Portland Trail Blazers 121, Minnesota Timberwolves 135 — Recap

March 5, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 121, Minnesota Timberwolves 135. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 34-32 MIN; Q2 POR 30-31 MIN; Q3 POR 37-46 MIN; Q4 POR 20-26 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Anfernee Simons (POR) 38 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 9 threes on 11-of-25 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 36 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists on 13-of-17 shooting; Jaylen Nowell (MIN) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Brandon Williams (POR) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 16 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Anfernee Simons

38 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 9 3PM · 11-25 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

36 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST · 13-17 FG

Scoring · MIN

Jaylen Nowell

22 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 8-13 FG

Season highs

Brandon Williams · Season-high 21 pointsD'Angelo Russell · Season-high 15 assistsTrendon Watford · Season-high 14 rebounds

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	34	30	37	20		121
MIN	32	31	46	26		135

🧮 How They Scored

PORMIN

44Points in the paint60

10Fast-break points26

17Second-chance points13

12Points off turnovers20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.5%Effective FG%65.3%

13.3%Turnover %10.1%

25.0%Offensive rebound %23.1%

0.353Free-throw rate0.341

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anfernee Simons G	40	38	3	3	0	0	3	11-25	9-17	7-7	-2
Trendon Watford F	32	12	14	4	0	1	0	3-8	0-2	6-8	-3
Ben McLemore G	30	13	1	1	0	0	3	2-8	2-5	7-7	-5
Keon Johnson G	29	15	2	5	1	0	0	5-9	3-5	2-3	-6
Drew Eubanks F	28	13	8	2	1	0	3	6-7	0-0	1-1	-16
CJ Elleby F-G	28	9	9	3	1	0	2	4-11	0-1	1-3	-10
Brandon Williams G	27	21	2	1	1	0	3	9-14	2-5	1-1	-16
Keljin Blevins F	24	0	2	5	1	0	1	0-3	0-3	0-0	-12

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels F	37	16	9	0	0	2	1	6-13	3-7	1-2	+14
Jarred Vanderbilt F	37	14	7	2	1	0	1	5-8	0-0	4-5	+16
D'Angelo Russell G	35	14	3	15	1	0	2	5-12	2-6	2-2	+9
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	36	15	5	0	3	0	13-17	0-4	10-11	+14
Jaylen Nowell G	24	22	1	2	0	0	2	8-13	4-7	2-3	+9
Malik Beasley G	21	16	0	1	0	1	0	5-10	4-9	2-3	+7
Jordan McLaughlin G	21	2	2	7	6	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-1
Taurean Prince F	13	9	2	3	1	1	2	3-7	2-3	1-1	-2
Naz Reid F-C	13	6	3	1	1	0	2	2-2	0-0	2-2	-1
Josh Okogie G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anfernee Simons	Bench	40	38	67.7	33.0	-0.9	13.7
Brandon Williams	Bench	27	21	72.7	26.6	-27.0	10.8
Keon Johnson	Bench	29	15	72.7	14.9	-7.5	9.0
Drew Eubanks	Bench	28	13	87.4	14.9	-31.8	7.8
Ben McLemore	Bench	30	13	58.7	17.6	-7.8	3.9
Trendon Watford	Bench	32	12	52.1	15.6	-2.7	11.3
CJ Elleby	Bench	28	9	36.5	21.2	-10.3	4.2
Keljin Blevins	Bench	24	0	0.0	7.5	-21.8	1.3

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	36	82.4	27.6	+20.0	27.2
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	24	22	76.8	26.8	+17.3	13.7
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	37	16	57.6	17.9	+16.5	6.6
Malik Beasley	Bench	21	16	70.7	23.4	+16.3	9.2
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	35	14	54.3	20.8	+13.2	11.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	37	14	68.6	13.3	+21.3	8.5
Taurean Prince	Bench	13	9	60.5	32.1	-3.3	12.9
Naz Reid	Bench	13	6	104.2	16.1	-3.6	10.6
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	21	2	33.3	7.4	-2.1	8.7
Josh Okogie	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	+70.0	0.0