⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first 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
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 5:54 · MIN 13-25 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:27 · MIN 93-104 POR
📊The numbers
| MIN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
