Minnesota Timberwolves (4-23) at Portland Trail Blazers (16-12), 10 p.m.

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(Sports Network) - The red-hot Portland Trail Blazers go for their 12th straight win when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves tonight at the Rose Garden. This is the first of four meetings between the clubs this season. Minnesota has lost three straight after winning its last three at Portland. The Trail Blazers and Timberwolves split four contests last season. Portland's longest winning streak is 16 in a row, which was accomplished during the 1990-91 campaign. The Trail Blazers play the fifth of a six-game homestand this evening. On Tuesday, Brandon Roy and Jarrett Jack both scored 17 points, as the Trail Blazers stretched their winning streak to 11 games and continued their amazing success on Christmas Day with an 89-79 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics. Steve Blake and Channing Frye each added 12 points, while Joel Przybilla pulled down 16 rebounds in the victory for Portland, which won its 12th straight Christmas Day game and moved to 12-1 all-time on the holiday. The lone loss was during the 1971 season to Chicago. The Trail Blazers are 13-3 at home this season. They have won eight in a row at the Rose Garden. Portland is scheduled to host Andre Iguodala and the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. Minnesota has dropped two in a row and plays the third of a five-game road trip. Monta Ellis scored a career-high 35 points and made a pair of key free throws down the stretch, as the Golden State Warriors edged the Timberwolves, 105-101, on Wednesday at ORACLE Arena. Al Jefferson scored 20 points and pulled down 19 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who have lost eighth of their last nine games overall. Marko Jaric and Rashad McCants both netted 15 for Minnesota, which fell to a dismal 1-13 on the road. The Timberwolves will visit Seattle on Saturday at KeyArena and the Clippers on Monday at the Rose Garden. Eastern Atlantic W-L Pct. GB Boston 66-16 .805 --- Toronto 41-41 .500 25 Philadelphia 40-42 .488 26 New Jersey 34-48 .415 32 New York 23-59 .280 43 Central W-L Pct. GB Detroit 59-23 .720 --- Cleveland 45-37 .549 14 Indiana 36-46 .439 23 Chicago 33-49 .402 26 Milwaukee 26-56 .317 33 Southeast W-L Pct. GB Orlando 52-30 .634 --- Washington 43-39 .524 9 Atlanta 37-45 .451 15 Charlotte 32-50 .390 20 Miami 15-67 .183 37 Western Southwest W-L Pct. GB New Orleans 56-26 .683 --- San Antonio 56-26 .683 --- Houston 55-27 .671 1 Dallas 51-31 .622 5 Memphis 22-60 .268 34 Northwest W-L Pct. GB Utah 54-28 .659 --- Denver 50-32 .610 4 Portland 41-41 .500 13 Minnesota 22-60 .268 32 Seattle 20-62 .244 34 Pacific W-L Pct. GB LA Lakers 57-25 .695 --- Phoenix 55-27 .671 2 Golden State 48-34 .585 9 Sacramento 38-44 .463 19 LA Clippers 23-59 .280 34

Player Gm Min Pts FG % A Reb Stl Blk TO 3pt FT % B.Roy 74 37.7 19.1 .454 5.8 4.7 1.1 0.2 136 73 .753 L.Aldridge 76 34.8 17.8 .484 1.6 7.6 0.7 1.2 126 1 .762 T.Outlaw 82 26.6 13.3 .433 1.3 4.6 0.7 0.8 107 40 .741 M.Webster 75 28.4 10.7 .422 1.2 3.9 0.6 0.4 83 123 .735 J.Jack 82 27.2 9.9 .431 3.8 2.9 0.7 0.0 178 65 .867 S.Blake 81 29.9 8.5 .408 5.1 2.4 0.7 0.0 113 121 .766 J.Jones 58 22.0 8.0 .437 0.6 2.8 0.4 0.3 28 91 .878 C.Frye 78 17.2 6.8 .488 0.7 4.5 0.4 0.3 55 3 .780 J.Przybilla 77 23.6 4.8 .576 0.4 8.4 0.2 1.2 95 0 .680 S.Rodriguez 72 8.7 2.5 .352 1.7 0.8 0.3 0.0 53 17 .658 V.Wafer 8 8.0 2.4 .304 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.3 2 3 .500 T.Green 8 5.4 2.1 .250 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 7 1 1.000 R.LaFrentz 39 7.5 1.7 .443 0.2 1.7 0.3 0.4 10 0 .579 J.McRoberts 8 3.5 1.5 .600 0.3 1.3 0.1 0.0 2 0 .000 Player Gm Min Pts FG % A Reb Stl Blk TO 3pt FT % A.Jefferson 82 35.6 21.0 .500 1.4 11.1 0.9 1.5 167 0 .721 R.McCants 75 26.9 14.9 .453 2.2 2.7 0.9 0.2 172 142 .748 R.Foye 39 32.3 13.1 .429 4.2 3.3 0.9 0.1 79 61 .815 R.Gomes 82 29.7 12.6 .457 1.8 5.8 0.8 0.1 96 59 .830 C.Smith 77 20.1 9.4 .563 0.8 4.6 0.5 0.2 89 0 .665 S.Telfair 60 32.2 9.3 .401 5.9 2.3 1.0 0.2 111 32 .743 K.Snyder 27 25.2 8.4 .516 2.1 4.2 0.7 0.5 49 3 .753 M.Jaric 75 29.2 8.3 .430 4.1 3.0 1.3 0.4 128 46 .742 A.Walker 46 19.4 8.0 .363 1.0 3.7 0.7 0.2 46 61 .530 T.Ratliff 10 21.4 6.3 .511 0.7 3.9 0.3 1.9 12 0 .680 C.Brewer 79 22.8 5.8 .374 1.4 3.7 1.0 0.3 89 7 .800 G.Buckner 31 16.7 4.0 .385 1.3 2.1 0.7 0.1 29 15 .864 M.Doleac 24 10.7 2.4 .444 0.3 2.0 0.4 0.4 12 0 .500 C.Richard 52 10.7 1.9 .471 0.3 2.6 0.2 0.2 23 0 .593 M.Madsen 20 7.6 0.5 .158 0.2 1.9 0.2 0.1 9 0 .250 No. Player Pos Ht Wt DOB College 1 Jack,Jarrett G 6-3 197 10/28/83 Georgia Tech 10 Przybilla,J. C 7-1 255 10/10/79 Minnesota 11 Rodriguez,S. G 6-3 168 6/12/86 Spain Nation. 12 Aldridge,L. F 6-11 245 7/19/85 Texas 2 Blake,Steve G 6-3 172 2/26/80 Maryland 24 Wafer,Von G 6-5 210 7/21/85 Florida Stat. 25 Outlaw,Travis F 6-9 215 9/18/84 Starkville H. 33 Jones,James F 6-8 220 10/4/80 Miami-Florid. 44 Frye,Channing C 6-11 248 5/17/83 Arizona 52 Oden,Greg C 7-0 250 1/22/88 Ohio State 7 Roy,Brandon F 6-6 229 7/23/84 Washington 8 Webster,M. G 6-7 229 12/4/86 Seattle Prep. 9 LaFrentz,Raef F 6-11 245 5/29/76 Kansas No. Player Pos Ht Wt DOB College 1 McCants,R. G 6-4 210 9/25/84 North Caroli. 22 Brewer,Corey F 6-9 185 3/5/86 Florida 24 Walker,A. F 6-9 245 8/12/76 Kentucky 25 Jefferson,Al C 6-10 265 1/4/85 Prentiss HS . 3 Telfair,S. G 6-0 175 6/9/85 Abraham Linc. 30 Snyder,Kirk G 6-6 225 6/5/83 Nevada 32 Richard,Chris F 6-9 270 12/25/84 Florida 35 Madsen,Mark C 6-9 250 1/28/76 Stanford 4 Foye,Randy G 6-4 213 9/24/83 Villanova 5 Smith,Craig F 6-8 250 11/10/83 Boston Colle. 51 Doleac,M. C 6-11 262 6/15/77 Utah 55 Jaric,Marko G 6-7 224 10/12/78 Serbia & Mon. 7 Buckner,Greg G 6-4 210 9/16/76 Clemson 8 Gomes,Ryan F 6-7 250 9/1/82 Providence Portland CENTERS Joel Przybilla* Raef LaFrentz Greg Oden* POWER FORWARDS LaMarcus Aldridge Travis Outlaw Channing Frye Josh McRoberts SMALL FORWARDS Martell Webster* James Jones Darius Miles* POINT GUARDS Jarrett Jack Sergio Rodriguez SHOOTING GUARDS Brandon Roy Steve Blake Von Wafer Coach Nate McMillan Minnesota CENTERS Al Jefferson Mark Madsen Michael Doleac POWER FORWARDS Ryan Gomes Craig Smith* Chris Richard SMALL FORWARDS Corey Brewer Antoine Walker Greg Buckner POINT GUARDS Sebastian Telfair* Marko Jaric SHOOTING GUARDS Rashad McCants Randy Foye Kirk Snyder Coach Randy Wittman