⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 1:36 · PHX 29-25 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 4:05 · PHX 46-36 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Bo Outlaw Technical Foul
Q2 1:15 · PHX 46-38 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rod Strickland Technical Foul
Q2 1:15 · PHX 46-38 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
