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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suns | 18 | 22 | 26 | 33 | 99 |
 Timberwolves | 21 | 18 | 23 | 34 | 96 |
PHXTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 32-8537.6% | 7-3122.6% | 28-3677.8% | 52 | 21 | 15 |
| MIN | 31-8536.5% | 13-4429.5% | 21-2777.8% | 54 | 18 | 18 |
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Phoenix Suns99| 34 | 29 | 7-16 | 2-4 | 13-15 | 0 | +8 | +7.4 | |||||||
| 34 | 21 | 6-14 | 2-5 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +2.8 | ||||||
| 33 | 22 | 10-14 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +5.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 7 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 0 | +1 | −7.1 | |||||||
| 29 | 2 | 0-9 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 0 | −6 | −14.9 | |||||||
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| 22 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −5.7 | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.5 | ||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | −4.4 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.6 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.2 | |||
| Team | 99 | 32-8537.6% | 7-3122.6% | 52 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 28-3677.8% | 14 | 8 | 2 | |||
Bench 18 points on 7 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Jalen Smith, Chandler Hutchison and Elfrid Payton (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves96| 40 | 35 | 10-19 | 5-9 | 10-11 | 0 | −3 | +4.6 | |||||||
| 39 | 9 | 2-11 | 1-6 | 4-6 | −5 | −7.0 | ||||||||
| 35 | 22 | 7-21 | 1-10 | 0 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 | |||||
| 34 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.3 | ||||||
| 24 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −4.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −4.8 | |||||
| 24 | 12 | 4-14 | 4-11 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +2.1 | ||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −6.9 | ||||
| Team | 96 | 31-8536.5% | 13-4429.5% | 54 | 18 | 18 | 28 | 21-2777.8% | 13 | 8 | 3 | |||
Bench 16 points on 6 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Nathan Knight, Jordan McLaughlin, Jaylen Nowell, Taurean Prince and Jake Layman (coach’s decision).
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Devin Booker scored 29 points, and the Phoenix Suns beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 99-96 for their ninth straight win.
Deandre Ayton’s hook shot answered D'Angelo Russell’s 2 free throws and put the Suns back ahead for good with 1:13 left in the fourth quarter.
The Timberwolves got within 97-96 on Russell’s cutting layup with 17 seconds to play, but Booker answered with a free throw, and the Timberwolves got no closer. They had the ball down 2 with 2.7 seconds left, but Jae Crowder stole the ball from Anthony Edwards. A basket would have tied the game. They had the ball down 3, but Malik Beasley missed a 74-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Timberwolves 20-16. Chris Paul (No. 2 in clutch wins added, 2021-22) scored 9 of the Suns’ 20 on 2 for 2 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Edwards had 4 of his 6 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Karl-Anthony Towns that put the Timberwolves ahead.
Ayton had 22 points and 12 rebounds on 10 for 14 shooting, and Paul added 21 points and 8 assists. Paul scored 19 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter. The Suns had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Timberwolves, Towns had 35 points and 13 rebounds. Russell scored 22 points (11 in the fourth quarter) but shot 7 for 21.
The Timberwolves turned it over 21 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions.
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. The Suns’ chance bottomed out at 15% (4th quarter, 3:11 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
71 points from the field on 85 shots: 19.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-25 | 60.0% | 65% |
| In the paint | 4-11 | 36.4% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 6-18 | 33.3% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 1-15 | 6.7% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-16 | 37.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Edwards | 30 | 12 | 5-7 | +2 |
| Patrick Beverley | 13 | 6 | 1-3 | +2 |
| Josh Okogie | 13 | 0 | 0-2 | −4 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 5 | 2 | 0-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 9 | 2-4 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 48 | 12 | 6-7 | 0 |
| D'Angelo Russell | 7 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Patrick Beverley | 7 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Jaden McDaniels | 5 | 1 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Beverley | 23 | 3 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Jaden McDaniels | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 9 | 7 | 3-6 | +5 |
| D'Angelo Russell | 9 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 0 | 0-3 | −4 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
PHX
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Ayton 1' Hook Shot (22 PTS) (Booker 5 AST)
Q4 1:13
28.2%
66→37
Beverley 1' Putback Layup (10 PTS)
Q4 0:37
23.7%
14→37
Booker 12' Fadeaway Jumper (28 PTS) (Paul 8 AST)
Q4 0:47
23.0%
37→14
Towns 29' 3PT Jump Shot (32 PTS) (Edwards 5 AST)
Q4 5:45
21.1%
37→59
Russell Free Throw 1 of 2 (19 PTS)
Q4 1:28
20.6%
37→58
