⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. 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, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 22 from three
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
- Go-ahead
Grant Hill hit a 14-foot jumper, Steve Nash with the assist
Q4 2:19 · PHX 120-119 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Channing Frye lost ball
Q4 4:09 · PHX 114-114 MIN
- Missed FT
Marcin Gortat misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:12 · PHX 122-125 MIN
- Missed FT
Marcin Gortat misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:12 · PHX 122-125 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 8:26 · PHX 42-45 MIN
- Go-ahead
Kevin Love hit a 27-foot three jumper, Luke Ridnour with the assist
Q4 2:38 · PHX 118-119 MIN
- Winner
Luke Ridnour hit a 5-foot two point shot
Q4 1:50 · PHX 120-121 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 30 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
