⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 7:54 · MIN 45-31 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Joe Johnson Lost Ball. Stolen by Trenton Hassell.
Q4 3:54 · MIN 96-88 PHX
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
