⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️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 twenty- Went cold from three, fourteen of 43
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 7:14 · POR 16-11 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 5:55 · POR 55-43 MIN
- Ties it
CJ McCollum hit a 32-foot running pullup jump shot, Norman Powell with the assist
Q4 0:10 · POR 107-107 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anfernee Simons bad pass
Q4 4:30 · POR 95-99 MIN
- Turnover
Anfernee Simons bad pass
Q4 4:09 · POR 95-102 MIN
- Goaltend
Anfernee Simons defensive goaltending violation
Q4 0:02 · POR 107-109 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 10:31 · POR 4-9 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 7:43 · POR 46-43 MIN
- Winner
D'Angelo Russell hit a two point shot
Q4 0:02 · POR 107-109 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:46 · POR 102-106 MIN
- Turnover
Jarred Vanderbilt bad pass
Q4 0:30 · POR 104-106 MIN
- Missed FT
D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:17 · POR 104-107 MIN
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 14 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 10 |
