⏱️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 third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 49
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 took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 2:21 · POR 25-22 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:15 · POR 103-99 MIN
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:15 · POR 103-99 MIN
- Turnover
Dante Cunningham traveling
Q4 0:20 · POR 105-99 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 6:18 · POR 12-20 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 11 | Blocks | 6 |
