⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 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
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 22-10 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 1:57 · MIN 32-21 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damian Lillard misses technical free throw
Q2 2:42 · MIN 48-37 POR
📊The numbers
| MIN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 16 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
