⏱️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
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their nine
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 7:01 · MIN 48-41 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ryan Gomes traveling
Q4 2:36 · MIN 90-93 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Joel Przybilla turnover
Q4 3:05 · MIN 90-93 POR
- Missed FT
Brandon Roy misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:44 · MIN 90-95 POR
📊The numbers
| MIN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
