⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 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
Made ten threes to their two- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen
- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 34
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 6:20 · POR 17-6 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 0:48 · POR 81-63 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Martell Webster misses technical free throw
Q1 6:31 · POR 9-6 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:28 · POR 23-20 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 11 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
