Portland Trail Blazers 125, Minnesota Timberwolves 121 — Recap

March 13, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 125, Minnesota Timberwolves 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 33-24 MIN; Q2 POR 33-33 MIN; Q3 POR 27-37 MIN; Q4 POR 32-27 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 34 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Carmelo Anthony (POR) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Damian Lillard (POR) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Enes Kanter (POR) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

34 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · POR

Carmelo Anthony

26 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 8-14 FG

Scoring · POR

Damian Lillard

25 PTS, 5 REB, 10 AST, 3 3PM · 7-19 FG

Season highs

Karl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 34 points

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
POR	33	33	27	32		125
MIN	24	33	37	27		121

🧮 How They Scored

PORMIN

40Points in the paint60

5Fast-break points10

10Second-chance points21

22Points off turnovers11

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.6%Effective FG%57.0%

7.3%Turnover %15.3%

15.9%Offensive rebound %41.3%

0.337Free-throw rate0.360

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	36	25	5	10	0	0	2	7-19	3-10	8-9	-3
Enes Kanter C	32	20	11	2	0	0	0	8-12	0-0	4-5	+1
Robert Covington F	32	9	6	3	0	1	1	3-4	3-4	0-0	+4
Carmelo Anthony F	31	26	2	6	2	1	1	8-14	2-5	8-8	+9
Gary Trent Jr. G	30	14	1	0	4	0	2	5-13	2-7	2-3	+2
Rodney Hood G	22	6	0	1	0	1	1	2-4	0-2	2-2	-2
Nassir Little F	22	6	4	0	0	1	0	3-7	0-4	0-0	+9
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	21	11	2	1	0	1	1	4-8	1-3	2-3	-4
Anfernee Simons G	15	8	3	3	0	0	0	3-8	2-5	0-0	+4

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	34	10	4	1	2	2	12-21	2-4	8-8	-3
Ricky Rubio G	33	10	4	8	2	0	3	3-4	0-1	4-5	-4
Anthony Edwards G	29	21	8	3	1	0	3	8-18	3-7	2-4	-6
Jaylen Nowell G	28	17	5	1	0	0	3	7-14	3-6	0-0	0
Jake Layman F	28	3	5	3	1	0	2	1-5	0-4	1-2	-2
Juancho Hernangomez F	24	10	8	0	0	0	0	4-8	1-2	1-3	0
Jaden McDaniels F	21	5	2	1	0	0	1	2-2	1-1	0-0	-2
Josh Okogie G	15	7	1	2	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	3-3	-3
Naz Reid F-C	14	11	4	1	0	2	0	4-9	0-1	3-4	-1
Jarred Vanderbilt F	13	3	9	0	0	3	4	1-1	0-0	1-2	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	31	26	74.2	27.9	+14.3	17.5
Damian Lillard	Bench	36	25	54.4	28.6	-3.8	13.9
Enes Kanter	Bench	32	20	70.4	18.2	+1.4	15.6
Gary Trent Jr.	Bench	30	14	48.9	21.9	+1.3	5.7
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	21	11	59.0	19.2	-8.5	5.4
Robert Covington	Bench	32	9	112.5	6.8	+6.1	11.7
Anfernee Simons	Bench	15	8	50.0	26.7	+20.2	10.3
Rodney Hood	Bench	22	6	61.5	13.0	-4.8	2.6
Nassir Little	Bench	22	6	42.9	14.3	+23.3	2.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	34	34	69.3	30.7	-2.5	21.4
Anthony Edwards	Bench	29	21	53.1	29.9	-11.5	10.7
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	28	17	60.7	25.8	+2.3	7.4
Naz Reid	Bench	14	11	51.1	34.4	+1.3	13.3
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	24	10	53.6	16.4	+6.1	7.2
Ricky Rubio	Bench	33	10	80.6	10.6	-4.0	10.4
Josh Okogie	Bench	15	7	65.8	13.5	-10.0	7.6
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	21	5	125.0	5.8	-4.4	3.7
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	13	3	79.8	17.6	+3.6	13.2
Jake Layman	Bench	28	3	25.5	10.8	-1.4	1.1