⏱️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, 8 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
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 40- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 7
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 25-5 off them
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 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:51 · POR 15-10 MIN
- Go-ahead
Damian Lillard hit a 23-foot step back jumper
Q4 2:42 · POR 103-102 MIN
- Winner
Damian Lillard hit a 27-foot threeer
Q4 0:58 · POR 108-105 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jusuf Nurkic lost ball turnover
Q4 2:11 · POR 103-105 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 4:44 · POR 79-80 MIN
- Go-ahead
Karl-Anthony Towns hit a 25-foot three jumper, Jeff Teague with the assist
Q4 2:30 · POR 103-105 MIN
- Steal
Dario Saric stole it from Jusuf Nurkic
Q4 2:11 · POR 103-105 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
