Timberwolves 135-121 Trail Blazers (6 Mar, 2022) Play-by-Play

Portland Trail Blazers

25-38, 9-20 away

121

	1	2	3	4	T
POR	34	30	37	20	121
MIN	32	31	46	26	135

Minnesota Timberwolves

36-29, 20-12 home

135

D'Angelo Russell misses 33-foot three point jumper
Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three pointer
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot
Malik Beasley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses two point shot
Malik Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Taurean Prince assists)
Taurean Prince makes 22-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes alley oop layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Taurean Prince misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Taurean Prince misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell makes 27-foot jump bank shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Taurean Prince makes two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Taurean Prince misses two point shot
Jordan McLaughlin makes 12-foot two point shot (Taurean Prince assists)
Taurean Prince makes three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley makes driving dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 6-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Naz Reid makes dunk (Taurean Prince assists)
Taurean Prince misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Malik Beasley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes 1-foot dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Trendon Watford blocks Jarred Vanderbilt 's 4-foot layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving floating jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Malik Beasley makes three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt makes 3-foot dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot two point shot
Jordan McLaughlin misses two point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses driving floating jump shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt misses layup
Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt misses two point shot
Jaden McDaniels misses tip shot
Jaden McDaniels misses tip shot
Jaden McDaniels misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup
Naz Reid makes driving layup
Jaden McDaniels makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three pointer
Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 20-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving dunk
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 20-foot two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 13-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
CJ Elleby misses two point shot
Keon Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keljin Blevins assists)
CJ Elleby makes dunk (Keon Johnson assists)
Anfernee Simons misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Keon Johnson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Drew Eubanks assists)
CJ Elleby misses driving layup
CJ Elleby misses driving layup
Keljin Blevins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anfernee Simons makes 26-foot three pointer
Drew Eubanks makes 6-foot two point shot (Keljin Blevins assists)
Anfernee Simons makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
CJ Elleby makes driving layup (Drew Eubanks assists)
Keon Johnson makes 25-foot three pointer (CJ Elleby assists)
Drew Eubanks makes 21-foot jumper (Anfernee Simons assists)
Anfernee Simons makes 26-foot three point jumper (Keljin Blevins assists)
Jaden McDaniels blocks Anfernee Simons 's 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks CJ Elleby 's 3-foot driving layup
Taurean Prince blocks Keon Johnson 's 6-foot driving layup
Anfernee Simons misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anfernee Simons makes 25-foot three pointer (CJ Elleby assists)
Anfernee Simons misses driving floating jump shot
Keon Johnson makes two point shot
Drew Eubanks makes two point shot (Ben McLemore assists)
Ben McLemore makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brandon Williams assists)
Ben McLemore misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Keljin Blevins misses three point jumper
Drew Eubanks misses layup
Trendon Watford makes 6-foot two point shot
Brandon Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keljin Blevins assists)
Brandon Williams makes layup (Trendon Watford assists)
Malik Beasley blocks Keljin Blevins 's 23-foot three point jumper
Brandon Williams misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Brandon Williams makes 3-foot two point shot
Keon Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks CJ Elleby 's 4-foot driving layup
CJ Elleby makes two point shot
Brandon Williams makes driving layup
Brandon Williams misses driving layup
Anfernee Simons misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anfernee Simons makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Anfernee Simons misses 15-foot jumper
Anfernee Simons makes 27-foot three point jumper (Keon Johnson assists)
Keon Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Keon Johnson makes two point shot (Anfernee Simons assists)
Drew Eubanks makes 9-foot hook shot (Keon Johnson assists)
CJ Elleby misses driving layup
CJ Elleby misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anfernee Simons misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Drew Eubanks makes 2-foot dunk (CJ Elleby assists)
Keon Johnson misses 13-foot two point shot
Anfernee Simons makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Ben McLemore misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anfernee Simons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Keon Johnson assists)
Anfernee Simons misses driving floating jump shot
Trendon Watford misses 15-foot two point shot
Anfernee Simons misses 24-foot three point jumper
Trendon Watford makes tip shot
CJ Elleby makes 1-foot dunk (Trendon Watford assists)
Anfernee Simons misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Trendon Watford makes tip shot
Anfernee Simons makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trendon Watford assists)
Trendon Watford misses 23-foot three point jumper
Trendon Watford misses 6-foot jumper
Brandon Williams makes driving layup
Brandon Williams makes 6-foot two point shot
Jaden McDaniels blocks Ben McLemore 's 4-foot driving layup
Brandon Williams makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Brandon Williams misses 47-foot three point shot
Ben McLemore makes three point jumper (Anfernee Simons assists)
Brandon Williams makes three point jumper (Keljin Blevins assists)
Ben McLemore misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Anfernee Simons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trendon Watford assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Trendon Watford 's 12-foot jumper
Anfernee Simons misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anfernee Simons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Keon Johnson assists)
Brandon Williams makes 9-foot two point shot
Brandon Williams misses step back jumpshot
Ben McLemore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben McLemore misses three point jumper
Trendon Watford misses three point jumper
Anfernee Simons misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brandon Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anfernee Simons misses driving layup
Drew Eubanks makes dunk
Anfernee Simons misses 28-foot three point jumper

TRAIL BLAZERS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		POR	MIN
12:00	Drew Eubanks vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (D'Angelo Russell gains possession)	0	0
11:43	D'Angelo Russell misses 33-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:40	CJ Elleby defensive rebound	0	0
11:32	CJ Elleby misses two point shot	0	0
11:30	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	0	0
11:25	Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)	0	2
11:10	Keon Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keljin Blevins assists)	3	2
11:02	D'Angelo Russell bad pass (Drew Eubanks steals)	3	2
10:44	CJ Elleby makes dunk (Keon Johnson assists)	5	2
10:24	Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	2
10:22	Drew Eubanks defensive rebound	5	2
10:22	Jarred Vanderbilt personal foul	5	2
10:09	Anfernee Simons misses 27-foot step back jumpshot	5	2
10:05	D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound	5	2
9:57	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	2
9:53	D'Angelo Russell offensive rebound	5	2
9:51	CJ Elleby shooting foul	5	2
9:51	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2	5	3
9:51	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2	5	4
9:40	Keon Johnson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Drew Eubanks assists)	8	4
9:24	Malik Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)	8	7
9:13	CJ Elleby misses driving layup	8	7
9:11	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	8	7
9:07	Jarred Vanderbilt bad pass (Keon Johnson steals)	8	7
9:00	CJ Elleby misses driving layup	8	7
8:58	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	8	7
8:56	D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three pointer	8	10
8:38	Jaden McDaniels personal foul	8	10
8:32	Keljin Blevins misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	10
8:29	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	8	10
8:19	D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot step back jumpshot	8	13
8:08	Anfernee Simons makes 26-foot three pointer	11	13
7:40	Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)	11	16
7:21	Drew Eubanks makes 6-foot two point shot (Keljin Blevins assists)	13	16
7:08	Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot	13	16
7:05	Drew Eubanks defensive rebound	13	16
7:01	D'Angelo Russell shooting foul	13	16
7:01	CJ Elleby makes free throw 1 of 2	14	16
7:01	CJ Elleby misses free throw 2 of 2	14	16
6:58	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	14	16
6:47	Malik Beasley misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	16
6:43	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	14	16
6:43	Drew Eubanks personal foul	14	16
6:43	Timberwolves Full timeout	14	16
6:34	Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)	14	18
6:20	Anfernee Simons makes 16-foot pullup jump shot	16	18
6:03	Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)	16	20
5:43	CJ Elleby makes driving layup (Drew Eubanks assists)	18	20
5:43	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	18	20
5:43	Taurean Prince enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt	18	20
5:43	CJ Elleby misses free throw 1 of 1	18	20
5:41	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	18	20
5:20	D'Angelo Russell misses two point shot	18	20
5:15	CJ Elleby defensive rebound	18	20
5:13	Keon Johnson makes 25-foot three pointer (CJ Elleby assists)	21	20
5:00	Malik Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Taurean Prince assists)	21	23
4:42	Drew Eubanks makes 21-foot jumper (Anfernee Simons assists)	23	23
4:28	Taurean Prince makes 22-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)	23	26
4:13	Karl-Anthony Towns kicked ball violation	23	26
4:13	Jordan McLaughlin enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	23	26
4:13	Jaylen Nowell enters the game for Malik Beasley	23	26
4:13	Trendon Watford enters the game for Drew Eubanks	23	26
4:02	Anfernee Simons makes 26-foot three point jumper (Keljin Blevins assists)	26	26
3:49	Taurean Prince lost ball turnover (CJ Elleby steals)	26	26
3:43	CJ Elleby lost ball turnover (Jordan McLaughlin steals)	26	26
3:39	Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Jaylen Nowell assists)	26	28
3:19	Jaden McDaniels blocks Anfernee Simons 's 26-foot three point jumper	26	28
3:16	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	26	28
3:14	Jaden McDaniels makes alley oop layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	26	30
3:14	Trail Blazers Full timeout	26	30
3:14	Ben McLemore enters the game for Keljin Blevins	26	30
2:54	Anfernee Simons lost ball turnover (Jordan McLaughlin steals)	26	30
2:39	Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)	26	32
2:23	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks CJ Elleby 's 3-foot driving layup	26	32
2:21	Taurean Prince defensive rebound	26	32
2:20	Taurean Prince out of bounds bad pass turnover	26	32
2:05	Jordan McLaughlin personal foul	26	32
2:05	Anfernee Simons makes free throw 1 of 2	27	32
2:05	Anfernee Simons makes free throw 2 of 2	28	32
1:43	Taurean Prince misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	28	32
1:42	Trendon Watford defensive rebound	28	32
1:36	Taurean Prince blocks Keon Johnson 's 6-foot driving layup	28	32
1:36	Trail Blazers offensive team rebound	28	32
1:36	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	28	32
1:20	Anfernee Simons misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	28	32
1:16	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	28	32
1:08	Taurean Prince misses 14-foot step back jumpshot	28	32
1:07	CJ Elleby defensive rebound	28	32
1:03	Anfernee Simons makes 25-foot three pointer (CJ Elleby assists)	31	32
47.8	Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper	31	32
46.0	Trendon Watford defensive rebound	31	32
37.5	Jaylen Nowell defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	31	32
37.5	Anfernee Simons makes technical free throw	32	32
33.5	Anfernee Simons misses driving floating jump shot	32	32
30.8	Naz Reid defensive rebound	32	32
17.0	Jaylen Nowell traveling	32	32
0.7	Keon Johnson makes two point shot	34	32
0.7	Taurean Prince shooting foul	32	32
0.7		34	32
0.7	Keon Johnson misses free throw 1 of 1	34	32
0.1	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	34	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	34	32

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 3-0

Timberwolves
116
Trail Blazers
111

Game 1

13/12

Timberwolves
109
Trail Blazers
107

Game 2

26/1

Trail Blazers
121
Timberwolves
135

Game 3

6/3

Trail Blazers
81
Timberwolves
124

Game 4

8/3

Target Center

1:00 AM, 6 March 2022

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 17,136

Referees:
Marc Davis
Mitchell Ervin
John Conley

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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