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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 30 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 99 |
 Suns | 28 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 107 |
MINTeam statsPHX| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 39-9640.6% | 7-3520.0% | 14-1973.7% | 41 | 26 | 11 |
| PHX | 41-9045.6% | 9-2832.1% | 16-2080.0% | 51 | 30 | 15 |
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Phoenix Suns107| 40 | 12 | 4-12 | 2-7 | 0 | 2-2 | −1 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 36 | 28 | 10-16 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +8.1 | |||||
| 33 | 21 | 8-19 | 3-6 | 0 | 2-2 | +8 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 26 | 18 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | +8 | +7.9 | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +1.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −7.7 | |||||
| 23 | 9 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.0 | ||||
| 23 | 6 | 2-10 | 0-2 | 2-4 | +11 | −8.5 | ||||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.4 | ||||||
| Team | 107 | 41-9045.6% | 9-2832.1% | 51 | 30 | 15 | 22 | 16-2080.0% | 11 | 6 | 7 | |||
Bench 19 points on 8 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Eric Moreland, Troy Daniels, Dragan Bender and Ryan Anderson (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves99| 38 | 28 | 11-26 | 1-7 | 0 | 5-6 | −7 | +5.4 | |||||||
| 35 | 15 | 6-12 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0 | +2 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 33 | 14 | 6-15 | 1-6 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.0 | |||||
| 32 | 10 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.0 | ||||||
| 25 | 4 | 1-8 | 1-7 | 1-2 | −8 | −7.0 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 25 | 11-16 | 2-3 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +4.6 | |||||
| 16 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.7 | ||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −5.0 | |||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −5.1 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.6 | |||
| Team | 99 | 39-9640.6% | 7-3520.0% | 41 | 26 | 11 | 19 | 14-1973.7% | 11 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 28 points on 12 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Luol Deng and James Nunnally (coach’s decision).
Suns107Timberwolves99ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Devin Booker scored 28 points (13 in the third quarter), and the Phoenix Suns went on a 17-6 run in the third quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-99.
The Timberwolves led 71-68 with 5:57 left in the third quarter. De'Anthony Melton’s corner 3-pointer put the Suns ahead for good with 4:50 left in the quarter. Booker scored 6 points during the run, and they led 85-77 with 1:20 left in the quarter and by as many as 12 in the fourth quarter.
The Timberwolves got within 85-84 on Derrick Rose’s 10-foot floater with 11:48 to play, but Josh Jackson answered with an 11-foot floater, and the Timberwolves got no closer.
T.J. Warren scored 21 points (9 in the first quarter).
For the Timberwolves, Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points and 12 rebounds, and Robert Covington went 1 for 7 from 3. Rose scored 25 points on 11 for 16 shooting off the bench.
The Suns shot 45.6% from the field and 32.1% from 3 to the Timberwolves’ 40.6% and 20.0%. The Suns outscored the Timberwolves 17-6 in 4 minutes with Warren, Holmes, Booker, Jackson and Melton on the floor together.
Phoenix SunsMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
91 points from the field on 90 shots: 3.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 22-31 | 71.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 3-16 | 18.8% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-15 | 46.7% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-10 | 20.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-18 | 38.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Rose | 24 | 6 | 3-6 | −2 |
| Robert Covington | 22 | 11 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 9 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 6 | 8 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dario Saric | 34 | 5 | 2-9 | −5 |
| Anthony Tolliver | 10 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 9 | 7 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 24 | 11 | 5-6 | +5 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Dario Saric | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Robert Covington | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 1 | 0-0 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
PHX win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Saric 26' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)
Q3 0:32
14.1%
82→68
Warren 25' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Jackson 2 AST)
Q3 5:36
13.5%
40→54
Booker 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (12 PTS)
Q2 3:03
11.1%
37→49
Jackson 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Bridges 2 AST)
Q4 11:21
10.8%
53→64
Covington 25' 3PT Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Towns 4 AST)
Q3 11:17
10.7%
58→47
