⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 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
Made 21 threes to their ten- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 37
- A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 21-9 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24
Q3 3:39 · POR 104-80 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 5:28 · POR 88-78 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 21 | Threes made | 10 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 25 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
