⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-3Q128-29
-9Q220-25
+4Q330-22
+4Q432-26
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four
Key battles
11Threes made4
58%Three-point accuracy36%
4Steals8
12Offensive rebounds17
🏀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 cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 2:26 · PHX 50-54 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 16 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
