On December 13, Beijing time, the Blazers played at home against the Timberwolves, and the Blazers successfully defeated the Timberwolves 111-116 at the end of the game. Both the Blazers and Timberwolves have been in poor form recently, but in this game the Blazers are bringing back Lillard, so the Blazers are expected to stop their losing streak. However, after the game began, the Timberwolves quickly played the state to open the score, although the Blazers occupied the lead but the Timberwolves responded to maintain the lead, but in the second half of the game, the Blazers seized the opportunity to complete the reversal, but then the Blazers also gave the opportunity to let the Timberwolves overtake the score, and finally the Blazers lost the game and suffered 5 consecutive losses.
Beverley and others helped the Timberwolves take the lead in the first quarter, but then the Blazers were tied under Powell and others, and then the Blazers' offensive downturn made the Timberwolves play an offensive climax, and the Blazers trailed by 7 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Blazers broke out to surpass the score, and then the two teams each played a very sticky score, and the Timberwolves led the Blazers by one point at the end of the half. In the third quarter, the Blazers were in a sluggish offensive state, and the Timberwolves played a wave of 12-0 to open the score, but then Towns suffered foul trouble, and the Blazers chased the score under the play of Lillard and others, and the Blazers trailed by 5 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Blazers played a wave of 8-0 to complete the rebound, but in Vanderbilt and others played the Timberwolves to bite the score, and then the Timberwolves played a wave of 6-0 to take the initiative, and finally the Blazers chased the score and lost the game without success.
In this game, although Downs achieved 23 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, but in this game, Towns also made mistakes, especially in the fourth quarter key moments, Downs's mistake was to give the Blazers the opportunity to reverse, fortunately, the Blazers did not complete the attack, otherwise if the Blazers reversed, Downs would become a loser. On the other hand, Beverley was instrumental in this game, after all, Beverley did a good job of Defending Lillard, and at the crucial moment of the fourth quarter, Beverley also caused Lillard's mistakes, and finally the Timberwolves won the game, and Beverley got 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists at the end of the game.
In this game, the Blazers did not occupy the lead, but they did not hold their own lead in the end, and in this game, the rocket veteran McLemore played an explosive performance, under his play the Blazers completed the reversal, but unfortunately the Blazers were eventually reversed by the opponent, the Blazers also suffered 5 consecutive losses, the end of the game McLemore 6 of 5 got 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. At the same time, Lillard did not perform too well in this game, and at the end of the game, Lillard had 24 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists on 5-of-17, including a bad 3-of-14 three-pointer, for Lillard if he can't find his own outside touch, then the Blazers still have a hard time winning.
However, although the Blazers lost the game, Lillard has a good point here, and when Lillard was interviewed after the game, talking about his feelings after the comeback, Lillard said: I feel good, better than I felt in a long time before, the absence time is a bit long, but I feel very good. Although the current Blazers have suffered a loss, it is undoubtedly a good thing to see Lillard maintain a good state, after all, as long as Lillard has a chance to win in the Blazers, of course, the next game the Blazers must also stop their own decline, otherwise if the Blazers continue to lose in this row, you really can't guarantee what kind of change Lillard will have in his mentality.