Minnesota Timberwolves @ Houston Rockets

31-26, 15-13 Away

115

31-26, 15-13 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Timberwolves MIN	38	29	26	22	115
Rockets HOU	48	20	30	23	121

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

35-21, 18-9 Home

121

35-21, 18-9 Home

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Jaden McDanielsJ. McDaniels#3
Naz ReidN. Reid#11
Mike ConleyM. Conley#10
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerN. Alexander-Walker#9
Anthony EdwardsA. Edwards#5
bench
Luka GarzaL. Garza#55
Jaylen ClarkJ. Clark#22
Terrence Shannon Jr.T. Shannon Jr.#00
Rob DillinghamR. Dillingham#4
Joe InglesJ. Ingles#7
Josh MinottJ. Minott#8
Leonard MillerL. Miller#33
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
42	21	7-15	1-7	6-7	6	3	2	2	1	0	6	3	+3
34	22	9-16	2-6	2-2	8	3	0	1	3	1	7	5	-10
24	5	0-2	0-2	5-5	2	5	1	1	0	0	2	4	-1
43	16	6-11	4-5	0-0	5	3	2	0	1	2	3	3	-13
39	37	13-32	4-14	7-10	4	3	3	0	1	0	4	2	-11
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
11	6	2-5	0-1	2-2	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	+1
20	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	-8
19	6	3-7	0-1	0-0	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	1	+10
8	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	-1
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	115	41-92	11-38	22-26	35	22	9	10	6	7	28	22
		45%	29%	85%

Houston Rockets

starters
Dillon BrooksD. Brooks#9
Tari EasonT. Eason#17
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Jalen GreenJa. Green#4
Amen ThompsonA. Thompson#1
bench
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#10
Steven AdamsS. Adams#12
Aaron HolidayA. Holiday#0
Jeff GreenJe. Green#32
Cam WhitmoreC. Whitmore#7
Jock LandaleJ. Landale#2
Fred VanVleetF. VanVleet#5
Nate WilliamsN. Williams#19
Reed SheppardR. Sheppard#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
30	8	3-5	2-3	0-1	6	2	0	1	0	0	6	4	+2
27	12	5-10	0-1	2-2	3	1	2	1	2	2	1	5	+5
36	24	8-21	0-2	8-10	13	2	8	0	0	5	8	4	+10
39	35	12-24	5-11	6-9	5	4	4	2	0	0	5	0	+18
40	17	7-9	0-0	3-3	10	6	0	1	3	2	8	3	+5
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	-5
38	15	5-9	4-6	1-2	9	2	5	0	1	0	9	6	+12
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-10
18	10	2-6	2-3	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	-7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT ANKLE INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	121	42-84	13-26	24-32	48	18	20	5	6	9	39	25
		50%	50%	75%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

MIN

Season tied

2-2

HOU

111

Game 1@ MIN

Final/OT

117

113

Game 2@ HOU

Final

112

127

Game 3@ MIN

Final

114

115

Game 4@ HOU

Final

121

Game Information

Houston, TX

ESPNSpace City Home NetworkFanDuel SN North

Referee:Jason Goldenberg

Referee:Nick Buchert

Referee:Andy Nagy

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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