PORTLAND, Ore. -- LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points and 13 rebounds before sitting out the fourth quarter, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-91 on Wednesday night.
Robin Lopez added 18 points for the Blazers, who have already captured the Northwest Division title but continue to battle for home-court advantage in the playoffs with four games left.
Andrew Wiggins had 29 points for the injury-depleted Timberwolves, who have lost eight straight and remain in the basement of the Western Conference.
Portland led by as many as 28 points and the Timberwolves, with just nine players available and playing the second of back-to-back games, were simply overwhelmed.
While the Blazers have already clinched the division, they're 1 1-2 games behind the Clippers and the Spurs for fourth place in the conference standings. The four teams with the best records get home-court advantage.
Portland had rested Aldridge, Nicolas Batum and Chris Kaman on Monday at Brooklyn, where it lost 106-96. It was a one-game East Coast road trip to make up a game originally for Jan. 26 that was postponed by bad weather.
Minnesota was coming off a 111-116 loss at Sacramento on Tuesday.
The Timberwolves had a long list of inactives for the game, including center Gorgui Dieng, guard Ricky Rubio, guard Gary Neal, center Nikola Pekovic, forward Shabazz Muhammad, and forward Anthony Bennett.
Kevin Garnett was listed as questionable with a sore right knee but did not play. He has missed 15 games.
Aldridge's layup gave the Blazers an early 23-13 lead, and he finished the first quarter with 15 points and seven rebounds. Damian Lillard's 3-pointer extended the lead to 39-26.
Meyers Leonard's 3-pointer gave Portland 771 3-pointers this season to break a franchise record. The Blazers had 779 at game's end.
Portland led 55-36 at the half, and maintained an 84-62 lead going into the fourth quarter. Lillard finished with 17 points and also sat for the final quarter, as did Batum.
Pekovic had surgery Wednesday in North Carolina on his right Achilles. He is sidelined indefinitely.
Wiggins has had four straight games with 20 or more points.
Up next, Minnesota visits the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.
