⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 31-2 off them
- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the third quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:25 · MIN 8-0 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q3 6:22 · MIN 72-63 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q4 10:33 · MIN 93-76 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaden McDaniels technical foul
Q2 4:15 · MIN 40-46 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Frank Vogel technical foul
Q4 5:17 · MIN 96-83 PHX
📊The numbers
| MIN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
