⏱️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
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 11 fast break points to 24
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 10:42 · MIN 34-33 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 9:12 · MIN 60-61 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 0:15 · MIN 76-89 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 11:12 · MIN 77-97 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
