Portland Trail Blazers 112, Minnesota Timberwolves 114 — Recap

March 14, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 112, Minnesota Timberwolves 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 20-24 MIN; Q2 POR 29-23 MIN; Q3 POR 23-29 MIN; Q4 POR 40-38 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 38 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 34 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Gary Trent Jr. (POR) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Robert Covington (POR) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Carmelo Anthony (POR) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

38 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

34 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · POR

Gary Trent Jr.

21 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 6-14 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
POR	20	29	23	40		112
MIN	24	23	29	38		114

🧮 How They Scored

PORMIN

30Points in the paint46

8Fast-break points6

9Second-chance points7

4Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.4%Effective FG%58.2%

10.1%Turnover %11.7%

18.4%Offensive rebound %13.2%

0.236Free-throw rate0.534

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Robert Covington F	39	19	7	5	1	1	2	7-13	4-7	1-1	+4
Damian Lillard G	37	38	7	4	0	1	5	12-21	6-13	8-9	-2
Gary Trent Jr. G	34	21	4	2	2	0	0	6-14	4-8	5-7	+1
Carmelo Anthony F	30	16	4	5	0	1	1	6-15	2-8	2-2	+8
Enes Kanter C	26	4	11	1	1	0	2	2-8	0-0	0-0	-11
Rodney Hood G	25	5	2	1	0	0	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	+2
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	20	0	3	0	1	0	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	-11
Nassir Little F	19	4	4	1	0	0	1	2-5	0-3	0-0	-1
Anfernee Simons G	11	5	0	3	1	0	0	2-4	0-1	1-2	0

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	40	13	8	8	1	1	7	5-9	1-4	2-6	+3
Anthony Edwards G	37	34	4	2	1	0	2	12-24	6-14	4-4	-7
Ricky Rubio G	30	15	5	7	0	0	1	3-10	1-5	8-8	-3
Jaylen Nowell G	25	14	4	2	1	0	0	4-9	4-8	2-2	-1
Josh Okogie G	24	10	5	3	1	0	0	0-2	0-1	10-11	-9
Juancho Hernangomez F	23	5	4	1	0	0	0	2-6	0-4	1-1	-1
Jarred Vanderbilt F	22	12	9	0	2	3	1	5-5	0-0	2-3	+11
Jake Layman F	21	5	2	1	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	+10
Naz Reid F-C	19	6	4	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-4	+7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	37	38	76.1	31.9	-1.1	18.9
Gary Trent Jr.	Bench	34	21	61.5	20.7	+1.4	12.3
Robert Covington	Bench	39	19	70.7	16.7	+6.2	13.3
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	30	16	50.4	24.6	+14.8	9.5
Anfernee Simons	Bench	11	5	51.2	23.8	+4.8	12.5
Rodney Hood	Bench	25	5	50.0	9.1	-3.7	0.0
Enes Kanter	Bench	26	4	25.0	16.4	-20.8	2.0
Nassir Little	Bench	19	4	40.0	14.6	+0.7	3.4
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	20	0	0.0	8.5	-20.2	-3.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	34	66.0	33.7	-9.0	15.9
Ricky Rubio	Bench	30	15	55.5	22.4	-6.3	13.2
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	25	14	70.9	16.9	-7.3	11.2
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	40	13	55.8	21.6	+2.2	7.2
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	22	12	94.9	15.2	+23.9	28.1
Josh Okogie	Bench	24	10	73.1	12.5	-18.0	11.9
Naz Reid	Bench	19	6	52.1	14.6	+15.8	4.2
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	23	5	38.8	12.2	-5.2	3.8
Jake Layman	Bench	21	5	62.5	11.4	+19.5	6.7