⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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, 11 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, 35 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 29-9 off them
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 54
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 cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q3 1:00 · MIN 64-83 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 7:56 · MIN 41-64 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q3 3:33 · MIN 50-80 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q4 7:31 · MIN 69-97 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Camby technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:27 · MIN 52-80 POR
📊The numbers
| MIN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 29 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
