⏱️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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- They went cold, two of eighteen from three
- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 47
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 3:31 · PHX 47-42 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 11:00 · PHX 56-53 MIN
- Ties it
Amare Stoudemire made 22 ft jumper.
Q4 0:01 · PHX 97-97 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire Lost Ball. Stolen by Sam Cassell.
Q4 4:54 · PHX 85-87 MIN
- Turnover
Steve Nash Bad Pass. Stolen by Kevin Garnett.
Q4 4:28 · PHX 85-87 MIN
- Turnover
Steve Nash Bad Pass. Stolen by Eddie Griffin.
Q4 3:42 · PHX 87-89 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 4:37 · PHX 21-24 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 7:24 · PHX 81-85 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett Traveling
Q4 4:13 · PHX 85-87 MIN
- Turnover
Eddie Griffin Traveling
Q4 0:38 · PHX 91-94 MIN
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:22 · PHX 93-95 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
