Portland Trail Blazers 81, Minnesota Timberwolves 124 — Recap

March 7, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 81, Minnesota Timberwolves 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 15-31 MIN; Q2 POR 19-30 MIN; Q3 POR 26-29 MIN; Q4 POR 21-34 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 27 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Brandon Williams (POR) 27 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Malik Beasley (MIN) 19 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 18 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-8 shooting; Keon Johnson (POR) 14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 3-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

27 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 8-14 FG

Scoring · POR

Brandon Williams

27 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 7-18 FG

Scoring · MIN

Malik Beasley

19 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 6-16 FG

Season highs

Brandon Williams · Season-high 27 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	15	19	26	21		81
MIN	31	30	29	34		124

🧮 How They Scored

PORMIN

28Points in the paint48

8Fast-break points29

10Second-chance points22

20Points off turnovers30

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

31.9%Effective FG%48.4%

14.6%Turnover %15.2%

14.3%Offensive rebound %35.8%

0.458Free-throw rate0.478

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Williams G	34	27	8	2	4	1	4	7-18	2-7	11-16	-25
Trendon Watford F	30	11	7	3	0	1	2	4-8	1-1	2-2	-28
CJ Elleby F-G	30	5	3	0	0	1	2	2-6	0-0	1-2	-25
Drew Eubanks F	29	2	7	0	0	0	1	1-6	0-0	0-0	-33
Josh Hart G	28	6	5	4	1	0	2	2-12	1-6	1-2	-21
Keon Johnson G	26	14	7	1	1	0	3	3-14	1-4	7-7	-34
Greg Brown III F	22	1	2	1	1	1	0	0-7	0-2	1-2	-15
Elijah Hughes G	19	1	2	0	2	1	1	0-4	0-2	1-2	-20
Keljin Blevins F	14	11	1	0	0	0	0	4-6	2-4	1-2	-13
Ben McLemore G	8	3	0	0	1	0	2	0-2	0-2	3-3	-1

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malik Beasley G	28	19	1	1	2	0	0	6-16	5-14	2-2	+21
Jaden McDaniels F	26	8	5	1	0	2	2	2-9	1-5	3-3	+19
Karl-Anthony Towns C	24	27	13	1	1	2	2	8-14	1-1	10-15	+34
Patrick Beverley G	22	6	10	7	0	1	3	2-7	1-5	1-2	+23
Naz Reid F-C	21	18	11	0	1	1	2	5-8	2-3	6-7	+13
Jordan McLaughlin G	20	11	3	6	2	1	2	4-8	1-3	2-3	+14
Josh Okogie G	20	9	2	0	2	0	1	4-7	1-3	0-0	+13
Jarred Vanderbilt F	19	4	7	1	1	0	0	1-3	0-0	2-2	+21
Taurean Prince F	17	5	3	0	0	1	4	2-9	1-6	0-0	+8
Jaylen Nowell G	12	6	1	1	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	2-2	+15
Jake Layman F	12	5	7	1	0	1	1	1-6	0-2	3-4	+13
Nathan Knight F-C	10	4	3	1	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	4-4	+12
Leandro Bolmaro F	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	+9

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Williams	Bench	34	27	53.9	34.5	-31.6	15.9
Keon Johnson	Bench	26	14	41.0	29.4	-54.0	7.4
Trendon Watford	Bench	30	11	61.9	13.9	-41.6	8.3
Keljin Blevins	Bench	14	11	79.9	20.0	-39.4	16.7
Josh Hart	Bench	28	6	23.3	20.8	-31.8	2.5
CJ Elleby	Bench	30	5	36.3	12.0	-37.8	-0.7
Ben McLemore	Bench	8	3	45.2	22.7	-16.4	-4.0
Drew Eubanks	Bench	29	2	16.7	9.7	-54.1	-1.8
Elijah Hughes	Bench	19	1	10.2	12.0	-41.1	-6.1
Greg Brown III	Bench	22	1	6.3	13.3	-31.7	-14.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	24	27	65.5	34.8	+66.5	44.5
Malik Beasley	Bench	28	19	56.3	20.3	+34.6	14.7
Naz Reid	Bench	21	18	81.2	22.4	+29.2	28.9
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	20	11	59.0	19.6	+32.3	22.0
Josh Okogie	Bench	20	9	64.3	14.5	+29.4	8.0
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	26	8	38.8	16.7	+35.2	4.6
Patrick Beverley	Bench	22	6	38.1	18.0	+51.4	23.4
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	12	6	104.2	11.1	+43.3	17.3
Taurean Prince	Bench	17	5	27.8	27.1	+23.8	-12.4
Jake Layman	Bench	12	5	32.2	28.1	+46.4	13.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	19	4	51.5	7.7	+52.6	24.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	10	4	113.6	10.7	+48.0	22.8
Leandro Bolmaro	Bench	9	2	33.3	16.7	+46.3	-8.5