⏱️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
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 23-15 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 took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 6:05 · PHX 16-9 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 8:54 · PHX 69-52 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:05 · PHX 110-96 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 1:00 · PHX 24-22 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q4 10:38 · PHX 87-85 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 13 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 24 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
