Trail Blazers 95-93 Timberwolves (8 Mar, 2009) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

18-44, 10-21 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	22	24	24	23	93
POR	26	21	24	24	95

Portland Trail Blazers

39-23, 26-5 home

LaMarcus Aldridge misses 15-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge makes driving layup
Steve Blake misses 14-foot running jumper
Nicolas Batum misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brandon Roy makes 18-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 7-foot two point shot
Brandon Roy makes 24-foot three pointer (Nicolas Batum assists)
Steve Blake makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 20-foot two point shot
Nicolas Batum makes 21-foot jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Nicolas Batum misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brandon Roy makes 16-foot jumper (Nicolas Batum assists)
Brandon Roy misses layup
Nicolas Batum makes layup
Brandon Roy makes two point shot (Steve Blake assists)
Brandon Roy makes driving layup
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 11-foot two point shot
Steve Blake misses 19-foot jumper
Channing Frye misses three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses layup
Travis Outlaw misses driving layup
Travis Outlaw misses tip shot
Rudy Fernandez makes driving layup
Sergio Rodriguez makes driving layup
Sergio Rodriguez misses 13-foot two point shot
Shelden Williams blocks Channing Frye's layup
Channing Frye makes 21-foot jumper (Sergio Rodriguez assists)
Sergio Rodriguez misses 21-foot jumper
Steve Blake makes three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Brandon Roy misses 17-foot two point shot
Steve Blake makes 10-foot running jumper
Steve Blake misses 24-foot three point jumper
Travis Outlaw makes two point shot
Travis Outlaw makes 17-foot jumper
Travis Outlaw misses 20-foot jumper
Brandon Roy makes two point shot
Nicolas Batum misses 25-foot three point jumper
Travis Outlaw makes 7-foot jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 11-foot two point shot
Steve Blake misses three point jumper
Brandon Roy makes driving layup
Brandon Roy makes 22-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 7-foot jumper
Jason Collins blocks Brandon Roy's 13-foot jumper
Nicolas Batum makes two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 20-foot jumper
Brandon Roy makes 21-foot jumper (Nicolas Batum assists)
Brandon Roy misses 17-foot jumper
Travis Outlaw misses three point jumper
Nicolas Batum makes two point shot
Travis Outlaw misses 11-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses layup
LaMarcus Aldridge misses tip shot
LaMarcus Aldridge misses dunk
Rudy Fernandez misses 24-foot three point jumper
Channing Frye makes jumper (Jerryd Bayless assists)
Ryan Gomes blocks Travis Outlaw's 10-foot jumper
Rudy Fernandez misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jerryd Bayless makes driving layup
Rodney Carney blocks Jerryd Bayless's layup
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 17-foot jumper
Travis Outlaw makes 9-foot jumper (Rudy Fernandez assists)
Rodney Carney blocks Jerryd Bayless's driving dunk
Brandon Roy makes layup
Brandon Roy makes jumper
Travis Outlaw misses 22-foot three point jumper
Rudy Fernandez misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rudy Fernandez makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Travis Outlaw makes dunk (Brandon Roy assists)
Brandon Roy makes 12-foot two point shot
Travis Outlaw makes 9-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 7-foot two point shot
Brandon Roy misses 11-foot two point shot
Travis Outlaw misses 5-foot two point shot
Steve Blake misses 24-foot three point jumper
Travis Outlaw makes two point shot
Brandon Roy makes 5-foot running jumper
Brandon Roy misses 6-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 11-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses layup
Ryan Gomes makes 16-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 5-foot jumper
Sebastian Telfair misses 17-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes jumper
Mike Miller makes 23-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Sebastian Telfair makes driving layup
Ryan Gomes makes 21-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Mike Miller makes driving layup
Mike Miller makes 25-foot three pointer
Nicolas Batum blocks Ryan Gomes's driving layup
Ryan Gomes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Travis Outlaw blocks Kevin Love's layup
Craig Smith misses 6-foot running jumper
Craig Smith misses driving layup
Randy Foye makes 22-foot jumper
Shelden Williams misses 2-foot two point shot
Bobby Brown misses 22-foot two point shot
Craig Smith misses 8-foot jumper
Randy Foye makes 5-foot two point shot
Craig Smith makes 8-foot two point shot
Craig Smith makes jumper
Channing Frye blocks Shelden Williams's jumper
Randy Foye misses 26-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye makes driving layup
Mike Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye misses 20-foot two point shot
Sebastian Telfair makes 19-foot two point shot
Randy Foye makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Ryan Gomes makes 19-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Sebastian Telfair makes driving layup
Sebastian Telfair misses running jumper
Ryan Gomes makes layup
Ryan Gomes makes 20-foot two point shot
Sebastian Telfair misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses dunk
Joel Przybilla blocks Jason Collins's dunk
Ryan Gomes makes 16-foot two point shot
Ryan Gomes misses 10-foot two point shot
Sebastian Telfair makes 19-foot two point shot
Sebastian Telfair makes driving layup
Sebastian Telfair misses 14-foot two point shot
Ryan Gomes makes 18-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Randy Foye misses three point jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 16-foot jumper
Randy Foye misses 8-foot running jumper
Sebastian Telfair misses two point shot
Jason Collins misses tip shot
Ryan Gomes makes 5-foot two point shot (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Sebastian Telfair makes 17-foot two point shot
Ryan Gomes makes 15-foot two point shot (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Craig Smith makes 18-foot jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Ryan Gomes misses driving layup
Randy Foye misses 10-foot jumper
Randy Foye makes two point shot (Ryan Gomes assists)
Ryan Gomes misses 21-foot jumper
Craig Smith misses layup
Kevin Ollie misses 21-foot jumper
Rodney Carney misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rodney Carney misses two point shot
Kevin Love makes layup
Craig Smith makes driving layup (Mike Miller assists)
Kevin Love misses 14-foot jumper
Craig Smith makes layup (Mike Miller assists)
Randy Foye misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love makes jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Sebastian Telfair makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Travis Outlaw blocks Sebastian Telfair's driving layup
Ryan Gomes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye makes 19-foot two point shot
Ryan Gomes makes 10-foot two point shot
Travis Outlaw blocks Randy Foye's driving layup
Ryan Gomes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Randy Foye misses 24-foot three point jumper

TIMBERWOLVES

TRAIL BLAZERS

TIME		MIN	POR
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Jason Collins vs. Joel Przybilla (Steve Blake gains possession)	0	0
11:41	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 15-foot two point shot	0	0
11:38	Jason Collins defensive rebound	0	0
11:29	Nicolas Batum personal foul (Ryan Gomes draws the foul)	0	0
11:22	Joel Przybilla illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	0	0
11:22	Sebastian Telfair makes technical free throw	1	0
11:17	Sebastian Telfair bad pass (LaMarcus Aldridge steals)	1	0
11:12	LaMarcus Aldridge makes driving layup	1	2
11:00	Kevin Love misses 11-foot jumper	1	2
10:57	Kevin Love offensive rebound	1	2
10:56	Kevin Love misses layup	1	2
10:55	Joel Przybilla defensive rebound	1	2
10:41	Joel Przybilla 3 second	1	2
10:29	Ryan Gomes makes 16-foot jumper	3	2
10:18	Steve Blake misses 14-foot running jumper	3	2
10:17	Kevin Love defensive rebound	3	2
9:56	Mike Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper	3	2
9:55	Ryan Gomes offensive rebound	3	2
9:51	Ryan Gomes misses 5-foot jumper	3	2
9:49	Brandon Roy defensive rebound	3	2
9:30	Nicolas Batum misses 24-foot three point jumper	3	2
9:29	Kevin Love defensive rebound	3	2
9:22	Sebastian Telfair misses 17-foot jumper	3	2
9:21	Joel Przybilla defensive rebound	3	2
9:03	Mike Miller shooting foul (Nicolas Batum draws the foul)	3	2
9:03	Nicolas Batum makes free throw 1 of 2	3	3
9:03	Nicolas Batum makes free throw 2 of 2	3	4
8:41	Steve Blake inbound foul (Sebastian Telfair draws the foul)	3	4
8:41	Sebastian Telfair makes free throw 1 of 2	4	4
8:41	Sebastian Telfair misses free throw 2 of 2	4	4
8:38	LaMarcus Aldridge defensive rebound	4	4
8:30	Kevin Love personal foul (LaMarcus Aldridge draws the foul)	4	4
8:18	Brandon Roy makes 18-foot jumper	4	6
8:06	Jason Collins traveling	4	6
7:50	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 7-foot two point shot	4	6
7:50	Kevin Love defensive rebound	4	6
7:37	Kevin Love makes jumper	6	6
7:09	Brandon Roy makes 24-foot three pointer (Nicolas Batum assists)	6	9
6:56	Mike Miller makes 23-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)	8	9
6:46	Steve Blake makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)	8	12
6:33	Sebastian Telfair makes driving layup	10	12
6:16	LaMarcus Aldridge makes 20-foot two point shot	10	14
5:56	Ryan Gomes makes 21-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)	12	14
5:33	Nicolas Batum makes 21-foot jumper (Brandon Roy assists)	12	16
5:16	Mike Miller makes driving layup	14	16
4:56	Nicolas Batum misses 23-foot three point jumper	14	16
4:54	Jason Collins defensive rebound	14	16
4:41	Mike Miller makes 25-foot three pointer	17	16
4:41	Portland full timeout	17	16
4:26	Brandon Roy makes 16-foot jumper (Nicolas Batum assists)	17	18
4:00	Nicolas Batum blocks Ryan Gomes's driving layup	17	18
3:59	Nicolas Batum defensive rebound	17	18
3:54	Brandon Roy misses layup	17	18
3:53	Nicolas Batum offensive rebound	17	18
3:50	Nicolas Batum makes layup	17	20
3:30	Ryan Gomes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)	20	20
3:15	Ryan Gomes personal foul (Nicolas Batum draws the foul)	20	20
3:15	Channing Frye enters the game for Joel Przybilla	20	20
3:15	Travis Outlaw enters the game for Nicolas Batum	20	20
3:15	Randy Foye enters the game for Jason Collins	20	20
3:11	Brandon Roy makes two point shot (Steve Blake assists)	20	22
2:48	Travis Outlaw blocks Kevin Love's layup	20	22
2:47	LaMarcus Aldridge defensive rebound	20	22
2:28	Brandon Roy makes driving layup	20	24
2:04	Ryan Gomes offensive foul (Channing Frye draws the foul)	20	24
2:04	Ryan Gomes turnover	20	24
2:04	Minnesota full timeout	20	24
2:04	Bobby Brown enters the game for Sebastian Telfair	20	24
2:04	Craig Smith enters the game for Ryan Gomes	20	24
1:53	Randy Foye personal foul (Brandon Roy draws the foul)	20	24
1:53	Rudy Fernandez enters the game for Brandon Roy	20	24
1:43	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 11-foot two point shot	20	24
1:42	Mike Miller defensive rebound	20	24
1:20	Craig Smith misses 6-foot running jumper	20	24
1:20	Channing Frye defensive rebound	20	24
59.9	Steve Blake misses 19-foot jumper	20	24
57.9	Kevin Love defensive rebound	20	24
34.9	Craig Smith misses driving layup	20	24
32.9	Channing Frye defensive rebound	20	24
32.8	Kevin Love personal foul (Channing Frye draws the foul)	20	24
32.8	Sergio Rodriguez enters the game for Steve Blake	20	24
32.8	Shelden Williams enters the game for Kevin Love	20	24
32.8	Channing Frye makes free throw 1 of 2	20	25
32.8	Channing Frye makes free throw 2 of 2	20	26
19.9	Randy Foye makes 22-foot jumper	22	26
3.9	Channing Frye misses three point jumper	22	26
2.9	LaMarcus Aldridge offensive rebound	22	26
1.9	LaMarcus Aldridge misses layup	22	26
0.9	Randy Foye defensive rebound	22	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	22	26

Regular Season Series

POR wins 4-0

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, 8 March 2009

Portland, OR

Attendance: 20,535

Referees:
Monty McCutchen
Tony Brown
James Capers

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

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