⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 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 twelve threes to their four
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 6:43 · MIN 16-12 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 8:52 · MIN 67-73 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 8:37 · MIN 39-48 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire offensive foul (Mark Blount draws the foul)
Q4 2:29 · MIN 100-108 PHX
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire turnover
Q4 2:29 · MIN 100-108 PHX
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire offensive foul (Mark Blount draws the foul)
Q4 2:02 · MIN 100-108 PHX
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 34 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
