⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower 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, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fourteen- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first quarter
A 13-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 10 in the fourth quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 11:26 · PHX 15-0 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 10
Q4 2:39 · PHX 97-87 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
