⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of 23 from three
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 cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 11:37 · POR 36-40 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 1:06 · POR 84-84 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:14 · POR 84-90 MIN
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q4 6:11 · POR 92-103 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 10:19 · POR 3-13 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 4:35 · POR 17-31 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q4 10:56 · POR 84-95 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Derrick Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:11 · POR 92-103 MIN
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
