with 15 ties and 10 lead-changes along the way.