⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
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
They went cold, seven of 39 from three- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 21-12 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 dragged them back level
Q2 6:49 · POR 40-40 MIN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q4 10:52 · POR 89-78 MIN
- Steal
Dalano Banton stole it from Rudy Gobert
Q4 0:34 · POR 103-96 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shaedon Sharpe lost ball turnover
Q4 3:12 · POR 94-88 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 10:35 · POR 2-11 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jaden McDaniels bad pass
Q4 4:39 · POR 91-83 MIN
- Missed FT
Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:22 · POR 94-88 MIN
- Turnover
Rudy Gobert lost ball turnover
Q4 0:34 · POR 103-96 MIN
📊The numbers
| POR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
