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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 31 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 107 |
 Timberwolves | 29 | 33 | 24 | 19 | 105 |
PORTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 43-9346.2% | 9-3030.0% | 12-2060.0% | 42 | 29 | 10 |
| MIN | 38-7948.1% | 11-2642.3% | 18-2378.3% | 47 | 29 | 18 |
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Portland Trail Blazers107| 35 | 27 | 9-19 | 2-7 | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +3.9 | ||||||
| 30 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −6.7 | |||||
| 30 | 13 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.7 | |||||
| 29 | 12 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 1-2 | −3 | +0.2 | ||||||||
| 19 | 15 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +2.8 | |||||
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| 29 | 19 | 8-15 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | +3.0 | |||||||
| 19 | 5 | 2-11 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −3.9 | ||||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +0.6 | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −2.8 | ||||
| 13 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.4 | |||||
| Team | 107 | 43-9346.2% | 9-3030.0% | 42 | 29 | 10 | 26 | 12-2060.0% | 11 | 12 | 3 | |||
Bench 38 points on 16 for 40 shooting
Did not play: Cam Reddish (injury/illness).
Minnesota Timberwolves105| 38 | 37 | 15-30 | 3-8 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.8 | ||||||
| 36 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −2.7 | |||||||
| 35 | 11 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 10 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.6 | ||||||
| 25 | 8 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.2 | ||||||
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| 33 | 13 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.8 | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −7.9 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.5 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +2.9 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.1 | |||
| Team | 105 | 38-7948.1% | 11-2642.3% | 47 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 18-2378.3% | 7 | 3 | 5 | |||
Bench 29 points on 11 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Josh Minott, Wendell Moore Jr., Nathan Knight and Matt Ryan (coach’s decision).
Trail Blazers107Timberwolves105ClickTap 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.
Shaedon Sharpe scored 27 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-105 to end a 5-game losing streak.
Skylar Mays’ driving layup put the Trail Blazers ahead for good with 1:29 left in the fourth quarter.
The Timberwolves got within 106-105 on Anthony Edwards’ driving dunk with 16 seconds to play, but Drew Eubanks answered with a free throw, and the Timberwolves got no closer.
Sharpe’s hook shot with 24.7 seconds left made it 106-103. The Timberwolves had the ball down 2, but Kyle Anderson missed a driving layup at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Trail Blazers 13-11. Edwards scored 9 of the Timberwolves’ 13 on 3 for 5 shooting and 2 for 3 at the line.
For the Timberwolves, Edwards had 37 points and 6 assists.
The Timberwolves forced 10 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions.
Portland Trail BlazersMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, 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. The Trail Blazers’ chance bottomed out at 9.5% (3rd quarter, 3:37 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
95 points from the field on 93 shots: 8.4 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-35 | 60.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 10-23 | 43.5% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-5 | 60.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 0-3 | 0.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-27 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Edwards | 27 | 2 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Jaden McDaniels | 22 | 5 | 2-6 | 0 |
| Mike Conley | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 4 | 5 | 2-5 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 11 | 4-7 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Anderson | 21 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Taurean Prince | 13 | 9 | 4-5 | +6 |
| Jaden McDaniels | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Mike Conley | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 8 | 3-5 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 12 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Jaden McDaniels | 10 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Rudy Gobert | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Kyle Anderson | 5 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 38 possessions. He usually scores about 7 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Mays 1' Running Layup (13 PTS)
Q4 1:29
28.6%
58→29
Edwards 25' 3PT Jump Shot (31 PTS) (Gobert 3 AST)
Q4 2:55
24.8%
34→59
Sharpe 2' Driving Bank Hook Shot (27 PTS)
Q4 0:25
24.4%
37→13
Williams 28' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Walker 2 AST)
Q4 8:21
19.1%
62→43
Sharpe 2' Driving Layup (23 PTS)
Q4 2:02
16.3%
73→56
