⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their fourteen- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 39 from three
- Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 27
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:38 · PHX 13-7 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 1:52 · PHX 76-66 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 3:50 · PHX 97-86 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses technical free throw
Q2 0:01 · PHX 72-66 MIN
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:48 · PHX 128-122 MIN
- Missed FT
Cameron Johnson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:40 · PHX 130-124 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Karl-Anthony Towns technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:01 · PHX 72-66 MIN
- Turnover
Jaden McDaniels lost ball turnover
Q4 1:05 · PHX 128-122 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 20 | Threes made | 14 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 36 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
