⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 3 fast break points to 15
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 11:02 · MIN 72-63 PHX
- Go-ahead
Nikola Pekovic hit a layup, Andrei Kirilenko with the assist
Q4 2:55 · MIN 103-102 PHX
- Go-ahead
Luke Ridnour hit a 16-foot jumper
Q4 2:00 · MIN 105-104 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Jose Juan Barea technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · MIN 89-87 PHX
- Missed FT
Alexey Shved misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · MIN 109-107 PHX
- Missed FT
Dante Cunningham misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · MIN 110-107 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 6:52 · MIN 17-17 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 7:13 · MIN 99-102 PHX
- Go-ahead
Jared Dudley hit a jumper
Q4 2:26 · MIN 103-104 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luis Scola misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · MIN 109-106 PHX
- Turnover
Jared Dudley bad pass
Q4 0:07 · MIN 110-107 PHX
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 12% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 29 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
