⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 28- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 36
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Josh Okogie flagrant foul type 2
Q4 2:54 · PHX 99-118 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:31 · PHX 8-17 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jaden McDaniels and Devin Booker
Q4 9:27 · PHX 80-101 MIN
- Missed FT
Rudy Gobert misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 2:54 · PHX 99-118 MIN
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 28 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
