⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 40-9 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 57
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:31 · PHX 9-2 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 0:00 · PHX 39-28 MIN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Bradley Beal flagrant foul type 1
Q4 1:35 · PHX 93-112 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q1 3:59 · PHX 23-22 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q3 5:44 · PHX 67-80 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q4 2:16 · PHX 93-114 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 13 | Threes made | 21 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 40 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 18 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
