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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 19 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 108 |
 Timberwolves | 23 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 110 |
HOUTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 38-9340.9% | 9-2931.0% | 23-2592.0% | 54 | 26 | 20 |
| MIN | 45-10841.7% | 13-3735.1% | 7-1070.0% | 49 | 27 | 15 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves110| 42 | 24 | 11-27 | 0-4 | 2-4 | 0 | +7 | −7.7 | |||||||
| 37 | 25 | 10-17 | 3-4 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −6 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 36 | 17 | 6-15 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 29 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | +2 | −0.7 | ||||||||
| 28 | 14 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6.6 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 14 | 5-13 | 2-5 | 2-2 | −8 | −0.2 | ||||||||
| 30 | 3 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | +4 | −4.0 | ||||||||
| 30 | 8 | 3-11 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.0 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −0.3 | ||
| Team | 110 | 45-10841.7% | 13-3735.1% | 49 | 27 | 15 | 23 | 7-1070.0% | 16 | 11 | 12 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Julian Phillips, Joe Ingles, Jaylen Clark and Joan Beringer (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets108| 48 | 16 | 7-15 | 2-6 | 0-0 | −3 | −4.9 | ||||||||
| 45 | 11 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | −3 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 43 | 30 | 9-22 | 2-5 | 10-12 | 0 | +5 | −0.8 | |||||||
| 43 | 30 | 12-22 | 0-2 | 6-6 | 0 | −2 | +3.4 | |||||||
| 28 | 10 | 3-13 | 2-10 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −3.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −3.4 | ||||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.0 | |||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −0.7 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +0.9 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.9 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.2 | |
| Team | 108 | 38-9340.9% | 9-2931.0% | 54 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 23-2592.0% | 17 | 6 | 10 | |||
Bench 11 points on 3 for 13 shooting
Did not play: Isaiah Crawford and Jeff Green (coach’s decision).
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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.
Julius Randle made a 10-foot pull-up jumper with 8.8 seconds left in overtime, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Houston Rockets 110-108 in overtime.
Kevin Durant made a free throw with 9.0 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 95 for the Rockets, but the Timberwolves outscored them 15-13 in overtime.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Timberwolves 13-9. Durant (No. 4 in clutch points, 2025-26) scored 10 of the Rockets’ 13 on 4 for 5 shooting and 2 for 4 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Jaden McDaniels had 2 steals in 28 seconds, the first leading to his own step-back 3-pointer and the second to his own driving dunk. With 1:04 left in overtime, Donte DiVincenzo stole the ball from Durant, and his 3-pointer off it tied the game at 108.
McDaniels scored 25 points. Randle added 24 points and 6 assists, and Rudy Gobert had 14 points (all 14 in the paint), 14 rebounds and 5 blocks.
For the Rockets, Alperen Sengun had 30 points (22 in the paint) and 4 blocks, and Durant added 30 points and 8 assists. The Rockets had 2 30-point scorers.
The Rockets turned it over 21 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. The Timberwolves scored the last 15 points of the game. Gobert fouled out.
Minnesota TimberwolvesHouston RocketsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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. The Timberwolves’ chance bottomed out at <1% (OT, 2:45 left).
103 points from the field on 108 shots: 18.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-42 | 54.8% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-21 | 38.1% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 1-8 | 12.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-7 | 57.1% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-30 | 30.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 37 | 4 | 2-6 | −5 |
| Amen Thompson | 9 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 11 | 5-7 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 41 | 7 | 3-8 | −5 |
| Alperen Sengun | 15 | 11 | 5-10 | +7 |
| Amen Thompson | 10 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Kevin Durant | 8 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 88 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amen Thompson | 22 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Reed Sheppard | 18 | 3 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 11 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Kevin Durant | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 3-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 13 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.
Score margin over time — positive = MIN leads, negative = HOU leads
MIN Largest Lead
11
Q4 3:47
HOU Largest Lead
13
OT 3:01
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
HOU 12-0 run
Q4 3:29 – Q4 0:53
+11 → -1
HOU 14-0 run
Q4 0:09 – OT 3:01
+1 → -13
MIN 15-0 run
OT 2:45 – OT 0:09
-13 → +2
