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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 29 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 111 |
 Timberwolves | 28 | 24 | 35 | 34 | 121 |
HOUTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 40-9840.8% | 19-5335.8% | 12-1392.3% | 37 | 23 | 9 |
| MIN | 49-9054.4% | 10-2050.0% | 13-1776.5% | 47 | 31 | 10 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves121| 38 | 27 | 11-16 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +12.7 | ||||||
| 36 | 13 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 0 | +15 | −0.2 | |||||||
| 34 | 25 | 11-18 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +20 | +7.5 | |||||||
| 32 | 16 | 7-15 | 2-6 | 0-2 | +7 | +0.8 | ||||||||
| 24 | 15 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | +4 | +6.6 | |||||||
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| 23 | 12 | 5-13 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −2.9 | ||||||
| 22 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.3 | ||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.2 | |||
| 11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −1.9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.3 | |||
| Team | 121 | 49-9054.4% | 10-2050.0% | 47 | 31 | 10 | 13 | 13-1776.5% | 13 | 4 | 5 | |||
Bench 25 points on 10 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Tyus Jones (injury/illness); Keita Bates-Diop (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets111| 40 | 42 | 15-34 | 8-22 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +2.7 | ||||||
| 36 | 13 | 5-13 | 3-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −0.3 | ||||||
| 35 | 16 | 4-13 | 2-8 | 0 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +1.5 | |||||
| 34 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −17 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 30 | 12 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +1.4 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 13 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −4.6 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −4.4 | ||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | +6 | −1.1 | ||||||
| Team | 111 | 40-9840.8% | 19-5335.8% | 37 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 12-1392.3% | 13 | 5 | 2 | |||
Bench 20 points on 8 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Gary Clark and Isaiah Hartenstein (coach’s decision); Austin Rivers (injury/illness).
Timberwolves121Rockets111ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jeff Teague had 27 points (16 in the paint) and 12 assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Houston Rockets 121-111.
Isaiah Canaan’s corner 3-pointer put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 10:02 left in the fourth quarter.
The Rockets got within 95-94 on Eric Gordon’s corner 3-pointer with 9:09 to play, but Karl-Anthony Towns answered with a 3-pointer, and the Rockets got no closer than 100-97.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Rockets 10-2. Josh Okogie scored 5 of the Timberwolves’ 10 on 2 for 2 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Teague had 7 of his 12 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Canaan that put the Timberwolves ahead.
Towns had 25 points and 9 rebounds. The Timberwolves had 7 players in double-digit scoring. Teague assisted on 6 of Towns’ 11 baskets, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Rockets, James Harden had 42 points (24 on 8 3-pointers) and 6 assists.
The Timberwolves shot 54.4% from the field and 50.0% from 3 to the Rockets’ 40.8% and 35.8%. The Rockets forced 10 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Timberwolves outscored the Rockets 62-36 in the paint. The Rockets were outscored 16-5 in 7 minutes with Nene, Green, Tucker, Harden and Shumpert on the floor together.
Minnesota TimberwolvesHouston RocketsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
108 points from the field on 90 shots: 9.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 27-44 | 61.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 8-15 | 53.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 4-11 | 36.4% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-11 | 54.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Gordon | 23 | 4 | 2-5 | 0 |
| Chris Paul | 13 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| James Harden | 10 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| P.J. Tucker | 8 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 11 | 4-7 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nene | 20 | 5 | 2-7 | −2 |
| Kenneth Faried | 16 | 12 | 5-6 | +7 |
| P.J. Tucker | 12 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Eric Gordon | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 10 | 5-6 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Green | 17 | 7 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Chris Paul | 16 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| James Harden | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Eric Gordon | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 7 | 3-7 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
HOU
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Deng 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Teague 7 AST)
Q4 9:32
15.5%
53→68
Okogie 24' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Teague 11 AST)
Q4 4:29
13.8%
71→85
Towns 24' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Teague 3 AST)
Q3 9:49
13.8%
29→43
Saric 25' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Teague 10 AST)
Q4 6:01
13.6%
68→82
Teague 9' Floating Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q4 5:02
12.5%
66→79
