Trail Blazers
Portland
Western Conference
Northwest
39
40
79
2909
3606
33
14
42
81
35
43
26
21
81
37
4
41
4
19
8
12
20
105
4
116
43
37
2219
711
32
39
28
72
78
10
88
10
45
11
21
2033
6060
88
34
39
2218
98
4
77
65
84
616
30
646
12
46
33
54
2725
6060
11
4
36
22
7
32
3
2
67
7
1
8
1
4
1
2
20
60
6
3
50
19
11
58
9
8
89
8
0
8
0
5
1
1
33
60
8
3
38
22
9
41
7
6
86
6
3
9
1
4
3
5
27
60
8
4
50
18
8
44
7
5
71
16
0
16
2
6
3
4
25
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Al-Farouq
Aminu
Al-Farouq Aminu
True
39
4
11
36
3
7
43
4
7
57
0
7
7
0
2
1
2
1
15
-14
none
Damian
Lillard
Damian Lillard
True
36
7
21
33
1
9
11
7
7
100
0
9
9
8
1
0
4
2
22
-1
none
CJ
McCollum
CJ McCollum
True
35
8
19
42
2
4
50
0
0
0
1
1
2
5
1
0
2
2
18
4
none
Maurice
Harkless
Maurice Harkless
True
28
2
5
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
3
4
8
none
Noah
Vonleh
Noah Vonleh
True
22
2
3
67
0
0
0
5
5
100
3
4
7
1
0
2
1
3
9
4
none
Allen
Crabbe
Allen Crabbe
False
31
8
12
67
8
10
80
1
1
100
0
5
5
3
1
0
1
4
25
13
none
Evan
Turner
Evan Turner
False
28
3
6
50
0
0
0
4
6
67
0
7
7
2
1
1
1
3
10
14
none
Meyers
Leonard
Meyers Leonard
False
16
1
4
25
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
1
0
0
2
2
7
none
Tim
Quarterman
Tim Quarterman
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Shabazz
Napier
Shabazz Napier
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Pat
Connaughton
Pat Connaughton
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Jake
Layman
Jake Layman
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
8
April
2017
Saturday
Moda Center
Portland
Jazz
Utah
True
Timberwolves
Minnesota
Western Conference
Northwest
31
47
78
3646
2910
18
4
22
87
38
44
20
18
90
38
9
47
4
16
7
13
20
98
4
64
21
33
2323
1511
65
25
24
96
128
12
140
20
64
20
13
3427
6060
53
10
19
1823
93
5
76
75
99
99
15
114
11
60
32
54
2611
6060
6
2
33
23
15
65
2
2
100
12
1
13
2
6
2
1
34
60
4
1
25
23
11
48
5
4
80
8
2
10
0
4
0
3
27
60
5
1
20
18
9
50
7
7
100
9
1
10
1
6
3
5
26
60
3
0
0
23
3
13
6
5
83
9
5
14
1
0
2
4
11
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Andrew
Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins
True
39
14
27
52
1
5
20
7
9
78
1
7
8
3
2
0
3
2
36
3
none
Gorgui
Dieng
Gorgui Dieng
True
39
1
4
25
0
0
0
2
2
100
1
10
11
2
1
2
2
6
4
-5
none
Karl-Anthony
Towns
Karl-Anthony Towns
True
38
8
16
50
1
3
33
7
7
100
6
10
16
4
1
1
3
4
24
2
double
Ricky
Rubio
Ricky Rubio
True
38
8
19
42
1
3
33
2
2
100
0
7
7
5
1
1
2
0
19
7
none
Brandon
Rush
Brandon Rush
True
35
1
4
25
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
2
5
none
Omri
Casspi
Omri Casspi
False
15
2
4
50
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
4
4
-3
none
Shabazz
Muhammad
Shabazz Muhammad
False
12
3
7
43
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
-12
none
Kris
Dunn
Kris Dunn
False
9
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
-14
none
Tyus
Jones
Tyus Jones
False
8
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
2
-10
none
Adreian
Payne
Adreian Payne
False
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
-8
none
Nemanja
Bjelica
Nemanja Bjelica
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Cole
Aldrich
Cole Aldrich
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Jordan
Hill
Jordan Hill
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
7
April
2017
Friday
Vivint Smart Home Arena
Salt Lake City
Jazz
Utah
False
The host Portland Trail Blazers took down the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday , 105 - 98 . Portland ( 39 - 40 ) is pushing for the playoffs and has recently taken control of the eight seed in the Western Conference . Interestingly , it was sixth man Allen Crabbe who led the team 's offensive push on Thursday . Crabbe came off the bench and shot 8 - of - 12 en route to a team - high 25 points to go along with five rebounds and three assists . Thanks in large part to Crabbe , Portland enjoyed a major advantage in bench scoring . The Blazers held a 37 - 13 edge in points off the bench . Point guard Damian Lillard also enjoyed a stellar game , scoring 22 points to go along with nine rebounds and eight assists . Minnesota ( 31 - 47 ) has been eliminated from playoff contention but still put up a strong fight on Thursday night . It was a particularly great night for the young dynamic duo of Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns . Wiggins led the game with 36 points on 14 - of - 27 shooting to go along with eight rebounds . Towns , meanwhile , had a massive double - double , recording 24 points , 16 rebounds , a block and a steal . The rest of the team , however , had some struggles , as they shot just 43 percent from the field as a unit and saw only 13 points off the bench . The Timberwolves will visit Utah on Friday , while Portland will host the Jazz on Saturday .
The host Portland Trail Blazers took down the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday, 105 - 98. Portland (39 - 40) is pushing for the playoffs and has recently taken control of the eight seed in the Western Conference. Interestingly, it was sixth man Allen Crabbe who led the team's offensive push on Thursday. Crabbe came off the bench and shot 8 - of - 12 en route to a team - high 25 points to go along with five rebounds and three assists. Thanks in large part to Crabbe, Portland enjoyed a major advantage in bench scoring. The Blazers held a 37 - 13 edge in points off the bench. Point guard Damian Lillard also enjoyed a stellar game, scoring 22 points to go along with nine rebounds and eight assists. Minnesota (31 - 47) has been eliminated from playoff contention but still put up a strong fight on Thursday night. It was a particularly great night for the young dynamic duo of Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns. Wiggins led the game with 36 points on 14 - of - 27 shooting to go along with eight rebounds. Towns, meanwhile, had a massive double - double, recording 24 points, 16 rebounds, a block and a steal. The rest of the team, however, had some struggles, as they shot just 43 percent from the field as a unit and saw only 13 points off the bench. The Timberwolves will visit Utah on Friday, while Portland will host the Jazz on Saturday.
The host Portland Trail Blazers took down the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday, 105 - 98. Portland (39 - 40) is pushing for the playoffs and has recently taken control of the eight seed in the Western Conference. Interestingly, it was sixth man Allen Crabbe who led the team's offensive push on Thursday. Crabbe came off the bench and shot 8 - of - 12 en route to a team - high 25 points to go along with five rebounds and three assists. Thanks in large part to Crabbe, Portland enjoyed a major advantage in bench scoring. The Blazers held a 37 - 13 edge in points off the bench. Point guard Damian Lillard also enjoyed a stellar game, scoring 22 points to go along with nine rebounds and eight assists. Minnesota (31 - 47) has been eliminated from playoff contention but still put up a strong fight on Thursday night. It was a particularly great night for the young dynamic duo of Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns. Wiggins led the game with 36 points on 14 - of - 27 shooting to go along with eight rebounds. Towns, meanwhile, had a massive double - double, recording 24 points, 16 rebounds, a block and a steal. The rest of the team, however, had some struggles, as they shot just 43 percent from the field as a unit and saw only 13 points off the bench. The Timberwolves will visit Utah on Friday, while Portland will host the Jazz on Saturday.
<GAME> <DATE> 6 April 2017 <DAY> Thursday <STADIUM> Moda Center <CITY> Portland <HOME> <TEAM> Trail Blazers <CITY> Portland <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 105 <WINS-LOSSES> 39 40 <QTRS> 20 33 27 25 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 14 <TEAM-FG> 35 <TEAM-FT> 21 <TEAM-REB> 41 <TEAM-TO> 12 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 8 April 2017 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Moda Center <NEXT-CITY> Portland <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Utah <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Jazz <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <VIS> <TEAM> Timberwolves <CITY> Minnesota <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 98 <WINS-LOSSES> 31 47 <QTRS> 34 27 26 11 <TEAM-AST> 16 <3PT> 4 <TEAM-FG> 38 <TEAM-FT> 18 <TEAM-REB> 47 <TEAM-TO> 13 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 7 April 2017 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Vivint Smart Home Arena <NEXT-CITY> Salt Lake City <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Utah <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Jazz <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> Allen Crabbe <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 25 <FG> 8 12 67 <FG3> 8 10 80 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Damian Lillard <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 22 <FG> 7 21 33 <FG3> 1 9 11 <FT> 7 7 100 <REB> 9 <AST> 8 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 9 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> CJ McCollum <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 18 <FG> 8 19 42 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Al-Farouq Aminu <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 39 <PTS> 15 <FG> 4 11 36 <FG3> 3 7 43 <FT> 4 7 57 <REB> 7 <AST> 0 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Evan Turner <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 10 <FG> 3 6 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 4 6 67 <REB> 7 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Noah Vonleh <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 9 <FG> 2 3 67 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 5 5 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Maurice Harkless <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Meyers Leonard <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jake Layman <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Pat Connaughton <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Shabazz Napier <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tim Quarterman <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Andrew Wiggins <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 39 <PTS> 36 <FG> 14 27 52 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 7 9 78 <REB> 8 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Karl-Anthony Towns <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 38 <PTS> 24 <FG> 8 16 50 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 7 7 100 <REB> 16 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 10 <OREB> 6 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Ricky Rubio <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 38 <PTS> 19 <FG> 8 19 42 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Shabazz Muhammad <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Omri Casspi <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gorgui Dieng <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 39 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 11 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 10 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyus Jones <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Brandon Rush <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jordan Hill <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Cole Aldrich <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nemanja Bjelica <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Adreian Payne <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 1 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kris Dunn <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 9 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none