⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 26
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 20-12 off them
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
Q3 3:53 · PHX 74-65 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
P.J. Tucker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:15 · PHX 56-52 MIN
- Technical
Marcus Thornton technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 6:00 · PHX 90-81 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 8:33 · PHX 36-34 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
