⏱️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 third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Turnover
Kent Bazemore lost ball turnover
Q4 2:41 · POR 103-97 MIN
- Turnover
Damian Lillard lost ball turnover
Q4 2:25 · POR 103-97 MIN
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:18 · POR 105-100 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:04 · POR 61-59 MIN
- Steal
Shabazz Napier stole it from Kent Bazemore
Q4 2:41 · POR 103-97 MIN
- Steal
Gorgui Dieng stole it from Damian Lillard
Q4 2:25 · POR 103-97 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gorgui Dieng traveling
Q4 4:43 · POR 98-95 MIN
- Turnover
Robert Covington out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 3:52 · POR 100-97 MIN
- Turnover
Robert Covington out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:40 · POR 103-97 MIN
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 13 | Threes made | 15 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 13 | Blocks | 8 |
