Minnesota Timberwolves 112, Portland Trail Blazers 133 — Recap

December 12, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 112, Portland Trail Blazers 133. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 27-33 POR; Q2 MIN 32-37 POR; Q3 MIN 25-36 POR; Q4 MIN 28-27 POR.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 38 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 11 threes on 13-of-21 shooting; Jerami Grant (POR) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Jaylen Nowell (MIN) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-12 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

38 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 11 3PM · 13-21 FG

Scoring · POR

Jerami Grant

24 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-12 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

23 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 9-19 FG

Season highs

Damian Lillard · Season-high 11 threesJustise Winslow · Season-high 10 assists

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	32	25	28		112
POR	33	37	36	27		133

🧮 How They Scored

MINPOR

60Points in the paint48

17Fast-break points24

4Second-chance points12

21Points off turnovers9

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.8%Effective FG%65.7%

9.0%Turnover %15.5%

14.0%Offensive rebound %26.8%

0.204Free-throw rate0.236

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	33	17	2	3	2	0	2	6-16	3-3	2-6	-25
Rudy Gobert C	32	16	20	2	1	0	1	8-13	0-0	0-1	-9
D'Angelo Russell G	30	23	3	8	1	1	2	9-19	3-10	2-3	-13
Kyle Anderson F	28	9	1	5	2	0	1	3-8	1-1	2-2	-8
Jaden McDaniels F	28	2	1	1	1	1	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-16
Jaylen Nowell G	23	17	3	2	1	0	2	7-12	0-2	3-5	-19
Naz Reid F-C	18	10	4	1	0	0	1	4-4	1-1	1-2	-12
Bryn Forbes G	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-5
Austin Rivers G	14	3	0	1	1	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	-13
Wendell Moore Jr. G	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	+3
Nathan Knight F-C	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+3
Matt Ryan F	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+3
Luka Garza C	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Josh Minott F	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+3

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anfernee Simons G	33	12	4	6	0	0	2	5-13	2-8	0-0	+8
Jerami Grant F	32	24	3	2	0	1	2	7-12	3-6	7-7	+22
Justise Winslow F	30	9	6	10	1	0	2	4-8	1-3	0-0	+17
Damian Lillard G	29	38	2	3	0	0	4	13-21	11-17	1-1	+24
Josh Hart G	28	8	7	2	1	0	1	3-7	2-3	0-0	+19
Jusuf Nurkic C	25	14	16	4	1	0	2	4-8	0-2	6-9	+11
Shaedon Sharpe G	20	14	7	1	1	0	0	7-12	0-4	0-0	+2
Drew Eubanks F	17	6	4	1	0	2	2	3-3	0-0	0-0	+15
Trendon Watford F	13	5	4	2	0	1	1	1-2	1-1	2-4	-3
Jabari Walker F	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-5
Keon Johnson G	6	0	1	1	0	0	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	30	23	56.6	31.4	-18.3	14.3
Anthony Edwards	Bench	33	17	45.6	26.3	-34.2	2.1
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	23	17	59.9	31.4	-38.8	14.5
Rudy Gobert	Bench	32	16	59.5	18.9	-11.7	18.3
Naz Reid	Bench	18	10	102.5	13.6	-34.9	13.3
Kyle Anderson	Bench	28	9	50.7	15.4	-11.5	7.3
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	4	4	66.7	27.3	+27.3	24.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	4	4	100.0	27.3	+27.3	12.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	14	3	37.5	12.1	-44.8	-1.5
Matt Ryan	Bench	4	3	75.0	18.2	+27.3	12.0
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	28	2	25.0	5.7	-23.8	0.6
Luka Garza	Bench	4	2	100.0	9.1	+27.3	16.0
Bryn Forbes	Bench	15	2	25.0	12.5	-12.1	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	4	0	0.0	9.1	+27.3	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	29	38	88.6	34.2	+35.2	18.9
Jerami Grant	Bench	32	24	79.6	21.5	+31.0	11.4
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	25	14	58.5	22.6	+19.6	20.7
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	20	14	58.3	24.0	+4.4	20.0
Anfernee Simons	Bench	33	12	46.2	18.1	+12.2	6.0
Justise Winslow	Bench	30	9	56.3	13.3	+27.7	11.2
Josh Hart	Bench	28	8	57.1	11.6	+32.9	7.1
Drew Eubanks	Bench	17	6	100.0	11.4	+37.4	7.8
Trendon Watford	Bench	13	5	66.5	15.2	-6.8	10.6
Jabari Walker	Bench	6	3	150.0	7.1	-26.7	5.8
Gary Payton II	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keon Johnson	Bench	6	0	0.0	28.6	-26.7	-5.8