⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 2 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 fourteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 26 from three
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 2:40 · PHX 69-61 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 2:49 · PHX 95-81 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Channing Frye bad pass
Q4 4:22 · PHX 110-102 MIN
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 1:31 · PHX 115-107 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Corey Brewer misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:39 · PHX 110-102 MIN
- Turnover
Ryan Gomes bad pass
Q4 2:15 · PHX 113-105 MIN
- Turnover
Al Jefferson turnover
Q4 1:16 · PHX 115-107 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
