⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-2Q122-22
+4Q216-12
-7Q335-38
0Q427-24
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 45 free throws to their seven- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 17-2 off them
Key battles
32Free throws made5
17Points off turnovers2
2Threes made7
6Blocks2
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
