Minnesota Timberwolves @ Phoenix Suns

13-16, 2-12 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Timberwolves MIN	30	28	24	17	99
Suns PHX	28	28	29	22	107

Phoenix SunsSunsPHX

6-24, 5-11 Home

107

6-24, 5-11 Home

Deandre Ayton makes two point shot (De'Anthony Melton assists)
Mikal Bridges misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
De'Anthony Melton makes driving layup
Deandre Ayton makes layup (Devin Booker assists)
De'Anthony Melton misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Richaun Holmes makes alley oop layup (De'Anthony Melton assists)
Devin Booker misses 25-foot three point jumper
T.J. Warren makes two point shot (Mikal Bridges assists)
T.J. Warren misses driving layup
T.J. Warren makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Devin Booker assists)
Devin Booker makes 17-foot jumper (De'Anthony Melton assists)
Richaun Holmes misses alley oop layup
Devin Booker makes 25-foot three point jumper (De'Anthony Melton assists)
T.J. Warren makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot
T.J. Warren makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jawun Evans assists)
Josh Jackson misses driving layup
Devin Booker makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
T.J. Warren misses 26-foot three point jumper
Deandre Ayton misses 8-foot two point shot
Mikal Bridges misses 23-foot three point jumper
Josh Okogie blocks Josh Jackson 's 2-foot driving layup
De'Anthony Melton makes two point shot (Josh Jackson assists)
Jamal Crawford misses 26-foot three point jumper
Deandre Ayton makes dunk (Jamal Crawford assists)
Josh Jackson misses two point shot
Josh Jackson misses 6-foot tip shot
Mikal Bridges makes 23-foot three point jumper (Deandre Ayton assists)
Devin Booker makes layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
Jamal Crawford makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
Mikal Bridges misses layup
Deandre Ayton misses tip shot
Mikal Bridges makes 25-foot three point shot (T.J. Warren assists)
Mikal Bridges misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mikal Bridges makes driving layup (Devin Booker assists)
Devin Booker makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Jamal Crawford misses 36-foot three point jumper
Richaun Holmes makes alley oop dunk shot (Devin Booker assists)
Jamal Crawford misses 23-foot three point jumper
Richaun Holmes makes layup (Devin Booker assists)
Jamal Crawford makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
T.J. Warren misses 8-foot two point shot
Devin Booker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Deandre Ayton assists)
T.J. Warren misses 7-foot two point shot
Deandre Ayton misses two point shot
Devin Booker makes 22-foot running pullup jump shot
T.J. Warren misses 23-foot three point jumper
De'Anthony Melton makes two point shot (Devin Booker assists)
T.J. Warren makes 27-foot three point jumper (De'Anthony Melton assists)
Robert Covington blocks T.J. Warren's driving layup
Devin Booker misses layup
Deandre Ayton misses alley oop dunk shot
Mikal Bridges misses 23-foot three point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks T.J. Warren 's 8-foot driving floating jump shot
T.J. Warren makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Jackson assists)
De'Anthony Melton misses three point jumper
De'Anthony Melton makes three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
Josh Jackson misses driving floating jump shot
Richaun Holmes makes tip shot
Mikal Bridges misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Devin Booker makes 2-foot two point shot
Devin Booker makes 11-foot running pullup jump shot (Jawun Evans assists)
Josh Jackson makes dunk (Jawun Evans assists)
Devin Booker misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Jackson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Jawun Evans misses 41-foot three point jumper
Josh Jackson makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Mikal Bridges assists)
Richaun Holmes misses layup
Jamal Crawford misses 22-foot jumper
Deandre Ayton makes layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
Deandre Ayton makes layup (Jawun Evans assists)
Jawun Evans misses driving floating jump shot
Mikal Bridges makes layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
T.J. Warren makes 8-foot two point shot (Jamal Crawford assists)
T.J. Warren misses 7-foot two point shot
T.J. Warren misses driving floating jump shot
Mikal Bridges misses 10-foot two point shot
Deandre Ayton makes two point shot
Devin Booker misses 25-foot three point shot
Jamal Crawford misses 28-foot three point jumper
T.J. Warren misses 25-foot three point jumper
Devin Booker misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Jamal Crawford misses pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks T.J. Warren 's 4-foot driving layup
Devin Booker misses two point shot
Mikal Bridges misses three point jumper
T.J. Warren makes two point shot
Deandre Ayton makes dunk (Jamal Crawford assists)
Devin Booker makes driving layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 19-foot jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 6-foot two point shot
Jeff Teague makes driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
Andrew Wiggins makes 17-foot step back jumpshot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dario Saric makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
Derrick Rose misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
Dario Saric makes two point shot (Jeff Teague assists)
Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
Derrick Rose makes 3-foot jump bank shot (Andrew Wiggins assists)
Dario Saric makes 3-foot jump bank shot
Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point shot
Jeff Teague misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Jackson blocks Dario Saric's layup
T.J. Warren blocks Andrew Wiggins's two point shot
Dario Saric misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Anthony Tolliver assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 8-foot two point shot
Anthony Tolliver misses 25-foot three point shot
Josh Jackson blocks Tyus Jones 's 3-foot two point shot
Josh Okogie misses three point jumper
Derrick Rose makes driving layup
Tyus Jones misses pullup jump shot
Tyus Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose makes 11-foot two point shot
Josh Okogie makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Gorgui Dieng assists)
Gorgui Dieng misses layup
Josh Okogie misses 24-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 19-foot two point shot (Dario Saric assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
Derrick Rose makes driving layup (Jeff Teague assists)
Jeff Teague makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
Mikal Bridges blocks Jeff Teague 's 1-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 8-foot hook shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
Derrick Rose makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes alley oop dunk shot (Derrick Rose assists)
Jeff Teague misses two point shot
Dario Saric makes 13-foot jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
Andrew Wiggins makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Robert Covington misses 26-foot three point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
Mikal Bridges blocks Dario Saric 's 2-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Jeff Teague assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 10-foot jumper
Robert Covington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
Robert Covington misses 26-foot three point shot
Robert Covington misses 10-foot two point shot
Andrew Wiggins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
Robert Covington misses 27-foot three point jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes 22-foot running pullup jump shot (Jeff Teague assists)
Deandre Ayton blocks Andrew Wiggins 's 4-foot driving layup
Andrew Wiggins misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Dario Saric misses 24-foot three point shot
Jeff Teague makes two point shot
Jeff Teague misses 3-foot two point shot
Jeff Teague misses pullup jump shot
Andrew Wiggins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Dario Saric misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose makes 16-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose makes 17-foot two point shot (Andrew Wiggins assists)
Andrew Wiggins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mikal Bridges blocks Andrew Wiggins 's 3-foot two point shot
Dario Saric makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
Andrew Wiggins makes running pullup jump shot
Derrick Rose makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Gorgui Dieng assists)
Robert Covington misses 26-foot three point jumper
Gorgui Dieng misses 8-foot hook shot
Derrick Rose misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Derrick Rose misses driving layup
Tyus Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
Robert Covington misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Robert Covington misses 24-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses two point shot
Derrick Rose makes two point shot (Robert Covington assists)
Derrick Rose makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dario Saric assists)
Derrick Rose misses driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
Jeff Teague misses 26-foot three point jumper
Dario Saric misses driving layup
Derrick Rose makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Jeff Teague assists)
Andrew Wiggins misses running pullup jump shot
Dario Saric makes layup (Jeff Teague assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 1-foot layup (Jeff Teague assists)

TIMBERWOLVES

SUNS

TIME		MIN	PHX
12:00	Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Deandre Ayton (Andrew Wiggins gains possession)	0	0
11:47	De'Anthony Melton personal foul	0	0
11:41	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 19-foot jumper (Jeff Teague assists)	2	0
11:30	Andrew Wiggins shooting foul	2	0
11:30	Mikal Bridges makes free throw 1 of 2	2	1
11:30	Mikal Bridges makes free throw 2 of 2	2	2
11:19	Robert Covington bad pass (T.J. Warren steals)	2	2
11:14	Deandre Ayton makes two point shot (De'Anthony Melton assists)	2	4
11:14	Karl-Anthony Towns shooting foul	2	4
11:14	Deandre Ayton makes free throw 1 of 1	2	5
11:05	Deandre Ayton defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	2	5
11:05	Jeff Teague makes technical free throw	3	5
10:56	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 6-foot two point shot	3	5
10:55	Devin Booker defensive rebound	3	5
10:45	Mikal Bridges misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	3	5
10:41	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	3	5
10:34	Jeff Teague bad pass (De'Anthony Melton steals)	3	5
10:22	De'Anthony Melton makes driving layup	3	7
10:13	Jeff Teague makes driving layup	5	7
9:52	Deandre Ayton makes layup (Devin Booker assists)	5	9
9:36	Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup	7	9
9:36	Deandre Ayton shooting foul	7	9
9:36	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1	8	9
9:20	De'Anthony Melton misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	8	9
9:19	Timberwolves defensive team rebound	8	9
9:19	Deandre Ayton loose ball foul	8	9
9:19	Richaun Holmes enters the game for Deandre Ayton	8	9
9:12	Andrew Wiggins makes 17-foot step back jumpshot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	10	9
8:52	De'Anthony Melton back court turnover	10	9
8:51	Derrick Rose enters the game for Robert Covington	10	9
8:39	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 23-foot three point jumper	10	9
8:36	De'Anthony Melton defensive rebound	10	9
8:32	Richaun Holmes makes alley oop layup (De'Anthony Melton assists)	10	11
8:21	Dario Saric makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)	13	11
8:05	Devin Booker misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	11
8:03	Dario Saric defensive rebound	13	11
7:56	Derrick Rose misses 18-foot step back jumpshot	13	11
7:51	Dario Saric offensive rebound	13	11
7:51	Dario Saric bad pass (Mikal Bridges steals)	13	11
7:47	T.J. Warren makes two point shot (Mikal Bridges assists)	13	13
7:41	Dario Saric makes two point shot (Jeff Teague assists)	15	13
7:25	T.J. Warren misses driving layup	15	13
7:23	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	15	13
7:19	Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point shot	15	13
7:17	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	15	13
7:15	Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot	17	13
7:15	Suns Full timeout	17	13
7:03	T.J. Warren makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Devin Booker assists)	17	15
6:40	Derrick Rose makes 3-foot jump bank shot (Andrew Wiggins assists)	19	15
6:32	Devin Booker makes 17-foot jumper (De'Anthony Melton assists)	19	17
6:13	Dario Saric makes 3-foot jump bank shot	21	17
6:06	Devin Booker bad pass (Derrick Rose steals)	21	17
6:00	Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point shot	21	17
5:57	Richaun Holmes defensive rebound	21	17
5:41	Robert Covington enters the game for Derrick Rose	21	17
5:41	De'Anthony Melton offensive goaltending turnover	21	17
5:17	Jeff Teague bad pass (Mikal Bridges steals)	21	17
5:13	Richaun Holmes misses alley oop layup	21	17
5:10	Dario Saric defensive rebound	21	17
5:04	Jeff Teague misses 25-foot three point jumper	21	17
5:01	De'Anthony Melton defensive rebound	21	17
4:58	Josh Jackson enters the game for Mikal Bridges	21	17
4:52	Devin Booker makes 25-foot three point jumper (De'Anthony Melton assists)	21	20
4:35	Josh Jackson blocks Dario Saric's layup	21	20
4:34	Andrew Wiggins offensive rebound	21	20
4:34	T.J. Warren blocks Andrew Wiggins's two point shot	21	20
4:34	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	21	20
4:32	Dario Saric misses 25-foot three point jumper	21	20
4:28	T.J. Warren defensive rebound	21	20
4:22	T.J. Warren makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot	21	22
4:10	Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup	23	22
3:54	Andrew Wiggins shooting foul	23	22
3:54	Josh Jackson misses free throw 1 of 2	23	22
3:54	Suns offensive team rebound	23	22
3:54	Jawun Evans enters the game for De'Anthony Melton	23	22
3:54	Anthony Tolliver enters the game for Andrew Wiggins	23	22
3:54	Derrick Rose enters the game for Dario Saric	23	22
3:54	Josh Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2	23	23
3:43	T.J. Warren personal foul	23	23
3:38	Anthony Tolliver bad pass (Josh Jackson steals)	23	23
3:29	T.J. Warren makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jawun Evans assists)	23	26
3:12	Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot	23	26
3:09	Devin Booker defensive rebound	23	26
3:02	Anthony Tolliver personal foul	23	26
3:02	Tyus Jones enters the game for Jeff Teague	23	26
2:49	Jawun Evans bad pass (Tyus Jones steals)	23	26
2:44	Jawun Evans personal foul	23	26
2:44	Timberwolves Full timeout	23	26
2:44	Tyus Jones misses free throw 1 of 2	23	26
2:44	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	23	26
2:44	Tyus Jones makes free throw 2 of 2	24	26
2:24	Josh Jackson misses driving layup	24	26
2:22	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	24	26
2:04	Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Anthony Tolliver assists)	26	26
1:47	Devin Booker makes 17-foot pullup jump shot	26	28
1:32	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 8-foot two point shot	28	28
1:32	Richaun Holmes shooting foul	28	28
1:32	Jamal Crawford enters the game for Devin Booker	28	28
1:32	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1	29	28
1:18	Josh Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper	29	28
1:15	Tyus Jones defensive rebound	29	28
1:09	Anthony Tolliver misses 25-foot three point shot	29	28
1:05	Josh Jackson defensive rebound	29	28
1:00	Josh Jackson bad pass (Tyus Jones steals)	29	28
54.7	Josh Jackson blocks Tyus Jones 's 3-foot two point shot	29	28
50.3	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	29	28
47.9	Josh Jackson shooting foul	29	28
47.9	Robert Covington misses free throw 1 of 2	29	28
47.9	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	29	28
47.9	Gorgui Dieng enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	29	28
47.9	Robert Covington makes free throw 2 of 2	30	28
34.6	T.J. Warren misses 26-foot three point jumper	30	28
31.2	Gorgui Dieng defensive rebound	30	28
20.4	Gorgui Dieng traveling	30	28
20.4	Devin Booker enters the game for Jawun Evans	30	28
20.4	Josh Okogie enters the game for Robert Covington	30	28
3.9	Jamal Crawford bad pass (Anthony Tolliver steals)	30	28
0.4	Josh Okogie misses three point jumper	30	28
0.1	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	30	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	30	28

Regular Season Series

PHX leads 1-0

Timberwolves
99
Suns
107

Game 1

16/12

Suns
114
Timberwolves
116

Game 2

21/1

Timberwolves
118
Suns
91

Game 3

23/1

Mortgage Matchup Center

2:00 AM, 16 December 2018

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 14,244

Referees:
John Goble
Nick Buchert
John Butler

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	26	4	.867	-	L1
Denver	21	8	.724	4.5	L1
Minnesota	20	10	.667	6	W3
Portland	12	18	.400	14	L2
Utah	10	19	.345	15.5	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	19	9	.679	-	L2
Phoenix	16	13	.552	3.5	W1
Golden State	15	15	.500	5	W2
LA Clippers	8	21	.276	11.5	W2
Sacramento	7	23	.233	13	L1

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Minnesota Timberwolves @ Phoenix Suns

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Regular Season Series

PHX leads 1-0

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