Portland Trail Blazers vs Minnesota Timberwolves

NBA

Trail Blazers

9-3

Mon, Nov 16, 8:00 PM ET

Timberwolves

9-4

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Who wins: Timberwolves 65%

The Chirp Sim played this game 10,000 times. The Timberwolves won 65% of them. The most likely final: Timberwolves 117, Trail Blazers 111. See the full Sim

Who wins?

Closes in 1d 6h

POR9-3

MIN9-4

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Trail Blazers have won 3 straight.

Preview · 11h ago

Portland faces Minnesota on 3-game win streak

ESPN · 14h ago

Chicago Bulls vs. Minnesota Timberwolves: Game Highlights

Recap · 15h ago

Bulls overcome travel delay and injuries to beat the Timberwolves 117-106

Chirp Sim

10,000 simulated games

35%

POR win

65%

MIN win

Typical final

POR 111, MIN 117

Combined points

228

Spread and total: game

POR +7.553%47%MIN -7.5

POR +6.552%49%MIN -6.5

POR +5.550%50%MIN -5.5

POR +4.548%52%MIN -4.5

POR +3.546%54%MIN -3.5

O 224.554%46%U 224.5

O 226.552%48%U 226.5

O 228.550%50%U 228.5

O 230.548%52%U 230.5

O 232.546%55%U 232.5

1st half (score at halftime)

POR +4.554%46%MIN -4.5

POR +3.552%48%MIN -3.5

POR +2.550%50%MIN -2.5

POR +1.548%52%MIN -1.5

POR +0.546%55%MIN -0.5

O 110.557%43%U 110.5

O 112.553%47%U 112.5

O 114.550%50%U 114.5

O 116.546%54%U 116.5

O 118.542%58%U 118.5

From 10,000 simulated games.

Players to watch	PTS	REB	AST	Chance
PORDeni Avdija	23.9	6.6	6.2	25+ 44%
MINLaMelo Ball	20.2	4.1	6.0	20+ 52%
PORDamian Lillard	19.9	3.3	3.8	20+ 51%
MINAyo Dosunmu	18.8	4.6	3.8	20+ 43%
MINJaden McDaniels	18.0	6.0	4.2	20+ 39%
MINJonathan Kuminga	14.5	5.7	3.1	15+ 47%

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Trail Blazers simulated box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT
Deni Avdija	36	23.9	6.6	6.2	1.3	0.4	3.7	7.7-16.4	1.9-5.6	6.7-8.8
Toumani Camara	32	12.2	4.2	1.9	1.2	0.4	1.4	4.3-9.9	2.5-6.8	1.2-1.5
Damian Lillard	32	19.9	3.3	3.8	1.0	0.1	2.5	5.8-14.6	3.0-9.0	5.4-6.4
Jrue Holiday	29	12.5	4.0	4.5	1.2	0.1	2.4	4.3-10.3	2.0-5.9	1.8-2.2
Donovan Clingan	28	11.4	11.9	2.0	0.7	1.9	1.5	4.5-9.2	1.0-2.9	1.4-1.9
Scoot Henderson	24	10.9	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.1	2.3	3.6-9.3	1.4-4.6	2.3-3.0
Sidy Cissoko	24	7.7	3.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.4-5.9	1.2-3.7	1.6-2.1
Robert Williams III	14	5.1	5.7	0.9	0.7	0.9	0.8	2.2-3.9	0.1-0.2	0.7-0.9
Chris Youngblood	9	3.6	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.1-2.9	0.7-2.1	0.7-0.9
Branden Carlson	6	2.1	1.7	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8-1.8	0.2-0.7	0.2-0.3
Yang Hansen	6	2.1	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.7-1.6	0.2-0.6	0.5-0.7
Team	240	111.4	45.6	23.5	8.2	4.8	16.9	37.4-85.8	14.2-42.1	22.5-28.7

Timberwolves simulated box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT
Jaden McDaniels	35	18.0	6.0	4.2	1.1	0.8	2.2	7.3-14.3	1.5-4.4	1.9-2.4
Ayo Dosunmu	33	18.8	4.6	3.8	1.6	0.4	2.2	7.4-14.5	1.7-4.4	2.4-2.9
Jonathan Kuminga	32	14.5	5.7	3.1	1.3	0.6	1.4	5.1-11.3	1.6-4.4	2.7-3.9
LaMelo Ball	30	20.2	4.1	6.0	2.1	0.1	3.7	7.2-17.0	3.8-10.6	2.1-2.7
Rudy Gobert	26	8.3	9.5	1.8	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.9-5.5	0.1-0.2	2.4-4.0
Trey Lyles	20	6.8	3.9	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.5	2.1-5.0	1.0-3.0	1.5-2.0
Joan Beringer	18	7.0	6.2	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.7	2.6-4.5	0.0-0.1	1.8-2.4
Bones Hyland	16	9.5	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	3.2-7.4	1.7-4.6	1.5-1.9
Jaylen Clark	16	5.6	2.2	0.9	1.1	0.2	0.5	1.9-4.3	0.8-2.3	1.0-1.3
Terrence Shannon Jr.	15	8.2	2.4	1.7	0.3	0.1	1.0	2.7-6.1	0.9-2.6	1.9-2.5
Team	240	116.9	46.2	25.9	9.9	4.7	14.2	42.4-89.9	13.1-36.6	19.2-26.0

Every possession played out from each team's shooting, turnovers, rebounding and pace and each player's minutes and usage, 10,000 times.

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Player	Stat	His usual	Sim projects	Chance he gets there	Did it, last 10
LaMelo BallMIN vs POR · Mon 8:00 PM	Threes	5+	3.8	42%	3 of 10
Damian LillardPOR @ MIN · Mon 8:00 PM	Assists	5+	3.8	42%	4 of 10
Jaden McDanielsMIN vs POR · Mon 8:00 PM	Pts + Reb + Ast	26+	28.2	53%	6 of 10
Jrue HolidayPOR @ MIN · Mon 8:00 PM	Rebounds	5+	4	44%	3 of 10
Toumani CamaraPOR @ MIN · Mon 8:00 PM	Points	15+	12.2	41%	1 of 10
Donovan ClinganPOR @ MIN · Mon 8:00 PM	Threes	1+	1	54%	8 of 10
Scoot HendersonPOR @ MIN · Mon 8:00 PM	Rebounds	3+	2.1	43%	2 of 10
Rudy GobertMIN vs POR · Mon 8:00 PM	Pts + Reb + Ast	22+	19.7	43%	3 of 10