⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their four- A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, four free throws to their 21
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 8:03 · PHX 68-58 MIN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19
Q3 4:18 · PHX 82-63 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses technical free throw
Q2 5:37 · PHX 39-27 MIN
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses technical free throw
Q3 7:20 · PHX 60-58 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 8:08 · PHX 9-14 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Marko Jaric technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:20 · PHX 60-58 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 16 | Threes made | 4 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 2 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 0 |
