⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 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 nine threes to their three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their thirteen
- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 7
- A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 20-7 off them
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21
Q1 5:54 · PHX 33-12 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 11:48 · PHX 62-49 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Al Jefferson technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 9:38 · PHX 42-23 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
