⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second 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, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 64 rebounds to 34
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:20 · PHX 34-35 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 5:59 · PHX 43-54 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Karl-Anthony Towns misses technical free throw
Q2 9:20 · PHX 34-35 MIN
- Technical
Double technical foul - Gorgui Dieng and Devin Booker
Q3 5:24 · PHX 62-82 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 74 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
