⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 10 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 twelve threes to their two- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 43
- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 60
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 5:58 · POR 39-36 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 1:27 · POR 52-40 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Joel Freeland and Shabazz Muhammad
Q2 7:15 · POR 29-32 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mo Williams bad pass
Q4 4:22 · POR 93-85 MIN
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 2 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
