⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 31- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:52 · POR 24-26 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 8:38 · POR 47-45 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Bonzi Wells Technical Foul
Q4 3:50 · POR 73-83 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 2:17 · POR 16-26 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 6:58 · POR 47-53 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
