⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 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, twelve turnovers to their eighteen- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 in the first 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 6:48 · MIN 34-40 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q1 9:14 · MIN 2-18 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
