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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 23 | 22 | 27 | 34 | 106 |
 Timberwolves | 16 | 38 | 27 | 32 | 113 |
HOUTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 41-9244.6% | 14-4829.2% | 10-1471.4% | 37 | 23 | 14 |
| MIN | 41-7753.2% | 11-2642.3% | 20-2290.9% | 39 | 29 | 17 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves113| 36 | 21 | 5-16 | 0-6 | 11-11 | 0 | 0 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 35 | 12 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | −8 | −0.9 | ||||||
| 34 | 25 | 10-17 | 3-5 | 2-2 | +5 | +4.9 | ||||||||
| 30 | 14 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.7 | ||||||
| 27 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +13 | −5.6 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 13 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +8 | +8.6 | ||||||||
| 19 | 7 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.3 | |||
| 18 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +4.8 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.6 | |||||
| Team | 113 | 41-7753.2% | 11-2642.3% | 39 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 20-2290.9% | 6 | 12 | 5 | |||
Bench 33 points on 14 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Wendell Moore Jr., Luka Garza, Leonard Miller, Josh Minott and T.J. Warren (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets106| 41 | 22 | 9-20 | 4-13 | 0-1 | 0 | +2 | +4.8 | |||||||
| 38 | 26 | 10-22 | 2-11 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 36 | 18 | 7-14 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 29 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −9.7 | |||||
| 25 | 9 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | −15 | +5.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 14 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −5 | −2.8 | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +2.0 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −5.1 | |||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.4 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.4 | |
| Team | 106 | 41-9244.6% | 14-4829.2% | 37 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 10-1471.4% | 12 | 10 | 0 | |||
Bench 26 points on 9 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Jae'Sean Tate, Nate Williams and Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves113Rockets106ClickTap 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.
Naz Reid scored 25 points (7 during an 11-0 run in the second quarter), and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Houston Rockets 113-106.
The Timberwolves took control with a 21-2 run in the second quarter and led by as many as 15.
The Rockets got within 101-100 on Fred VanVleet’s pull-up 3-pointer with 1:52 to play, but Mike Conley answered with a 9-foot floater, and the Rockets got no closer.
Anthony Edwards’ driving dunk with 45.4 seconds left made it 107-100 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Rockets 10-3. Edwards scored 5 of the Timberwolves’ 10 on 2 for 3 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Edwards had 2 steals in 22 seconds, the first leading to his own driving dunk and the second to his own driving dunk.
Edwards scored 21 points (11 in the third quarter) but shot 5 for 16, and Kyle Anderson added 13 points and 9 assists on 6 for 8 shooting off the bench.
For the Rockets, Jalen Green had 26 points and 6 assists, and VanVleet added 22 points and a season-high 5 steals. VanVleet scored 20 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter.
The Timberwolves shot 53.2% from the field and 42.3% from 3 to the Rockets’ 44.6% and 29.2%. The Rockets outscored the Timberwolves 22-9 on the fast break. The Timberwolves outscored the Rockets 16-4 in 4 minutes with Anderson, McLaughlin, Reid, Edwards and McDaniels 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).
93 points from the field on 77 shots: 10.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-21 | 85.7% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-20 | 40.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-10 | 40.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-6 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-20 | 40.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amen Thompson | 13 | 5 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Cam Whitmore | 10 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 10 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Fred VanVleet | 8 | 8 | 3-5 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 10 | 5-7 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon Brooks | 30 | 7 | 2-3 | −5 |
| Jalen Green | 12 | 4 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 10 | 2 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Fred VanVleet | 7 | 2 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 2-5 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred VanVleet | 27 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 8 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Jeff Green | 6 | 4 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Amen Thompson | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 12 points on 56 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
VanVleet 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 1:52
22.4%
85→62
Conley 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (12 PTS)
Q4 1:35
19.5%
62→82
VanVleet 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Ja. Green 6 AST)
Q4 3:01
12.9%
95→82
Reid 26' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Conley 6 AST)
Q4 2:45
12.7%
82→95
Anderson 6' Driving Hook Shot (8 PTS)
Q3 0:19
11.7%
79→91
