NBA

Minnesota Timberwolves at Portland Trail Blazers

· NBA Cup - Group Play
Final
108 - 122

Williams and Grant help Trail Blazers beat Timberwolves 122-108

Scoot Henderson ices game with acrobatic reverse layup

Williams, who recently returned from a knee injury, also had nine rebounds and three assists.

Naz Reid led Minnesota with 28 points in the loss while star guard Anthony Edwards pitched in 26 points.

The Blazers, who entered the game as the second-worst 3-point shooting team in the NBA, shot a blistering 18 for 32 (56%) from behind the 3-point line.

The Blazers jumped out to a 28-17 lead after the first quarter, capped off by a Dalano Banton 3-pointer at the buzzer. Banton entered the game after Portland lost Anfernee Simons for the game due to a chest injury and his backup, Scoot Henderson, picked up three fouls in the first quarter.

Takeaways Timberwolves: Minnesota came into Tuesday’s cup game after blowing an 88-80 lead in the last five minutes to the Miami Heat on Sunday. Their coach Chris Finch blamed himself for the loss. “I take responsibility for that entire game, that was a complete meltdown in a lot of ways. I didn’t have enough answers for the zone,” Finch said. “It wasn’t a late-game thing as much as I thought the zone really stifled us.”

Blazers: Donovan Clingan got the first start of his NBA career on Tuesday night in place of Deandre Ayton, who missed the game with a sprained finger. He started the game with a block against Rudy Gobert on the opening play of the game and snagged a steal a few possessions later.

Key moment Portland had two end of quarter buzzer-beating 3-pointers, one from Banton to end the first quarter and another from Deni Avdija to end the third quarter.

Key stat The Blazers dominated the bench points in Tuesday night’s game, outsourcing Minnesota 64-39.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Matchup Prediction

Trail Blazers: 30.5%
Timberwolves: 69.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 108 - 122
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 108 - 122
4th 0.0 Timberwolves offensive team rebound 108 - 122
4th 0.0 Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup 108 - 122
4th 4.0 Jerami Grant makes free throw 2 of 2 108 - 122

Statistics

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37-73 FG 43-84
50.7 Field Goal % 51.2
13-35 3PT 18-32
37.1 Three Point % 56.3
21-23 FT 18-20
91.3 Free Throw % 90.0
32 Rebounds 39
4 Offensive Rebounds 11
28 Defensive Rebounds 28
22 Assists 30
13 Steals 14
4 Blocks 7
21 Turnovers 19
2 Team Turnovers 1
23 Total Turnovers 20
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
25 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 28
23 Fast Break Points 16
40 Points in Paint 42
22 Fouls 23
3 Largest Lead 19

Game Information

Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 16,880 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 23 5 .821 - W8
Denver 16 11 .593 6.5 W2
Minnesota 14 14 .500 9 L3
Portland 9 20 .310 14.5 L2
Utah 7 21 .250 16 L1
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