⏱️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 and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 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 fifteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 22-12 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 34 fast break points to 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 11:03 · PHX 47-36 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 6:09 · PHX 60-46 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 41
Q4 5:22 · PHX 144-103 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jonny Flynn misses technical free throw
Q3 10:10 · PHX 80-61 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 37 | Assists | 18 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 34 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
