⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 33 fast break points to 13- A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 in the first quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:11 · MIN 2-11 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q1 7:09 · MIN 6-26 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q4 7:09 · MIN 74-100 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Matt Barnes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:12 · MIN 39-53 PHX
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 33 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
