⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made three threes to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 3:31 · MIN 74-64 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 1:47 · MIN 107-88 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 9:26 · MIN 34-31 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 10:48 · MIN 56-54 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
