Phoenix Suns – Minnesota Timberwolves · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 17 November 2024

PHX117–120MIN

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 84% of NBA games since 2017

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ MIN winsPHX wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MIN leads and falls when PHX does.

This is how the game was decided.

Julius Randle decided it, the Minnesota Timberwolves player with the most points (35, with 4 rebounds and 7 assists; +16 with him on the floor). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Minnesota Timberwolves 120-117 Phoenix Suns (November 17, 2024) was hit by Julius Randle: a three-pointer with 0.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Minnesota Timberwolves up 120-117. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Minnesota Timberwolves 120-117 Phoenix Suns (November 17, 2024) was a 10-0 run by the Phoenix Suns in the first quarter (from 5:04 to 1:50), from 19-14 to 29-14. The Minnesota Timberwolves' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 10:11 to 9:24), from 22-38 to 30-38.

With 35 points, this is Julius Randle's highest-scoring game of the 2024‑25 regular season.

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Play: Julius Randle makes 25-foot three pointer (Joe Ingles assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

Julius Randle decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 4 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Randle decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

17 November 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401704800:678; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · PHX

Booker · Dunn · Ighodaro · O'Neale · Okogie

Closing lineup · MIN

Edwards · Randle · Conley · DiVincenzo · Ingles

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PHX

Devin Booker

40′ · +4

Tyus Jones

37′ · -2

Mason Plumlee

29′ · 0

Ryan Dunn

18′ · -11

Jusuf Nurkic

14′ · +1

Oso Ighodaro

26′ · +8

Grayson Allen

24′ · -6

Royce O'Neale

25′ · -10

Monte Morris

11′ · +2

Josh Okogie

16′ · -1

MIN

Anthony Edwards

39′ · -6

Rudy Gobert

37′ · +4

Julius Randle

34′ · +16

Mike Conley

30′ · +14

Jaden McDaniels

26′ · -6

Donte DiVincenzo

26′ · +10

Naz Reid

22′ · -15

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

20′ · 0

Rob Dillingham

6′ · -5

Joe Ingles

0′ · +3

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. PHX and MIN.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Phoenix Suns

Jones, Booker, Dunn, Plumlee, and Nurkic played 8.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Booker, O'Neale, Morris, Allen, and Ighodaro played 6.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Jones, Booker, Okogie, Ighodaro, and Plumlee played 5.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Edwards, McDaniels, Conley, Gobert, and Randle played 13.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
DiVincenzo, Alexander-Walker, Reid, Edwards, and Randle played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Reid, Edwards, McDaniels, Dillingham, and Gobert played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.

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Phoenix Suns

Jones, Booker, O'Neale, Allen, and Plumlee played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Jones, Booker, O'Neale, Okogie, and Ighodaro played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Jones, Booker, Allen, Ighodaro, and Plumlee played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
O'Neale, Morris, Allen, Dunn, and Plumlee played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Jones, O'Neale, Allen, Okogie, and Ighodaro played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Jones, Booker, Ighodaro, Dunn, and Plumlee played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Jones, Allen, Okogie, Dunn, and Nurkic played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Jones, O'Neale, Allen, Dunn, and Nurkic played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Booker, O'Neale, Morris, Ighodaro, and Dunn played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

Minnesota Timberwolves

DiVincenzo, Alexander-Walker, Reid, Edwards, and Gobert played 4.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.
DiVincenzo, Edwards, Conley, Gobert, and Randle played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
DiVincenzo, Alexander-Walker, Reid, Conley, and Gobert played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
DiVincenzo, Edwards, McDaniels, Conley, and Randle played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
DiVincenzo, Alexander-Walker, Reid, Conley, and Randle played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Alexander-Walker, Edwards, McDaniels, Gobert, and Randle played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
DiVincenzo, Alexander-Walker, Conley, Gobert, and Randle played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Reid, Edwards, McDaniels, Conley, and Randle played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
DiVincenzo, McDaniels, Conley, Gobert, and Randle played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Tyus Jones covered 4.60 km, more than anyone in the game.

Tyus Jones touched the ball 93 times, a game high.
Tyus Jones made 75 passes, a game high.
Rudy Gobert defended 5 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Rudy Gobert had 17 rebound chances, a game high.

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Phoenix Suns

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyus Jones	4.60	6.9	93	75
Devin Booker	4.26	6.0	78	36
Mason Plumlee	3.77	7.2	39	31
Oso Ighodaro	3.28	7.2	31	22
Royce O'Neale	2.99	6.7	49	41
Grayson Allen	2.91	6.8	34	22
Ryan Dunn	2.43	7.3	18	12
Josh Okogie	2.04	7.0	18	13
Jusuf Nurkić	1.61	6.7	26	19
Monte Morris	1.35	7.2	20	15

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Rudy Gobert	4.46	6.8	43	30
Anthony Edwards	4.17	6.0	80	55
Julius Randle	3.77	6.2	56	28
Mike Conley	3.64	6.7	58	53
Jaden McDaniels	3.39	7.1	32

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Phoenix Suns

Devin Booker recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 18 of 388 in the league.
Jusuf Nurkić recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 51 games.
He ranks 26 of 388 in the league.
Josh Okogie deflected 2.2 passes per game over his 37 games.
He ranks 75 of 388 in the league.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Rudy Gobert contested 9.9 shots per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 8 of 388 in the league.
Julius Randle recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 9 of 388 in the league.
Jaden McDaniels deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 35 of 388 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have won 53 of their 138 games against the Phoenix Suns.

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Game context

Attendance

18.978

105.3% of capacity

Target Center · Minneapolis

Scoring

237

combined points

9.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

18 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Traveling · 00:02.7

Julius Randle → Suns

Randle (MIN) lifts his pivot foot prior to releasing his dribble.

Foul: Offensive · 00:34.4

Jusuf Nurkic → Jaden McDaniels

Nurkic (PHX) continues moving into McDaniels (MIN) after the initial contact during the screen, delaying him from contesting the jump shot attempt.