⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q4 4:24 · MIN 88-106 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Beasley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:41 · MIN 77-103 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 5:41 · MIN 35-50 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 7:15 · MIN 53-71 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
