⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 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
Made eleven threes to their three- They went cold, three of eighteen from three
- A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 37
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up
Q3 1:08 · POR 88-78 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - LaMarcus Aldridge and Kevin Love
Q3 9:26 · POR 54-59 MIN
- Technical
Meyers Leonard technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:24 · POR 66-68 MIN
- Technical
Jared Jeffries technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 0:58 · POR 75-77 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luke Ridnour misses technical free throw
Q3 4:24 · POR 66-68 MIN
- Missed FT
Luke Ridnour misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:54 · POR 99-92 MIN
- Missed FT
Nikola Pekovic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:53 · POR 99-92 MIN
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
