⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 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
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 18-5 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 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.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:41 · MIN 15-13 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 0:15 · MIN 27-23 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 9:02 · MIN 29-36 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 6:18 · MIN 32-44 POR
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q3 9:23 · MIN 45-64 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Blake technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:28 · MIN 4-11 POR
📊The numbers
| MIN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
