The Wolves wrap up an undefeated-so-far, three-game road trip tonight in Portland against the playoff-bound Blazers in a 9:30 p.m. Central game on FSN that is their final road game this season.
That's maybe bad news, considering the Wolves are 14-26 on the road and 13-26 at home this season after winning games at Golden State and Sacramento the last four days.
They now face a Blazers team that has beaten them eight consecutive times at Moda Center.
Wolves rookie Nemanja Bjelica is coming off Thursday's victory over the Kings in which he made six of seven shots -- including 4 of 5 from three-point range -- and scored 18 points for a bench that has been noticeably better these last couple games, particularly because of Tyus Jones and Shabazz Muhammad at Oakland and Jones and Bjelica against the Kings.
Those 18 points and 4 made threes were both career -- or I guess you can say season -- highs for Bjelica.
"We think Belli is a very skilled player," Wolves interim head coach Sam Mitchell said. "But obviously there's an adjustment to make when you're coming to the NBA. Some guys make it sooner than others. I thought Belli started playing better a couple weeks ago and it seemed like it all came together for him the other night in Sacramento. Hopefully it's something he can build on these last three games and carry over to next year."
The Wolves will stay in Portland overnight and fly home Sunday morning. They finish the season with home games Monday against Houston and Wednesday against New Orleans.
