Anthony Edwards and Key Timberwolves Players to Watch vs. the Suns in NBA Playoffs | Game 2 - April 23

Jaime Jaquez Jr. is playing meaningful playoff minutes as a rookie, showing that craft has perhaps become an underrated quality in the draft, compared to more traditional traits such as wingspan, athleticism or shooting.

Timberwolves vs. Suns: Players to Watch

Timberwolves Key Players

Edwards averages 25.9 points, 5.4 boards and 5.1 assists.

Rudy Gobert averages 14 points, 12.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists, shooting 66.1% from the floor (second in NBA).

Karl-Anthony Towns averages 21.8 points, 8.3 boards and 3 assists, shooting 50.4% from the field and 41.6% from beyond the arc, with 2.2 made treys per contest.

Naz Reid is averaging 13.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists. At the other end, he averages 0.8 steals and 0.9 blocked shots.

Mike Conley is averaging 11.4 points, 2.9 boards and 5.9 assists. At the other end, he averages 1.2 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.

Suns Key Players

Durant averages 27.1 points for the Suns, plus 6.6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Per game, Devin Booker gives the Suns 27.1 points, 4.5 boards and 6.9 assists. He also averages 0.9 steals and 0.4 blocks.

Per game, Jusuf Nurkic provides the Suns 10.9 points, 11 boards and 4 assists, plus 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks.

The Suns are receiving 13.5 points, 3.9 boards and 3 assists per game from Grayson Allen.

Bradley Beal's numbers on the season are 18.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5 assists per game. He is making 51.3% of his shots from the field and 43% from beyond the arc (sixth in NBA), with an average of 1.9 triples.

Timberwolves vs. Suns Stat Insights

Minnesota Key Stats

The Timberwolves are outscoring opponents by 6.5 points per game with a +529 scoring differential overall. They put up 113 points per game (18th in the NBA) and give up 106.5 per outing (first in the league).

Minnesota is 15th in the league at 43.6 rebounds per game. That's 2.2 more than the 41.4 its opponents average.

The Timberwolves hit 12.6 three-pointers per game (15th in the league) while shooting 38.7% from beyond the arc (third-best in the NBA). They are making 1.2 more threes per contest than their opponents, who drain 11.4 per game while shooting 35.4%.

Minnesota scores 113.1 points per 100 possessions (16th in the league), while allowing 106.2 points per 100 possessions (first in the NBA).

Phoenix Key Stats

The Suns are outscoring opponents by three points per game, with a +251 scoring differential overall. They put up 116.2 points per game (10th in NBA) and allow 113.2 per outing (13th in league).

The 44.1 rebounds per game Phoenix accumulates rank 10th in the league, 2.8 more than the 41.3 its opponents grab.

The Suns knock down 12.4 three-pointers per game (20th in the league), while their opponents have made 13.1 on average.

Phoenix puts up 116.3 points per 100 possessions (fourth in league), while conceding 112.9 points per 100 possessions (18th in NBA).

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