⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse 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 eight- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 27 from three
- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their nineteen
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 58
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 from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:21 · PHX 11-2 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q4 6:13 · PHX 114-106 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Richardson misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 3:44 · PHX 115-108 MIN
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:32 · PHX 122-116 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 9:32 · PHX 95-102 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Michael Beasley bad pass
Q4 3:59 · PHX 114-108 MIN
- Turnover
Michael Beasley traveling
Q4 1:04 · PHX 121-116 MIN
- Turnover
Michael Beasley traveling
Q4 0:05 · PHX 128-122 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 32 | Assists | 30 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
