Trail Blazers beat Timberwolves, 96-93, stretch winning streak to 4 games: The Trail Blazers clinched their first four-game winning streak of the season with a 96-93 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves Sunday at the Moda Center. Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum each scored 21 points, including crucial free throws in the closing seconds, and the Blazers got a huge boost from the bench in the win. -- The Oregonian

Trail Blazers not sharp, but win again, dispatching Minnesota 96-93: It wasn't easy, but the Trail Blazers finally have a four-game winning streak this season, thanks in large part to Al-Farouq Aminu. In their third try of the season to extend a three-game winning streak, the Blazers finally succeeded Sunday when they hung on to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 96-93, keeping the Blazers in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race. -- CSNNW.com

Blazers top T’wolves, and it wasn’t pretty: If the evolution of the Blazers is to continue in the direction they want, the ways they win will have to come in different forms and Sunday, the circumstances gave them no choice but to win ugly. The Trail Blazers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 96-93 on a night when the Wolves had more assists, shot better from the field and the 3-point line. -- The Columbian

Blazers nip Timberwolves, keep wins rolling: The Trail Blazers are streaking. The immediate future will tell if it's primarily a matter of fortuitous scheduling, or if the club is ready to make a leap forward. Portland's 96-93 victory over Minnesota Sunday night at Moda Center was its eighth triumph in the last 10 outings -- six of the wins coming at home. It's the first time this season that the Blazers (23-26) have won four in a row. -- The Portland Tribune