⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the fourth quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q4 10:52 · MIN 93-80 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wally Szczerbiak Bad Pass. Stolen by Casey Jacobsen.
Q4 1:04 · MIN 99-94 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 3:00 · MIN 78-74 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q4 3:06 · MIN 99-98 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Shawn Marion Technical Foul
Q2 9:41 · MIN 38-25 PHX
- Technical
Jake Voskuhl Technical Foul
Q3 1:07 · MIN 80-74 PHX
- Missed FT
Jake Voskuhl missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:23 · MIN 99-94 PHX
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 34 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
