⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 35-15 off them
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 31
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q2 1:49 · MIN 53-64 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Finch technical foul
Q1 5:41 · MIN 14-23 PHX
- Technical
Double technical foul - Anthony Edwards and Bradley Beal
Q2 3:04 · MIN 43-61 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 9:49 · MIN 6-15 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 10:49 · MIN 56-74 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 8:47 · MIN 84-107 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
