MINNEAPOLIS -- The Portland Trail Blazers finished a two-game series versus the Timberwolves in Minneapolis with a 124-81 loss in front of a crowd of 16,035 Monday night at Target Center.
“I thought (Minnesota) came out with the mindset of being very, very aggressive, vey, very physical,” said Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups. “We didn’t match their intensity early on and they took advantage of us, they really did. It’s like you get hit with that haymaker, you get staggered and you can just never come back to. You gotta give them credit, they seen a team that is wounded and they took advantage.