⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Lived at the line, eighteen free throws to their five
- A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26 in the second 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26
Q2 0:07 · MIN 45-71 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 5:58 · MIN 51-81 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 36
Q3 3:59 · MIN 53-89 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 2 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
