⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 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 seven threes to their one- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 40
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 36
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 3:41 · POR 80-69 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 32 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
