Trail Blazers 97-93 Timberwolves (9 Nov, 2008) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

1-5, 0-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	24	25	21	23	93
POR	18	25	26	28	97

Portland Trail Blazers

3-3, 3-0 home

Steve Blake misses 24-foot three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 10-foot two point shot
Brandon Roy misses 5-foot two point shot
Joel Przybilla makes tip shot
Steve Blake misses 20-foot jumper
Nicolas Batum makes 22-foot three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Brandon Roy misses 19-foot jumper
Nicolas Batum misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson blocks LaMarcus Aldridge's layup
Channing Frye makes 20-foot jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Channing Frye misses 20-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 6-foot hook shot
Brandon Roy makes 21-foot jumper
Brandon Roy makes 2-foot two point shot
Channing Frye makes 24-foot jumper (Sergio Rodriguez assists)
Rudy Fernandez misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rudy Fernandez misses 24-foot three point jumper
Channing Frye makes 18-foot jumper (Sergio Rodriguez assists)
Rudy Fernandez misses 15-foot running jumper
Travis Outlaw makes jumper (Sergio Rodriguez assists)
Travis Outlaw makes 21-foot jumper
Sergio Rodriguez misses three point jumper
Travis Outlaw misses 21-foot jumper
Steve Blake makes 18-foot jumper
Travis Outlaw misses 9-foot jumper
Steve Blake makes 21-foot jumper
Al Jefferson blocks Nicolas Batum's layup
Nicolas Batum misses tip shot
LaMarcus Aldridge misses tip shot
Al Jefferson blocks LaMarcus Aldridge's layup
Rudy Fernandez makes 23-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 13-foot two point shot
Brandon Roy misses 17-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge makes two point shot
Steve Blake misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandon Roy misses 20-foot jumper
Rudy Fernandez makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Steve Blake misses 9-foot two point shot
Brandon Roy makes layup
Brandon Roy misses 24-foot three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 9-foot two point shot
Steve Blake misses jumper
Nicolas Batum makes driving layup (Brandon Roy assists)
Brandon Roy makes 20-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Brandon Roy misses 16-foot two point shot
Nicolas Batum makes 22-foot three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Brandon Roy makes driving layup
Nicolas Batum misses 24-foot three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes layup
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 18-foot jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Brandon Roy makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nicolas Batum assists)
Steve Blake misses three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 20-foot jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Sergio Rodriguez makes driving layup (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
Rudy Fernandez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rudy Fernandez makes three point jumper (Sergio Rodriguez assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 13-foot jumper (Rudy Fernandez assists)
Sergio Rodriguez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Channing Frye misses tip shot
LaMarcus Aldridge makes dunk (Travis Outlaw assists)
Rudy Fernandez makes two point shot (Sergio Rodriguez assists)
Travis Outlaw makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rudy Fernandez assists)
Channing Frye misses 22-foot jumper
Brandon Roy misses driving layup
Joel Przybilla makes layup
Brandon Roy misses 17-foot jumper
Rudy Fernandez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steve Blake misses three point jumper
Rudy Fernandez misses 25-foot three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes driving layup (Steve Blake assists)
Steve Blake makes 23-foot jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Brandon Roy makes 12-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson makes 16-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses 11-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson misses 5-foot running jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge blocks Corey Brewer's layup
Al Jefferson misses two point shot
Sebastian Telfair makes 18-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes driving layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Corey Brewer misses 21-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes driving layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Mike Miller makes 19-foot jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Al Jefferson misses jumper
Al Jefferson misses 13-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses layup
Al Jefferson makes two point shot (Mike Miller assists)
Al Jefferson misses 10-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 6-foot two point shot
Randy Foye makes 23-foot jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)
Randy Foye makes 19-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 20-foot jumper
Craig Smith makes two point shot (Mark Madsen assists)
Randy Foye makes 10-foot running jumper
Rashad McCants makes 10-foot two point shot
Randy Foye misses jumper
Rashad McCants misses 25-foot three point jumper
Craig Smith makes 7-foot running jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Rashad McCants misses driving layup
Craig Smith makes 7-foot running jumper (Mark Madsen assists)
Channing Frye blocks Rashad McCants's layup
Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper
Craig Smith makes layup (Randy Foye assists)
Ryan Gomes makes tip shot
Rashad McCants makes driving layup (Randy Foye assists)
Rashad McCants makes driving layup
Craig Smith misses two point shot
Craig Smith misses 10-foot jumper
Randy Foye makes driving layup (Al Jefferson assists)
Al Jefferson misses 6-foot jumper
Rashad McCants makes jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Channing Frye blocks Ryan Gomes's layup
Ryan Gomes makes jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Al Jefferson misses 8-foot two point shot
Rashad McCants makes 25-foot three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge blocks Mike Miller's driving layup
Sebastian Telfair misses 41-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes 12-foot jumper (Corey Brewer assists)
Nicolas Batum blocks Sebastian Telfair's driving layup
Nicolas Batum blocks Corey Brewer's driving layup
Al Jefferson misses 16-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Kevin Love misses 13-foot jumper
Corey Brewer makes jumper (Mike Miller assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge blocks Kevin Love's layup
Mike Miller misses 12-foot jumper
Corey Brewer makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Al Jefferson misses 7-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes 14-foot jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Ryan Gomes misses 4-foot hook shot
Rashad McCants misses 14-foot jumper
Randy Foye misses 21-foot jumper
Rashad McCants misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rashad McCants misses 11-foot jumper
Rashad McCants misses three point jumper
Sebastian Telfair makes 23-foot three point jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses 20-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes 7-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson makes 13-foot jumper (Craig Smith assists)
Randy Foye makes layup (Mike Miller assists)
Al Jefferson misses 4-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses tip shot
Kevin Love misses layup
Randy Foye misses jumper
Mike Miller makes layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Al Jefferson misses 17-foot jumper
Sebastian Telfair misses 20-foot jumper
Sebastian Telfair misses driving layup
Randy Foye misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Al Jefferson makes layup
Al Jefferson makes jumper
Al Jefferson makes two point shot
Al Jefferson misses layup
Kevin Love misses layup
Al Jefferson misses layup

TIMBERWOLVES

TRAIL BLAZERS

TIME		MIN	POR
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Al Jefferson vs. Joel Przybilla (LaMarcus Aldridge gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Steve Blake misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:41	Corey Brewer defensive rebound	0	0
11:18	Joel Przybilla shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	0	0
11:18	Kevin Love misses free throw 1 of 2	0	0
11:18	Minnesota offensive rebound	0	0
11:18	Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2	1	0
10:56	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 10-foot two point shot	1	0
10:56	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	1	0
10:34	Al Jefferson makes 16-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)	3	0
10:18	Brandon Roy misses 5-foot two point shot	3	0
10:18	Joel Przybilla offensive rebound	3	2
10:18	Joel Przybilla makes tip shot	3	2
9:57	Nicolas Batum personal foul (Mike Miller draws the foul)	3	2
9:51	Sebastian Telfair misses 11-foot two point shot	3	2
9:48	Joel Przybilla defensive rebound	3	2
9:37	Steve Blake misses 20-foot jumper	3	2
9:37	Mike Miller defensive rebound	3	2
9:23	Al Jefferson misses 5-foot running jumper	3	2
9:22	Joel Przybilla defensive rebound	3	2
9:14	Nicolas Batum makes 22-foot three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)	3	5
8:59	LaMarcus Aldridge blocks Corey Brewer's layup	3	5
8:57	Minnesota offensive rebound	3	5
8:52	Al Jefferson misses two point shot	3	5
8:48	Minnesota offensive rebound	3	5
8:30	Sebastian Telfair makes 18-foot jumper	5	5
8:15	Brandon Roy misses 19-foot jumper	5	5
8:12	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	5	5
8:00	LaMarcus Aldridge personal foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	5	5
7:54	Mike Miller makes driving layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)	7	5
7:39	Sebastian Telfair shooting foul (Brandon Roy draws the foul)	7	5
7:39	Brandon Roy makes free throw 1 of 2	7	6
7:39	Brandon Roy makes free throw 2 of 2	7	7
7:20	Corey Brewer misses 21-foot jumper	7	7
7:18	Joel Przybilla defensive rebound	7	7
7:05	Nicolas Batum misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	7
7:05	Portland offensive rebound	7	7
6:56	Brandon Roy bad pass	7	7
6:45	Al Jefferson makes driving layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)	9	7
6:45	Joel Przybilla shooting foul (Al Jefferson draws the foul)	9	7
6:45	Channing Frye enters the game for Joel Przybilla	9	7
6:45	Al Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 1	10	7
6:39	Portland full timeout	10	7
6:24	Corey Brewer shooting foul (Brandon Roy draws the foul)	10	7
6:24	Brandon Roy misses free throw 1 of 2	10	7
6:24	Portland offensive rebound	10	7
6:24	Brandon Roy makes free throw 2 of 2	10	8
6:09	Mike Miller makes 19-foot jumper (Kevin Love assists)	12	8
5:46	Brandon Roy offensive foul (Corey Brewer draws the foul)	12	8
5:46	Brandon Roy turnover	12	8
5:33	Al Jefferson misses jumper	12	8
5:33	Channing Frye defensive rebound	12	8
5:28	Al Jefferson blocks LaMarcus Aldridge's layup	12	8
5:28	Corey Brewer defensive rebound	12	8
5:20	Channing Frye shooting foul (Sebastian Telfair draws the foul)	12	8
5:20	Sebastian Telfair makes free throw 1 of 2	13	8
5:20	Rudy Fernandez enters the game for Nicolas Batum	13	8
5:20	Sebastian Telfair makes free throw 2 of 2	14	8
5:07	Channing Frye makes 20-foot jumper (Brandon Roy assists)	14	10
4:52	Al Jefferson misses 13-foot jumper	14	10
4:50	Kevin Love offensive rebound	14	10
4:50	Kevin Love misses layup	14	10
4:48	Channing Frye defensive rebound	14	10
4:48	Corey Brewer personal foul (Channing Frye draws the foul)	14	10
4:48	Randy Foye enters the game for Corey Brewer	14	10
4:33	Channing Frye misses 20-foot jumper	14	10
4:31	Steve Blake offensive rebound	14	10
4:18	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 6-foot hook shot	14	10
4:18	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	14	10
4:05	Al Jefferson makes two point shot (Mike Miller assists)	16	10
3:47	Brandon Roy makes 21-foot jumper	16	12
3:29	Al Jefferson misses 10-foot jumper	16	12
3:28	LaMarcus Aldridge defensive rebound	16	12
3:24	Rudy Fernandez bad pass	16	12
3:24	Travis Outlaw enters the game for Steve Blake	16	12
3:24	Ryan Gomes enters the game for Al Jefferson	16	12
3:08	Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	12
3:08	Brandon Roy defensive rebound	16	12
2:57	Brandon Roy makes 2-foot two point shot	16	14
2:43	Kevin Love misses 6-foot two point shot	16	14
2:43	Brandon Roy defensive rebound	16	14
2:30	Ryan Gomes shooting foul (LaMarcus Aldridge draws the foul)	16	14
2:30	Minnesota full timeout	16	14
2:30	LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 1 of 2	16	14
2:30	Portland offensive rebound	16	14
2:30	LaMarcus Aldridge makes free throw 2 of 2	16	15
2:15	Randy Foye makes 23-foot jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)	18	15
2:00	Kevin Love personal foul (LaMarcus Aldridge draws the foul)	18	15
2:00	Craig Smith enters the game for Kevin Love	18	15
2:00	Mark Madsen enters the game for Sebastian Telfair	18	15
2:00	Sergio Rodriguez enters the game for Brandon Roy	18	15
2:00	LaMarcus Aldridge makes free throw 1 of 2	18	16
2:00	LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 2 of 2	18	16
2:00	Ryan Gomes defensive rebound	18	16
1:50	Mike Miller lost ball (Channing Frye steals)	18	16
1:39	Channing Frye makes 24-foot jumper (Sergio Rodriguez assists)	18	18
1:21	Randy Foye makes 19-foot jumper	20	18
56.9	Rudy Fernandez misses 26-foot three point jumper	20	18
56.8	Mark Madsen defensive rebound	20	18
42.9	Ryan Gomes misses 20-foot jumper	20	18
40.9	Mark Madsen offensive rebound	20	18
37.9	Craig Smith makes two point shot (Mark Madsen assists)	22	18
23.9	Rudy Fernandez misses 24-foot three point jumper	22	18
23.6	Craig Smith defensive rebound	22	18
1.9	Randy Foye makes 10-foot running jumper	24	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	18

Regular Season Series

POR leads 1-0

Timberwolves
93
Trail Blazers
97

Game 1

9/11

Trail Blazers
88
Timberwolves
83

Game 2

16/11

Trail Blazers
102
Timberwolves
82

Game 3

28/2

Timberwolves
93
Trail Blazers
95

Game 4

8/3

Moda Center

3:00 AM, 9 November 2008

Portland, OR

Attendance: 20,599

Referees:
Tom Washington
Tony Brothers
Zach Zarba

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Denver	.000	-	-
Minnesota	.000	-	-
Portland	.000	-	-
Oklahoma City	.000	-	-
Utah	.000	-	-

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