Suns get blown out in Minnesota, T-Wolves with 1-0 series lead
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Timberwolves defense held the Suns to under 50% shooting, which led to several runs and Phoenix fell in Minnesota 120-95 on Saturday afternoon.
T-Wolves lead the best of seven Round 1 series 1-0. Game 2 is on Tuesday.
To start the third quarter, Durant and Beal scored 16 points for Phoenix to get the team within 71-67 with 7:03 left.
But then the T-Wolves went on a 21-5 run to end the quarter with a lead of 92-72. Edwards had 18 points in the quarter for Minnesota.
Grayson Allen went to the locker room at 4:44 in the third quarter after a foul on Karl-Anthony Towns with a right ankle injury. Allen scored four points, all from the free-throw line.
Kevin Durant got the scoring going early, with nine points in five minutes for the Suns. He had 11 points in the first quarter.
The Suns shot 52% from the field in the first quarter and were 3-6 from 3-point range but only had a 28-27 lead at the end of the frame.
Suns cooled off a bit in the second quarter, going 0-4 from beyond the arc and shooting 7-17 overall.
Minnesota went on 10-3 to build a double-digit lead, eventually going to 61-47 with less than a minute left in the second quarter.
The Suns’ offense was also stagnant in the first half. They had no fast break points and only six assists.
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