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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 31 | 33 | 29 | 32 | 125 |
 Timberwolves | 30 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 105 |
HOUTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 43-9445.7% | 19-4938.8% | 20-2290.9% | 42 | 15 | 12 |
| MIN | 38-8445.2% | 12-3831.6% | 17-2373.9% | 46 | 23 | 18 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Houston Rockets125| 39 | 49 | 16-41 | 8-22 | 9-11 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 38 | 9 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | +0.4 | |||||
| 37 | 20 | 7-16 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 35 | 19 | 8-17 | 0-4 | 3-3 | +1 | −0.7 | ||||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | +0.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +26 | −1.1 | |||||
| 28 | 19 | 7-11 | 5-9, Career high (his best before, 4) | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +32 | +5.6 | ||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | −0.9 | |||||
| 1 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +1.9 | |
| Team | 125 | 43-9445.7% | 19-4938.8% | 42 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 20-2290.9% | 14 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 28 points on 9 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Ryan Anderson (coach’s decision); Russell Westbrook (rest).
Minnesota Timberwolves105| 36 | 21 | 9-14 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | +3.7 | |||||||
| 33 | 17 | 7-13 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +1.1 | ||||||
| 33 | 8 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −11 | −2.9 | |||||||
| 32 | 27 | 9-15 | 3-6 | 0 | 6-6 | −5 | +12.0 | |||||||
| 28 | 9 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −4.5 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | −24 | −4.1 | |||||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −26 | −6.5 | ||||
| 16 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −10 | −1.4 | ||||||
| 13 | 3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +1.1 | ||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.5 | |||
| Team | 105 | 38-8445.2% | 12-3831.6% | 46 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 17-2373.9% | 13 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 23 points on 7 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Shabazz Napier and Josh Okogie (injury/illness); Gorgui Dieng (coach’s decision).
Rockets125Timberwolves105ClickTap 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.
James Harden scored 49 points, and the Houston Rockets went on a 21-5 run in the third quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 125-105 for their seventh straight win.
The Rockets led by as many as 20, pulling away with a 21-5 run in the third quarter.
Ben McLemore scored 20 points (12 on 4 3-pointers), and Chris Clemons added 19 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) on 7 for 11 shooting off the bench.
For the Timberwolves, Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points and 14 rebounds, and Jake Layman added 21 points on 9 for 14 shooting.
The Timberwolves turned it over 19 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. The Rockets outscored the Timberwolves 20-9 in 7 minutes with Sefolosha, Harden, McLemore, Hartenstein and Clemons on the floor together.
Houston RocketsMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, 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).
105 points from the field on 94 shots: 0.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-37 | 54.1% | 64% |
| In the paint | 4-7 | 57.1% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 0-1 | 0.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-5 | 20.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 18-44 | 40.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treveon Graham | 23 | 11 | 4-7 | +1 |
| Robert Covington | 22 | 2 | 0-6 | −8 |
| Jake Layman | 12 | 13 | 4-9 | +8 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 9 | 2 | 1-5 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 23 | 8-16 | +16 |
The tracking credits him with 51 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 37 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Layman | 25 | 3 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Jarrett Culver | 14 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Robert Covington | 11 | 7 | 2-4 | +5 |
| Kelan Martin | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Teague | 27 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Jarrett Culver | 15 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Jake Layman | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Robert Covington | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 9 | 4-7 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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
Harden 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (36 PTS)
Q3 6:14
12.9%
53→41
Layman 26' 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Teague 12 AST)
Q3 0:09
9.9%
14→24
Rivers Free Throw 1 of 2 (12 PTS)
Q4 10:49
9.6%
24→14
Towns 25' 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Teague 7 AST)
Q3 11:09
9.4%
53→62
McLemore 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Rivers 1 AST)
Q2 7:02
9.3%
62→53
