⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, ten of seventeen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Gary Trent Double Technical Foul. Ruben Patterson gains possession.
Q3 1:02 · MIN 74-65 POR
- Technical
Wally Szczerbiak Double Technical Foul. Bonzi Wells gains possession.
Q4 6:13 · MIN 92-73 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 3:01 · MIN 105-87 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul
Q4 7:56 · MIN 84-71 POR
📊The numbers
| MIN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 27 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
