Minnesota Timberwolves 124, Portland Trail Blazers 121 — Recap

February 24, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 124, Portland Trail Blazers 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 33-27 POR; Q2 MIN 29-32 POR; Q3 MIN 34-35 POR; Q4 MIN 28-27 POR.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 34 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-27 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 29 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-16 shooting; Jrue Holiday (POR) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Jerami Grant (POR) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 3-of-12 shooting; Scoot Henderson (POR) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

34 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 11-27 FG

Scoring · MIN

Jaden McDaniels

29 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 12-16 FG

Scoring · POR

Jrue Holiday

22 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Rudy Gobert · Season-high 19 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

MIN 12 largest lead Q2 8:27 (MIN 45, POR 33) · 11-0 run, Q3 7:17–Q3 6:01

POR 3 largest lead Q3 7:33 (MIN 73, POR 76) · 7-0 run, Q2 8:06–Q2 6:03

Swings 15 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Julius Randle makes driving layup (Q4 8:37, MIN 103, POR 102).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes

Q4 3:21 Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2MIN · MIN 113, POR 108
Q4 3:05 Donovan Clingan makes free throw 2 of 2POR · MIN 113, POR 109
Q4 2:45 Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunkMIN · MIN 115, POR 109
Q4 1:37 Toumani Camara makes 2-foot two point shot (Donovan Clingan assists)POR · MIN 115, POR 111
Q4 1:23 Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three pointer (Rudy Gobert assists)MIN · MIN 118, POR 111
Q4 1:09 Jaden McDaniels makes 1-foot running dunk (Julius Randle assists)MIN · MIN 120, POR 111
Q4 0:37 Jerami Grant makes free throw 2 of 2POR · MIN 120, POR 112
Q4 0:08 Toumani Camara makes 25-foot three point jumper (Vit Krejci assists)POR · MIN 120, POR 115
Q4 0:07 Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2MIN · MIN 121, POR 115
Q4 0:07 Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2POR · MIN 122, POR 115
Q4 0:05 Vit Krejci makes 22-foot turnaround jump shot (Toumani Camara assists)POR · MIN 122, POR 117
Q4 0:00 Jaden McDaniels makes 1-foot shot (Donte DiVincenzo assists)MIN · MIN 124, POR 117

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	33	29	34	28		124
POR	27	32	35	27		121

🧮 How They Scored

MINPOR

48Points in the paint52

13Fast-break points5

17Second-chance points23

16Points off turnovers24

19Bench points40

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.1%Effective FG%55.1%

14.2%Turnover %13.5%

31.7%Offensive rebound %36.4%

0.216Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	38	34	4	4	2	0	5	11-27	5-13	7-10	+7
Jaden McDaniels F	37	29	6	2	3	5	3	12-16	5-6	0-1	+10
Rudy Gobert C	36	10	19	4	1	2	3	4-5	0-0	2-2	+5
Donte DiVincenzo G	33	19	1	4	2	0	1	7-13	5-10	0-0	+4
Julius Randle F	30	13	7	6	1	0	2	5-9	0-0	3-4	0
Ayo Dosunmu G	24	7	1	2	0	0	0	3-7	0-2	1-2	-10
Naz Reid F-C	23	8	3	2	2	1	2	3-7	2-3	0-0	+3
Nah'Shon Hyland G	13	2	0	2	2	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-4
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Toumani Camara F	37	11	4	5	1	0	3	5-14	1-5	0-2	-12
Donovan Clingan C	36	11	16	5	3	2	2	4-7	2-4	1-2	-4
Jerami Grant F	35	21	5	2	2	0	3	3-12	2-5	13-15	-7
Jrue Holiday G	33	22	3	4	1	0	5	9-16	2-4	2-2	-8
Scoot Henderson G	29	19	6	5	0	0	2	7-18	1-6	4-4	+5
Kris Murray F	29	16	5	1	0	2	0	7-10	2-3	0-1	+1
Sidy Cissoko G	16	3	1	2	2	0	1	1-1	0-0	1-2	+2
Vit Krejci G	15	8	3	2	1	0	0	3-6	2-5	0-0	+5
Matisse Thybulle G-F	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	3-5	2-3	2-2	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Starter	38	34	54.1	39.8	+8.6	9.4
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	37	29	88.2	21.3	+14.7	16.1
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	33	19	73.1	17.7	+7.1	10.0
Julius Randle	Starter	30	13	60.4	16.2	+1.8	11.0
Rudy Gobert	Starter	36	10	85.0	10.5	+8.2	14.8
Naz Reid	Bench	23	8	57.1	16.7	+6.3	4.8
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	24	7	44.4	15.4	-11.1	2.8
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	13	2	33.3	10.7	-6.4	3.6
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	06	2	100.0	7.1	0.0	6.3
Mike Conley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylen Clark	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joan Beringer	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
Jrue Holiday	Starter	33	22	65.2	27.2	-11.4	9.7
Jerami Grant	Starter	35	21	56.5	25.0	-7.7	8.7
Kris Murray	Starter	29	16	76.6	14.5	-2.1	15.6
Toumani Camara	Starter	37	11	37.0	19.6	-13.5	1.0
Donovan Clingan	Starter	36	11	69.8	11.2	-5.4	15.3
Scoot Henderson	Bench	29	19	48.1	27.8	+3.9	9.4
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	10	10	85.0	22.2	+14.3	18.5
Vit Krejci	Bench	15	8	66.7	14.0	+17.0	12.4
Sidy Cissoko	Bench	16	3	79.8	4.8	-0.6	3.9
Robert Williams III	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Deni Avdija	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Blake Wesley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Javonte Cooke	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0