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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 34 | 30 | 37 | 20 | 121 |
 Timberwolves | 32 | 31 | 46 | 26 | 135 |
PORTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 40-8547.1% | 16-3842.1% | 25-3083.3% | 41 | 24 | 15 |
| MIN | 48-8556.5% | 15-3740.5% | 24-2982.8% | 42 | 36 | 11 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Minnesota Timberwolves135| 37 | 14 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0 | +16 | −0.2 | |||||||
| 37 | 16 | 6-13 | 3-7 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +14 | −2.0 | ||||||
| 35 | 14 | 5-12 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | +9 | +3.8 | |||||||
| 34 | 36 | 13-17 | 0-4 | 0 | 10-11 | 0 | +14 | +18.3 | ||||||
| 21 | 16 | 5-10 | 4-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +2.6 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 22 | 8-13 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +2.5 | |||||
| 21 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | +4.6 | |||||||
| 13 | 6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | −1 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 13 | 9 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | −2 | +1.4 | |||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −0.8 | |
| Team | 135 | 48-8556.5% | 15-3740.5% | 42 | 36 | 11 | 21 | 24-2982.8% | 9 | 10 | 7 | |||
Bench 39 points on 14 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Nathan Knight, Leandro Bolmaro and Jake Layman (coach’s decision).
Portland Trail Blazers121| 40 | 38 | 11-25 | 9-17, Ties his career high | 0 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +5.0 | ||||
| 29 | 15 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −6 | +4.6 | ||||||
| 28 | 13 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | −16 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 28 | 9 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | −10 | −5.4 | |||||||
| 24 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −12 | −3.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 12 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0 | 6-8 | 0 | −3 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 30 | 13 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −6.0 | |||||
| 27 | 21, Career high (his best before, 14) | 9-14 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +0.2 | ||||||
| Team | 121 | 40-8547.1% | 16-3842.1% | 41 | 24 | 15 | 23 | 25-3083.3% | 11 | 5 | 1 | |||
Bench 46 points on 14 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Justise Winslow, Greg Brown III and Eric Bledsoe (injury/illness).
Timberwolves135Trail Blazers121ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 36 points (26 in the paint) and 15 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Portland Trail Blazers 135-121 for their fourth straight win.
Jaylen Nowell’s corner 3-pointer put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 2:05 left in the third quarter.
The Trail Blazers got within 111-110 on Anfernee Simons’ 3-pointer with 8:41 to play, but D'Angelo Russell answered with a cutting layup, and the Trail Blazers got no closer than 116-114.
Nowell scored 22 points on 8 for 13 shooting off the bench. Russell added 14 points and a career-high 15 assists, and Jordan McLaughlin had 2 points, 7 assists and a career-high 6 steals. Towns and Russell set each other up for 7 baskets and 14 points, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Trail Blazers, Simons scored 38 points with 9 3-pointers, and Brandon Williams added a career-high 21 points (14 in the paint) on 9 for 14 shooting off the bench.
The Timberwolves shot 56.5% from the field to the Trail Blazers’ 47.1% and outscored them 26-10 on the fast break. Drew Eubanks fouled out.
Minnesota TimberwolvesPortland Trail BlazersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
111 points from the field on 85 shots: 15.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-32 | 71.9% | 65% |
| In the paint | 7-10 | 70.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-6 | 50.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 7-14 | 50.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-23 | 34.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ Elleby | 28 | 11 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Trendon Watford | 15 | 10 | 5-7 | +5 |
| Drew Eubanks | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Anfernee Simons | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 8 | 4-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben McLemore | 15 | 6 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Brandon Williams | 8 | 9 | 3-3 | +7 |
| Keljin Blevins | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Anfernee Simons | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 7 | 3-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 50 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anfernee Simons | 29 | 5 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Trendon Watford | 10 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Ben McLemore | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Keon Johnson | 8 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 4 | 2-6 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
POR
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Simons 25' 3PT Jump Shot (36 PTS) (Johnson 5 AST)
Q4 7:23
14.9%
77→62
Towns 3' Driving Layup (31 PTS) (Russell 13 AST)
Q4 6:18
14.9%
62→77
Williams 9' Floating Jump Shot (21 PTS)
Q4 6:01
14.9%
77→62
Nowell 11' Pullup Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Russell 14 AST)
Q4 5:45
14.1%
62→76
Nowell 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q3 0:02
13.6%
68→82
