⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 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 seventeen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 31 from three
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 28
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 5:29 · PHX 27-16 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 10:58 · PHX 46-32 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rudy Gobert technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:09 · PHX 84-63 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 5 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 31 | Assists | 18 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
