⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fifteen- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 2:00 · POR 55-46 MIN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q3 0:46 · POR 87-69 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brandon Roy misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · POR 106-98 MIN
- Missed FT
Brandon Roy misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:34 · POR 106-98 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 5:09 · POR 93-82 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
