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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 24 | 29 | 32 | 21 | 106 |
 Timberwolves | 29 | 31 | 29 | 24 | 113 |
PORTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 33-7544.0% | 9-2931.0% | 31-4273.8% | 39 | 18 | 16 |
| MIN | 39-7651.3% | 9-2437.5% | 26-3672.2% | 33 | 25 | 14 |
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 Timberwolves113| 36 | 32 | 11-26 | 3-9 | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.5 | |||||
| 35 | 17 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 5-7 | −8 | +5.0 | ||||||||
| 30 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | −1.4 | ||||||
| 28 | 8 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 0 | −9 | −6.9 | |||||||
| 26 | 9 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 6-8 | 0 | −3 | +1.3 | |||||||
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| 27 | 7 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +1.7 | ||||||
| 25 | 9 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −3.7 | ||||||
| 21 | 11 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.2 | ||||
| 13 | 14 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +15 | +4.7 | ||||||
| Team | 113 | 39-7651.3% | 9-2437.5% | 33 | 25 | 14 | 30 | 26-3672.2% | 8 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 41 points on 16 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Josh Minott, Wendell Moore Jr., Nathan Knight and Matt Ryan (coach’s decision); Naz Reid (injury/illness).
Portland Trail Blazers106| 41 | 27 | 7-18 | 2-9 | 11-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.8 | |||||
| 33 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −5 | −7.1 | ||||||
| 32 | 26 | 8-14 | 4-6 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | +3 | +10.2 | ||||||
| 30 | 16 | 6-12 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 0 | −15 | −1.9 | |||||||
| 25 | 10 | 4-10 | 0-3 | 2-5 | +7 | −3.7 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 13 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0 | +1 | −0.1 | |||||||
| 20 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | −14 | −3.5 | |||||||
| 16 | 6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.3 | |||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.9 | ||||
| Team | 106 | 33-7544.0% | 9-2931.0% | 39 | 18 | 16 | 30 | 31-4273.8% | 12 | 8 | 7 | |||
Bench 26 points on 8 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Trendon Watford, Greg Brown III and Ibou Badji (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves113Trail Blazers106ClickTap 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.
Rudy Gobert had 17 points (12 in the paint) and 12 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Portland Trail Blazers 113-106.
Jaden McDaniels’ free throw put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 8:29 left in the fourth quarter.
The Trail Blazers got within 96-95 on Damian Lillard’s floater with 6:03 to play, but Anthony Edwards answered with a 16-foot pull-up jumper, and the Trail Blazers got no closer than 102-100.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Trail Blazers 8-3. Edwards scored 5 of the Timberwolves’ 8 on 2 for 4 shooting.
Edwards scored 32 points.
For the Trail Blazers, Lillard had 27 points and 6 assists, and Jerami Grant added 26 points (13 in the second quarter) and 3 steals.
The Timberwolves shot 51.3% from the field and 37.5% from 3 to the Trail Blazers’ 44.0% and 31.0%. Jusuf Nurkić and 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).
87 points from the field on 76 shots: 0.8 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 | 21-32 | 65.6% | 67% |
| In the paint | 6-12 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-8 | 37.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-17 | 35.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hart | 35 | 7 | 3-9 | −5 |
| Jerami Grant | 7 | 8 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Damian Lillard | 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Anfernee Simons | 5 | 7 | 3-5 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 11 | 3-10 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jusuf Nurkić | 33 | 5 | 2-4 | −2 |
| Drew Eubanks | 14 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Jerami Grant | 7 | 2 | 0-1 | +1 |
| Josh Hart | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 3-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Eubanks | 13 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Jusuf Nurkić | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Jabari Walker | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 8 | 4-4 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 31 possessions. He usually scores about 8 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
Edwards 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (28 PTS)
Q4 3:08
17.8%
67→85
Edwards 16' Pullup Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Anderson 5 AST)
Q4 5:38
12.9%
58→71
Gobert 1' Alley Oop Dunk (13 PTS) (Anderson 4 AST)
Q4 7:00
10.2%
58→68
Lillard 6' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (21 PTS)
Q4 6:03
10.2%
68→58
Edwards 1' Driving Layup (25 PTS)
Q4 4:36
9.7%
79→88
