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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 26 | 26 | 32 | 20 | 104 |
 Timberwolves | 26 | 24 | 37 | 26 | 113 |
HOUTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 38-7948.1% | 9-2437.5% | 19-3357.6% | 56 | 24 | 21 |
| MIN | 38-8345.8% | 17-4141.5% | 20-2483.3% | 30 | 20 | 11 |
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.
Minnesota Timberwolves113| 41 | 44, Season high (his best before, 37) | 17-29 | 8-16, Season high (his best before, 7) | 2-2 | 0 | +14 | +12.2 | |||||||
| 33 | 0 | 0-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | −10.7 | |||||||
| 31 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | −6.6 | ||||||
| 31 | 23 | 6-11 | 4-6 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +7.2 | ||||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 0 | −9 | −4.6 | |||||||
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| 25 | 19 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 7-8 | 0 | +23 | +6.5 | |||||
| 23 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.2 | ||||
| 22 | 7 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +3.0 | |||||
| 15 | 6 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −3.4 | ||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.9 | |||
| Team | 113 | 38-8345.8% | 17-4141.5% | 30 | 20 | 11 | 26 | 20-2483.3% | 3 | 12 | 9 | |||
Bench 36 points on 11 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Matt Ryan (coach’s decision); Rudy Gobert (injury/illness).
Houston Rockets104| 37 | 19 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 4-10 | −5 | +7.6 | ||||||||
| 34 | 16 | 7-13 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.0 | |||||
| 33 | 10 | 3-13 | 1-4 | 0 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −16.6 | ||||
| 30 | 15 | 6-12 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 27 | 14 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +1.4 | ||||||
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| 21 | 8 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.7 | ||||||
| 18 | 9 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 15 | 10 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +2 | +1.3 | ||||||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.7 | |||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | +0.7 | ||||||
| Team | 104 | 38-7948.1% | 9-2437.5% | 56 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 19-3357.6% | 15 | 4 | 6 | |||
Bench 30 points on 10 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Daishen Nix, Boban Marjanovic and Bruno Fernando (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves113Rockets104ClickTap 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.
Anthony Edwards scored a season-high 44 points (24 on 8 3-pointers), and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Houston Rockets 113-104.
Nathan Knight’s 2 free throws put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 1:40 left in the third quarter.
The Rockets got within 89-87 on Tari Eason’s layup with 10:27 to play, but Knight answered with a driving dunk, and the Rockets got no closer.
Early in the fourth quarter, Knight had 2 of his 3 steals, both with the game within five points, and the Timberwolves scored 4 points off them.
D'Angelo Russell had 23 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and 8 assists. Edwards and Russell set each other up for 7 baskets and 20 points, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Rockets, Alperen Sengun had 19 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks on 7 for 9 shooting.
The Rockets turned it over 23 times, about 6 more than usual for this many possessions.
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).
93 points from the field on 83 shots: 0.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-25 | 60.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 4-9 | 44.4% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 2-8 | 25.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-8 | 37.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-33 | 42.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Gordon | 16 | 10 | 4-4 | +4 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 14 | 8 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Jalen Green | 13 | 10 | 4-5 | +5 |
| Tari Eason | 13 | 3 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 29 | 17 | 7-16 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 48 points on 86 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Green | 26 | 0 | 0-1 | −7 |
| TyTy Washington Jr. | 10 | 4 | 0-2 | +2 |
| Eric Gordon | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| KJ Martin | 4 | 6 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alperen Sengun | 17 | 3 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Usman Garuba | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Garrison Mathews | 6 | 4 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 6 | 2-2 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 16 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
Edwards 24' 3PT Jump Shot (32 PTS) (Russell 6 AST)
Q3 3:42
13.7%
49→62
Mathews 24' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Tate 2 AST)
Q3 3:25
13.7%
62→49
Knight 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Edwards 3 AST)
Q3 3:09
13.7%
49→62
Prince 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Edwards 1 AST)
Q3 5:04
11.6%
37→49
Russell 25' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Edwards 2 AST)
Q3 4:12
11.5%
49→60
