If the Portland Trail Blazers were looking to redeem a 60-point loss on Thursday as they faced the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, well...they can keep looking. Minnesota pounded Portland 116-93, sending the Blazers home with a 1-6 record on their longest road trip of the season.
As happened with the Oklahoma City Thunder last night, this was a “game” in name only. The ‘Wolves got off to a glowing start, led by 20 in the first period, weathered a couple of brief Blazers runs, and waltzed to the win.
A returning Jabari Walker led the Blazers in scoring off the bench with 17 in 32 minutes.