Phoenix Suns 104, Minnesota Timberwolves 116 — Recap

March 17, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 104, Minnesota Timberwolves 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 39-36 MIN; Q2 PHX 24-28 MIN; Q3 PHX 23-28 MIN; Q4 PHX 18-24 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 34 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-27 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 32 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (MIN) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Ayo Dosunmu (MIN) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Oso Ighodaro (PHX) 16 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

34 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 11-27 FG

Scoring · MIN

Julius Randle

32 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · MIN

Nah'Shon Hyland

22 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 8-14 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

PHX 11 largest lead Q1 7:31 (PHX 18, MIN 7) · 10-0 run, Q1 10:38–Q1 9:25

MIN 16 largest lead Q4 5:32 (PHX 93, MIN 109) · 12-0 run, Q3 0:32–Q4 9:56

Swings 10 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Bones Hyland makes 22-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists) (Q3 2:46, PHX 80, MIN 83).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
PHX	39	24	23	18		104
MIN	36	28	28	24		116

🧮 How They Scored

PHXMIN

44Points in the paint50

4Fast-break points13

21Second-chance points22

16Points off turnovers16

24Bench points40

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

44.8%Effective FG%56.5%

9.3%Turnover %14.2%

33.3%Offensive rebound %39.5%

0.237Free-throw rate0.345

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Collin Gillespie G	37	12	4	7	1	0	0	4-13	3-9	1-1	-10
Devin Booker G	35	34	6	3	0	0	2	11-27	1-7	11-14	-3
Oso Ighodaro F	34	16	10	4	3	0	4	7-12	0-0	2-2	-6
Royce O'Neale F	29	9	2	2	3	0	3	3-6	3-6	0-0	+4
Jalen Green G	27	9	1	5	2	1	1	3-17	2-6	1-2	-3
Jordan Goodwin G	24	3	8	2	2	0	0	1-6	0-2	1-2	-11
Ryan Dunn F	17	7	4	1	0	1	0	3-3	1-1	0-0	-10
Rasheer Fleming F	15	9	1	0	1	0	1	3-7	2-4	1-2	-11
Khaman Maluach C	11	2	2	0	1	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-2
Haywood Highsmith F	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-8
Isaiah Livers F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Jamaree Bouyea G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels F	37	16	7	4	3	1	0	6-12	1-3	3-4	-4
Rudy Gobert C	37	9	19	1	0	4	2	4-7	0-0	1-3	+2
Ayo Dosunmu G	34	19	5	2	0	0	2	9-17	1-4	0-0	+11
Julius Randle F	33	32	7	2	3	0	6	10-17	2-3	10-13	+8
Nah'Shon Hyland G	29	22	2	5	1	0	3	8-14	4-8	2-3	+18
Donte DiVincenzo G	28	0	1	3	1	1	1	0-8	0-6	0-0	+3
Kyle Anderson F	24	7	5	6	0	1	1	3-4	0-1	1-2	+12
Naz Reid F-C	18	11	3	5	0	4	1	3-5	1-3	4-4	+10

🔬 Advanced Stats

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Starter	35	34	51.3	38.9	-5.5	13.7
Oso Ighodaro	Starter	34	16	62.1	19.1	-10.2	12.0
Collin Gillespie	Starter	37	12	44.6	13.3	-17.2	9.9
Royce O'Neale	Starter	29	9	75.0	11.7	+4.8	6.2
Jalen Green	Starter	27	9	25.2	25.7	-9.2	1.4
Rasheer Fleming	Bench	15	9	57.1	22.0	-56.2	2.0
Ryan Dunn	Bench	17	7	116.7	6.3	-35.7	14.2
Haywood Highsmith	Bench	09	3	75.0	7.4	-46.1	13.8
Jordan Goodwin	Bench	24	3	21.8	11.5	-24.7	4.8
Khaman Maluach	Bench	11	2	33.3	9.4	-25.4	1.2
Amir Coffey	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Livers	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jamaree Bouyea	Bench	01	0	0.0	50.0	0.0	100.0

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Starter	33	32	70.4	35.8	+14.4	16.1
Ayo Dosunmu	Starter	34	19	55.9	22.9	+18.5	9.7
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	37	16	58.1	15.7	-1.0	12.4
Rudy Gobert	Starter	37	9	54.1	11.0	+6.7	13.8
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	28	0	0.0	12.3	+6.6	-4.4
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	29	22	71.8	26.9	+33.1	16.5
Naz Reid	Bench	18	11	81.4	18.2	+25.6	21.7
Kyle Anderson	Bench	24	7	71.7	10.7	+25.1	15.2
Mike Conley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylen Clark	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rocco Zikarsky	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0