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Since Chauncey Billups arrived at the first day of training camp wearing a Portland Trail Blazers shirt with the words “Make ‘Em Uncomfortable” scribbled across the back, he has urged his team to adopt that mantra.

And for three-and-a-half quarters in their season-opening matchup against a team that has reached the Western Conference finals each of the last two years, the Blazers did just that.

Portland pushed the Minnesota Timberwolves to the brink of defeat in a fast-paced, hustle-infused, entertaining slugfest Wednesday night at the Moda Center. But in the end, the battle-tested Timberwolves made more timel

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