Portland collapses late in Minnesota 98-114

The Portland Trail Blazers fell afterwards with nine to Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night and then took the lead in the second quarter, which lasted almost the rest of the game. Unfortunately, an exciting fourth quarter spelled wolves and an almost unstoppable Naz Reid division to Blazers’ victory features as they fell 114-98.

With Portland’s defense fully locked in early, even Minnesota’s Makes looked tough. At the break, Minnesota was on average only 90.4 points per day. 100 belongings, which would put them to the bottom 3% of all other games that played this season, according to cleaning the glass. Unfortunately, Portland had no answer to a massive Minnesota race in the fourth quarter, beginning with flathed from both clubs. It decided the game.

BoxScore

Blazer of the game

Anfee Simons. He had only 21 points on 9-21 shooting, but his violation does more than the box’s score suggests, as the gravity he creates makes life easier for everyone else. He has had his ups and down this season (and in this game), but Portland can’t play their best ball unless Ant plays his. They also desperately looked at him to find ways to score when Minnesota raised the intensity late and he did his best despite having limited help.

State at night

38-14, which in 38 Minnesota fourth quarter points to Portlands 14.

What we remember

The game gets ugly. As Blazers’ lead evaporated, both clubs were spiced, from Minnesota’s Joe Ingles, who pulled Toumani Camara to the floor of Donovan Clingan, who was tangled with Gobert and was labeled with the bad after not getting his own call before.

Crabs dribbles

The author’s note: My wife, who played college basketball, asked me what a “crab dribbler” was. I had to google it and was shocked to remember that This reference is now over 15 years old. In connection with these recaps, it means “random observations” rather than “something I say to hide the fact that I was traveling.”

• Toumani Camara wasted no time extending his league-leading number of offensive violations drawn with one from a screen early in the first quarter. It will be a travesty if this man is turned off for both all-defensive teams.
• Shaedon Sharpe had an absolutely dirty first quarter lob to Robert Williams III, who got up high enough to get even the Minnesota amount to go “oohhhhhh!” Then he had another lob early in the second, then a setback dunk before unfortunately Go back to the dressing room with a right knee injuryAnd he did not return. It is sufficient to say when this man is healthy, he is a threat.
• When the NBA officials suddenly change how they call the game, it is noticed by both fans and players. Maybe in response to chippiness in the early and middle of the fourth quarter, the flute suddenly tightened, resulting in three Portland and a Minnesota error of less than a minute of the game.

Up next

Blazers play the first of two consecutive matches in height when facing nuggets in Denver on Monday. February 10 at. 18.00.