HOU 129 @ MIN 120 — Mar 18, 2018 — stat.space

Houston

Rockets

129

–

120

FINAL

Minnesota

Timberwolves

Date

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
HOU	38	32	30	22	129
MIN	23	26	35	29	120

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Chris Paul

HOU

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections2

Loose Balls3

Opp FG% When Defending100.0%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.21

Impact Composite45.0

Hustle: 8.5Defense: 35.7Impact: 0.8

3 loose balls recoveredonly 10 pts allowed on 48.2 possessions

Box Score MVP

James Harden

HOU

PTS

REB

AST

+10

+/−

Game Performance

FG9-18 (50.0%)

3PT2-9

FT14-14

TS%70.4%

eFG%55.6%

STL2

BLK1

TOV4

ORTG132

DRTG115

NET+17

34 pointsDouble-Double13 contested shots+10 plus/minusonly 26 pts allowed on 62.3 possessions

Box Score

HOU	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Luc Mbah a Moute	19:00	7	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	3-5	60%	0-0	0%	1-2	50%	+8
Ryan Anderson	16:38	14	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	4-6	67%	4-5	80%	2-2	100%	+12
Trevor Ariza	33:26	11	1	1	2	3	1	0	2	4-11	36%	3-8	38%	0-0	0%	-4
P.J. Tucker	23:38	12	4	2	0	0	2	3	6	4-9	44%	3-5	60%	1-4	25%	-2
Clint Capela	31:22	16	12	4	2	0	3	0	5	8-11	73%	0-0	0%	0-2	0%	-3
BENCH
Gerald Green	14:34	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5-5	100%	2-2	100%	0-2	0%	+13
James Harden	36:45	34	4	0	12	2	1	4	2	9-18	50%	2-9	22%	14-14	100%	+10
Eric Gordon	30:01	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2-5	40%	1-3	33%	0-0	0%	+8
Chris Paul	34:36	18	8	1	9	1	0	3	2	4-8	50%	1-3	33%	9-10	90%	+3
TOTAL	—	129	33	8	28	7	8	11	26	43-78	55%	16-35	46%	27-36	75%	—

Tarik Black —

Nene —

Joe Johnson —

MIN	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Andrew Wiggins	35:58	21	2	1	1	2	0	2	4	8-16	50%	2-3	67%	3-6	50%	-15
Nemanja Bjelica	35:20	15	6	1	3	0	0	1	4	6-10	60%	2-4	50%	1-2	50%	-4
Jamal Crawford	27:50	20	1	1	3	1	0	1	1	8-12	67%	3-4	75%	1-1	100%	-5
Gorgui Dieng	12:36	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	3	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	1-2	50%	-11
Karl-Anthony Towns	35:24	20	18	5	1	1	1	3	3	9-15	60%	0-0	0%	2-3	67%	+2
BENCH
Derrick Rose	19:18	14	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	6-11	55%	0-1	0%	2-2	100%	-1
Jeff Teague	36:47	23	6	1	11	2	0	3	4	5-11	46%	3-5	60%	10-10	100%	+3
Tyus Jones	11:13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0-3	0%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	-12
Taj Gibson	25:34	4	3	2	0	1	0	1	5	2-6	33%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-2
TOTAL	—	120	41	14	24	7	1	12	26	45-86	52%	10-20	50%	20-26	77%	—

Aaron Brooks —

Marcus Georges-Hunt —

Cole Aldrich —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

HOU43/78 (55%)

Paint

23/37 (62%)

Mid

6/9 (67%)

3PT

16/35 (46%)

RA 65%ATB3 43%Corner 3 50%Paint 50%Mid 75%

MIN45/86 (52%)

Paint

31/52 (60%)

Mid

8/22 (36%)

3PT

10/20 (50%)

RA 69%Paint 39%Mid 25%ATB3 42%Corner 3 63%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

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Primary Matchup

Karl-Anthony Towns

defended Clint Capela

7.5 min • 6 pts • 43%

Best Defender

Taj Gibson

held P.J. Tucker

4.4 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Jamal Crawford

vs Gerald Green

2.2 min • 6 pts • 100%

MIN Defense	Chris Paul	Clint Capela	Eric Gordon	Gerald Green	James Harden	Luc Mbah a Moute	P.J. Tucker	Ryan Anderson	Trevor Ariza
Jeff Teague	1.5m 4pts 100%	2.9m 7pts 33%	3.2m 2pts 0%	—	3.6m 3pts 33%	—	1.5m 2pts 0%	—	1.8m 0pts 0%
Karl-Anthony Towns	—	7.5m 6pts 43%	—	—	2.0m 4pts 100%	—	1.5m 5pts 67%	2.2m 3pts 100%	1.1m 2pts 100%
Andrew Wiggins	1.0m 2pts 100%	—	—	—	2.1m 2pts 100%	2.3m 2pts 50%	1.6m 3pts 100%	—	5.9m 2pts 100%
Nemanja Bjelica	5.8m 5pts 50%	—	2.1m 0pts 0%	—	3.0m 5pts 50%	1.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	—
Jamal Crawford	—	—	2.3m 0pts 0%	2.2m 6pts 100%	—	1.1m 3pts 100%	—	1.2m 6pts 60%	3.6m 2pts 50%
Taj Gibson	—	—	—	—	2.6m 2pts 50%	1.0m 0pts 0%	4.4m 0pts 0%	—	—
Derrick Rose	2.8m 4pts 67%	—	1.2m 2pts 100%	—	1.6m 2pts 33%	—	—	—	—
Tyus Jones	1.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	1.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—
Gorgui Dieng	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8m 0pts 0%	—
Other	2.1m 4pts 100%	3.2m 3pts 33%	3.7m 8pts 75%	2.4m 2pts 33%	—	2.4m 6pts 25%	1.3m 7pts 75%	1.9m 2pts 0%	2.3m 4pts 100%

Game Flow

Score margin over time — positive = MIN leads, negative = HOU leads

MIN Largest Lead

Q1 0:39

HOU Largest Lead

Q3 1:51

Key Scoring Runs (8+)

HOU 8-0 run

Q1 4:16 – Q1 5:26

-1 → -6

HOU 10-0 run

Q1 4:16 – Q1 5:53

-1 → -8

HOU 9-0 run

Q1 8:07 – Q1 9:25

-4 → -12

HOU 12-0 run

Q1 8:07 – Q1 10:16

-4 → -15