⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 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 eleven threes to their two- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 9 rebounds to 22
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q2 5:46 · PHX 54-43 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q3 5:11 · PHX 86-60 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 7:56 · PHX 110-82 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Raja Bell double technical foul
Q4 10:12 · PHX 99-77 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 2 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 72 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
