⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the second quarter
- Made four threes to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 1:08 · MIN 33-30 POR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q2 0:54 · MIN 59-55 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gary Neal misses technical free throw
Q2 8:40 · MIN 36-36 POR
- Missed FT
Gary Neal misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:48 · MIN 111-104 POR
- Missed FT
Gary Neal misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:48 · MIN 111-104 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 6:58 · MIN 41-51 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 0:33 · MIN 81-80 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q4 0:48 · MIN 119-113 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 14 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
