Minnesota Timberwolves 118, Portland Trail Blazers 124 — Recap

December 10, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 118, Portland Trail Blazers 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 27-32 POR; Q2 MIN 39-33 POR; Q3 MIN 26-29 POR; Q4 MIN 26-30 POR.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 36 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Anfernee Simons (POR) 31 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists on 9-of-11 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 24 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

36 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 9-22 FG

Scoring · POR

Anfernee Simons

31 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 13-22 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

26 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 10-20 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	27	39	26	26		118
POR	32	33	29	30		124

🧮 How They Scored

MINPOR

56Points in the paint46

10Fast-break points11

4Second-chance points22

14Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.2%Effective FG%59.6%

12.2%Turnover %14.4%

10.5%Offensive rebound %31.4%

0.289Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	41	26	6	7	2	0	3	10-20	4-8	2-4	0
D'Angelo Russell G	39	24	1	3	3	0	5	9-16	4-6	2-3	+6
Kyle Anderson F	39	14	7	6	1	0	2	5-9	0-0	4-4	-12
Rudy Gobert C	36	24	9	2	4	1	1	9-11	0-0	6-9	+7
Jaden McDaniels F	29	9	0	2	0	1	0	3-6	2-4	1-1	+12
Austin Rivers G	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-13
Jaylen Nowell G	16	6	0	2	0	0	0	3-8	0-3	0-0	-10
Naz Reid F-C	14	15	3	0	1	2	0	6-12	0-2	3-3	-17
Wendell Moore Jr. G	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	41	36	3	8	2	0	5	9-22	3-11	15-15	+4
Jerami Grant F	39	17	7	2	0	0	2	6-13	2-5	3-3	-2
Anfernee Simons G	35	31	3	1	0	0	2	13-22	5-10	0-0	-10
Josh Hart G	33	11	8	4	2	0	2	4-8	3-3	0-0	+8
Jusuf Nurkic C	26	8	15	2	0	2	2	3-6	0-2	2-4	-8
Drew Eubanks F	20	10	0	1	0	1	0	5-5	0-0	0-0	+16
Shaedon Sharpe G	20	5	4	1	0	0	1	2-6	0-3	1-2	+18
Justise Winslow F	14	2	2	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	-7
Trendon Watford F	12	4	3	1	1	1	1	1-1	0-0	2-2	+11

🔬 Advanced Stats

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	41	26	59.7	25.8	0.0	12.8
Rudy Gobert	Bench	36	24	80.2	21.6	+13.0	18.0
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	39	24	69.3	25.9	+7.3	9.0
Naz Reid	Bench	14	15	56.3	34.2	-53.1	23.1
Kyle Anderson	Bench	39	14	65.1	15.9	-11.9	11.0
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	29	9	69.9	10.0	+20.0	3.9
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	16	6	37.5	19.0	-28.6	3.1
Luka Garza	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	4	0	0.0	11.1	-42.9	-12.1
Bryn Forbes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	21	0	0.0	3.8	-28.3	-3.7
Matt Ryan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	41	36	62.9	34.0	+4.7	17.2
Anfernee Simons	Bench	35	31	70.5	29.6	-13.7	13.0
Jerami Grant	Bench	39	17	59.4	18.0	-2.5	7.6
Josh Hart	Bench	33	11	68.8	12.2	+9.9	9.6
Drew Eubanks	Bench	20	10	100.0	11.4	+46.8	10.7
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	26	8	51.5	15.6	-12.5	11.7
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	20	5	36.3	16.7	+50.4	3.5
Trendon Watford	Bench	12	4	106.4	10.3	+47.4	18.8
Justise Winslow	Bench	14	2	113.6	5.9	-18.7	-3.3
Jabari Walker	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Greg Brown III	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keon Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0