⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 21- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q3 6:41 · PHX 58-78 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q1 0:04 · PHX 18-38 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q3 0:40 · PHX 69-101 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Greg Stiemsma technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 5:03 · PHX 33-52 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
