⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 35
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 stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 8:55 · POR 103-87 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 5:39 · POR 18-18 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
