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Portland Trail Blazers
Minnesota TimberwolvesTip-off at 8 p.m. ET
The Timberwolves have had the Trail Blazers’ number. They won three of their four games last season, holding the Trail Blazers to 6 fewer points per 100 possessions than they scored against everyone else.
Portland took the third most threes in the league last season, 42 a game. Minnesota allowed the second fewest, 34.
An early look, from the NBA’s rosters as of Oct. 7, 2026. The lineups and inactive players come on game day.
From the NBA’s player tracking when they met last season: each scorer against the defender who guarded him most, compared with how he scored against everyone else. Most scorers score less against whoever guards them most, about three quarters of their rate against everyone else, so a gap like that is the usual one.
Portland Trail BlazersMinnesota TimberwolvesRegular season: Timberwolves, 3-1
Last season’s honors and lines, who is new, the rookies drafted in the first round, the second-year players and the veterans.
Portland Trail BlazersJerami Grant (traded to the Grizzlies), Kris Murray (traded to the Grizzlies), Caleb Love (signed with the 76ers)
Rosters: the NBA’s, as of Oct. 7, 2026. Records, meetings and lines: 2025-26 box scores. Matchups: NBA player tracking. Awards: the NBA’s. Power rankings: stat.space’s model.
Minnesota TimberwolvesNo longer on the roster: Julius Randle (traded to the Nets), Naz Reid (traded to the Hornets)
