⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 5:36 · MIN 27-13 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 3:08 · MIN 61-55 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 6:41 · MIN 85-69 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 5 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 10 | Steals | 15 |
| 14 | Blocks | 20 |
