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All Games | 24-23 | +2.2 | 21-24 | 21-24 | 96.8 | 46.8 | 43.8% | 50.2 | 98.6 | 49.7 | 46.0% | 50.0 | Road Games | 7-15 | -2.5 | 9-13 | 9-11 | 93.9 | 46.0 | 42.3% | 50.5 | 100.6 | 50.7 | 47.3% | 50.7 | Last 5 Games | 3-2 | +1 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 94.4 | 44.4 | 44.6% | 48.6 | 97.0 | 51.2 | 47.4% | 46.4 | Division Games | 4-4 | +2.1 | 5-2 | 4-4 | 96.7 | 46.7 | 42.2% | 52.7 | 97.2 | 47.5 | 43.9% | 54.9 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 96.8 | 46.8 | 36-82 | 43.8% | 8-24 | 34.0% | 17-21 | 77.3% | 50 | 12 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 5 | vs opponents surrendering | 98 | 49.2 | 37-82 | 44.9% | 7-20 | 35.8% | 17-23 | 75.3% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 93.9 | 46.0 | 35-83 | 42.3% | 8-24 | 33.6% | 16-21 | 76.3% | 50 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 5 | Stats Against (All Games) | 98.6 | 49.7 | 38-82 | 46.0% | 7-19 | 34.2% | 16-21 | 77.8% | 50 | 11 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 4 | vs opponents averaging | 98 | 49.2 | 37-82 | 45.0% | 7-20 | 35.5% | 17-23 | 75.0% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Stats Against (Road Games) | 100.6 | 50.7 | 39-83 | 47.3% | 7-19 | 36.1% | 15-19 | 76.4% | 51 | 11 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 5 |
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All Games | 18-26 | -7.8 | 20-23 | 23-21 | 95.2 | 49.8 | 43.5% | 53.4 | 96.9 | 47.9 | 45.8% | 48.8 | Home Games | 12-9 | -1.1 | 10-11 | 10-11 | 96.2 | 49.3 | 43.5% | 54.3 | 93.3 | 46.4 | 42.5% | 52.7 | Last 5 Games | 1-4 | -3 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 101.4 | 52.6 | 48.0% | 50.4 | 101.8 | 51.6 | 47.3% | 49.2 | Division Games | 3-5 | -1.7 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 95.2 | 49.2 | 41.3% | 55.2 | 101.6 | 48.0 | 46.9% | 49.7 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 95.2 | 49.8 | 36-82 | 43.5% | 6-18 | 30.0% | 19-25 | 72.8% | 53 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 5 | vs opponents surrendering | 98.4 | 49.4 | 37-82 | 45.0% | 7-21 | 35.9% | 17-22 | 75.2% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 96.2 | 49.3 | 36-82 | 43.5% | 6-18 | 30.2% | 19-26 | 72.2% | 54 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 6 | Stats Against (All Games) | 96.9 | 47.9 | 37-81 | 45.8% | 7-19 | 36.0% | 15-20 | 75.7% | 49 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 6 | vs opponents averaging | 98.4 | 49.1 | 37-82 | 45.2% | 7-20 | 35.9% | 17-22 | 75.4% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Stats Against (Home Games) | 93.3 | 46.4 | 35-83 | 42.5% | 6-19 | 32.5% | 16-22 | 75.5% | 53 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 6 |
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12/26/2012 | SACRAMENTO | 109-91 | W | -7.5 | W | 198.5 | O | 44-87 | 50.6% | 63 | 17 | 35-86 | 40.7% | 40 | 10 | 12/28/2012 | @ LA LAKERS | 87-104 | L | 9 | L | 206 | U | 36-87 | 41.4% | 50 | 9 | 40-86 | 46.5% | 62 | 11 | 12/29/2012 | PHILADELPHIA | 89-85 | W | -3 | W | 191 | U | 34-76 | 44.7% | 45 | 11 | 36-85 | 42.4% | 51 | 13 | 1/1/2013 | @ NEW YORK | 105-100 | W | 9.5 | W | 197 | O | 41-81 | 50.6% | 53 | 16 | 36-84 | 42.9% | 47 | 10 | 1/2/2013 | @ TORONTO | 79-102 | L | 4 | L | 192 | U | 31-70 | 44.3% | 38 | 18 | 41-77 | 53.2% | 45 | 11 | 1/4/2013 | @ MEMPHIS | 86-84 | W | 8 | W | 182 | U | 33-81 | 40.7% | 50 | 15 | 32-81 | 39.5% | 52 | 14 | 1/5/2013 | @ MINNESOTA | 102-97 | W | 6.5 | W | 189.5 | O | 37-86 | 43.0% | 45 | 13 | 38-91 | 41.8% | 60 | 13 | 1/7/2013 | ORLANDO | 125-119 | W | -6.5 | L | 193 | O | 48-94 | 51.1% | 51 | 9 | 46-93 | 49.5% | 47 | 10 | 1/10/2013 | MIAMI | 92-90 | W | 3.5 | W | 194.5 | U | 30-80 | 37.5% | 54 | 14 | 35-77 | 45.5% | 51 | 17 | 1/11/2013 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 97-103 | L | 8 | W | 200 | P | 35-92 | 38.0% | 60 | 13 | 41-86 | 47.7% | 52 | 11 | 1/13/2013 | OKLAHOMA CITY | 83-87 | L | 4 | T | 202 | U | 31-86 | 36.0% | 52 | 12 | 32-71 | 45.1% | 50 | 15 | 1/15/2013 | @ DENVER | 111-115 | L | 9 | W | 202 | O | 42-88 | 47.7% | 61 | 18 | 47-99 | 47.5% | 48 | 10 | 1/16/2013 | CLEVELAND | 88-93 | L | -6 | L | 197 | U | 31-79 | 39.2% | 65 | 19 | 32-83 | 38.6% | 50 | 8 | 1/19/2013 | MILWAUKEE | 104-110 | L | -4.5 | L | 195.5 | O | 34-81 | 42.0% | 54 | 19 | 39-88 | 44.3% | 52 | 14 | 1/21/2013 | WASHINGTON | 95-98 | L | -7 | L | 195.5 | U | 37-81 | 45.7% | 49 | 13 | 39-84 | 46.4% | 49 | 15 | 1/23/2013 | INDIANA | 100-80 | W | -1 | W | 181.5 | U | 44-78 | 56.4% | 50 | 15 | 30-80 | 37.5% | 39 | 13 | 1/26/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | 101-100 | W | 0 | W | 190.5 | O | 35-75 | 46.7% | 39 | 14 | 40-81 | 49.4% | 47 | 15 | 1/27/2013 | @ LA CLIPPERS | 83-96 | L | 9.5 | L | 192.5 | U | 29-66 | 43.9% | 47 | 19 | 42-82 | 51.2% | 40 | 12 | 1/29/2013 | DALLAS | 106-104 | W | -3 | L | 202 | O | 39-86 | 45.3% | 50 | 14 | 42-84 | 50.0% | 47 | 16 | 2/1/2013 | @ UTAH | 77-86 | L | 5 | L | 195 | U | 29-79 | 36.7% | 46 | 15 | 35-81 | 43.2% | 59 | 13 | 2/2/2013 | UTAH | 105-99 | W | -4.5 | W | 191.5 | O | 38-75 | 50.7% | 61 | 16 | 39-90 | 43.3% | 39 | 4 | 2/4/2013 | @ MINNESOTA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/6/2013 | @ DALLAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/8/2013 | @ HOUSTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/10/2013 | @ ORLANDO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/12/2013 | @ MIAMI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/13/2013 | @ NEW ORLEANS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/19/2013 | PHOENIX | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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12/26/2012 | HOUSTON | 84-87 | L | -5.5 | L | 210.5 | U | 32-84 | 38.1% | 52 | 14 | 33-81 | 40.7% | 55 | 16 | 12/29/2012 | PHOENIX | 111-107 | W | -8.5 | L | 194.5 | O | 45-89 | 50.6% | 60 | 10 | 45-97 | 46.4% | 55 | 4 | 1/2/2013 | @ UTAH | 84-106 | L | 3 | L | 196 | U | 29-84 | 34.5% | 50 | 11 | 43-87 | 49.4% | 58 | 12 | 1/3/2013 | @ DENVER | 101-97 | W | 8.5 | W | 201 | U | 37-83 | 44.6% | 64 | 13 | 40-86 | 46.5% | 46 | 7 | 1/5/2013 | PORTLAND | 97-102 | L | -6.5 | L | 189.5 | O | 38-91 | 41.8% | 60 | 13 | 37-86 | 43.0% | 45 | 13 | 1/8/2013 | ATLANTA | 108-103 | W | -1 | W | 188.5 | O | 40-87 | 46.0% | 49 | 9 | 38-77 | 49.4% | 47 | 15 | 1/9/2013 | @ OKLAHOMA CITY | 84-106 | L | 13 | L | 202 | U | 31-72 | 43.1% | 43 | 19 | 36-76 | 47.4% | 47 | 12 | 1/11/2013 | @ NEW ORLEANS | 92-104 | L | 3 | L | 181.5 | O | 31-69 | 44.9% | 40 | 14 | 44-84 | 52.4% | 46 | 12 | 1/13/2013 | @ SAN ANTONIO | 88-106 | L | 12.5 | L | 199 | U | 33-89 | 37.1% | 47 | 13 | 45-80 | 56.2% | 52 | 17 | 1/14/2013 | @ DALLAS | 98-113 | L | 7.5 | L | 195.5 | O | 35-85 | 41.2% | 53 | 15 | 46-77 | 59.7% | 36 | 9 | 1/17/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | 77-90 | L | 5 | L | 193 | U | 30-84 | 35.7% | 53 | 14 | 35-77 | 45.5% | 58 | 18 | 1/19/2013 | HOUSTON | 92-79 | W | 5.5 | W | 202.5 | U | 30-64 | 46.9% | 47 | 15 | 25-78 | 32.1% | 54 | 20 | 1/21/2013 | @ ATLANTA | 96-104 | L | 8 | T | 184.5 | O | 36-74 | 48.6% | 40 | 17 | 41-71 | 57.7% | 44 | 22 | 1/23/2013 | BROOKLYN | 83-91 | L | 5.5 | L | 185.5 | U | 38-83 | 45.8% | 45 | 13 | 37-84 | 44.0% | 54 | 14 | 1/25/2013 | @ WASHINGTON | 101-114 | L | 6.5 | L | 187 | O | 39-88 | 44.3% | 62 | 16 | 48-83 | 57.8% | 42 | 16 | 1/26/2013 | @ CHARLOTTE | 101-102 | L | 3 | W | 194 | O | 37-77 | 48.1% | 44 | 16 | 37-73 | 50.7% | 41 | 17 | 1/30/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | 90-96 | L | 4.5 | L | 189 | U | 33-75 | 44.0% | 46 | 13 | 35-77 | 45.5% | 59 | 15 | 2/1/2013 | LA LAKERS | 100-111 | L | 2.5 | L | 200.5 | O | 41-89 | 46.1% | 49 | 13 | 39-92 | 42.4% | 66 | 12 | 2/2/2013 | NEW ORLEANS | 115-86 | W | -4 | W | 188.5 | O | 45-77 | 58.4% | 51 | 18 | 28-70 | 40.0% | 38 | 23 | 2/4/2013 | PORTLAND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/6/2013 | SAN ANTONIO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/8/2013 | NEW YORK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/10/2013 | @ MEMPHIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/11/2013 | @ CLEVELAND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/13/2013 | UTAH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/20/2013 | PHILADELPHIA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | PORTLAND: GUARDS: Portland will turn point guard duties over to rookie DAMIAN LILLARD. The leap from Big Sky Conference to NBA will be a big one, but Lillard is an efficient scorer who can manage the offense . . . WESLEY MATTHEWS is more of a glue guy. He can't create his own offense, but he can heat up as a streaky catch-and-shoot guy . . . RONNIE PRICE should emerge as Lillard's top backup, a role he's filled at numerous stops . . . Second-rounder WILL BARTON could emerge as a rotation player. He's a versatile wing who must prove he can play off the ball . . . SASHA PAVLOVIC will play both the two and three, and can still stroke it from long distance . . . NOLAN SMITH, a misstep of the last regime, is a fringe roster player . . . ELLIOT WILLIAMS, a defensive-minded combo guard, tore his Achilles in mid-September and expects to miss the entire season. FORWARDS: LaMARCUS ALDRIDGE had a couple of health scares over the past six months, but he should enter the season 100 percent. He's clearly Portland's best player . . . NICOLAS BATUM felt rightly disrespected by his secondary role in Portland. All signs point to a bigger role in 2012-13 . . . VICTOR CLAVER is an athletic scrapper who won't do much offensively even if he does get big minutes . . . JOEL FREELAND could become their first big man off the bench . . . JARED JEFFRIES is still relevant as a defensive specialist . . . The highlight of LUKE BABBITT's career might be that mention on Onion:Sportsdome. CENTERS: J.J. HICKSON is a black hole on offense and a liability on defense, but he can score and rebound, which is good enough to be the starting center in Portland's weak frontcourt . . . MEYERS LEONARD might not be quite ready for 30-plus minutes, but he'll have to learn on the fly due to Portland's lack of veteran bigs. He has some long-term upside as a 7-footer with some nice athleticism and touch inside 10 feet. | | MINNESOTA: GUARDS: RICKY RUBIO could be back by late December, but even he's not confident his knee will be 100 percent. His minutes might have to be scaled back . . . LUKE RIDNOUR will handle the offense with Rubio hampered. The vet is a steady hand in coach Rick Adelman's Euro-style offense . . . They're counting on BRANDON ROY to reclaim his old form after a radical knee procedure. He may never be 100 percent, but he should at least give them sixth-man minutes . . . CHASE BUDINGER is a three-point marksman who moves well off the ball, a perfect fit in Adelman's system . . . J.J. BAREA will take some of the point guard burden as well. He's a top sixth man . . . ALEXEY SHVED can help as a combo guard, though he might have trouble breaking into this rotation . . . MALCOLM LEE is a defensive stopper who won't be asked to shoot very often. FORWARDS: Despite being limited athletically, KEVIN LOVE is an elite rebounder and shooter for a big. He'll continue to be the focal point of this offense once he returns from a broken hand in early December . . . ANDREI KIRILENKO returns to the States after a dominating Euroleague stint. He's a big upgrade at the three and should be comfortable in Adelman's system . . . DERRICK WILLIAMS will continue his attempted transition to the three. As last year proved, he's a long, long ways away. He might have to play himself into a rotation spot . . . DANTE CUNNINGHAM is a nice, efficient big to bring off the bench . . . Since they need shooting on the wings, rookie ROBBIE HUMMEL has a chance to crack the rotation. CENTERS: NIKOLA PEKOVIC is a beast, the best offensive rebounder in the NBA. His total rebounding numbers get hurt playing alongside Kevin Love, but Pekovic will continue to bully his way to put-backs . . . GREG STIEMSMA is going to come in and do some pushing and shoving (and occasional shot-blocking) for 12-to-15 MPG. |
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*Trail Blazers-Timberwolves Preview* ====================================
By TAYLOR BECHTOLD STATS Writer
Portland (24-23) at Minnesota (18-26), 8:00 p.m. EDT
The Portland Trail Blazers have enjoyed an offensive surge during their home winning streak, but that hasn't translated to any road success lately.
That may change against a slumping Minnesota Timberwolves team they've dominated in recent years.
The Trail Blazers look to snap a four-game road losing streak Monday night as they try to win for the 10th time in 11 trips to Minnesota.
After a season-worst six-game losing streak, Portland (24-23) has bounced back to win four of its last six. The Trail Blazers won their fourth straight on their home court with a 105-99 victory over Utah on Saturday to get within one game of eighth-place Houston in the Western Conference standings.
Now they're hoping to put an end to their recent road struggles as they begin a six-game swing against the Timberwolves, who snapped a six-game losing streak with a 115-86 win over New Orleans on Saturday.
"We play a lot of guys in the West and a lot of guys we're going to be fighting for so this road trip is big for us," Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge said.
While the Trail Blazers have averaged 103.0 points on 49.7 percent shooting - including 40.2 percent from beyond the arc - during their home streak, they've scored 80.0 points per game while shooting 40.0 percent and 10 for 35 (28.6 percent) from 3-point range in their last two on the road.
J.J. Hickson has played much better at home, averaging 18.4 points in his last five games there. He's scored just 10.8 per game in his last five on the road.
The Trail Blazers are hoping to have Wesley Matthews back after the guard sat out against the Jazz because of an ankle injury. Matthews has totaled 56 points on 20-of-32 shooting - including 10 for 13 from long distance - to help Portland win the first two against Minnesota this season.
The Trail Blazers defeated the visiting Timberwolves 103-95 on Nov. 23 before winning at Minnesota 102-97 on Jan. 5. They've won 19 of 21 in the series since the 2007-08 season.
With Matthews leading the way, Portland has torched Minnesota from beyond the arc in the two games this season, hitting 27 of 49 (55.1 percent).
While the Timberwolves (18-26) ranked last in the NBA in defensive 3-point percentage (41.8) in January, they limited New Orleans to 3-of-14 Saturday.
Minnesota, which had lost 11 of its previous 12 overall, looks to win its second straight at home after finishing with season highs in points and field-goal percentage (58.4) in its most lopsided victory of the season Saturday.
"To have a blowout win is something that our team needed at this point," guard Luke Ridnour said. "Hopefully we can build on it."
Dante Cunningham will try to build on his season-high 18 points after he hit all nine shot attempts to set a franchise record for most consecutive field goals without a miss.
Nikola Pekovic had 14 points against the Hornets, and has averaged 19.5 points and 12.5 rebounds against the Trail Blazers this season.
After outscoring New Orleans 58-32 in the paint, the Timberwolves are likely to look inside again Monday. They held a combined 84-56 advantage on points in the paint in the first two meetings against the Trail Blazers.
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