⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 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
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 16-6 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 9:49 · MIN 15-2 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Zach Randolph Technical Foul
Q4 3:31 · MIN 89-68 POR
📊The numbers
| MIN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
