Timberwolves 96-92 Rockets (28 Jan, 2006) Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

20-21, 7-13 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	25	29	11	31	96
HOU	27	15	20	30	92

Houston Rockets

15-27, 4-14 home

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Kevin GarnettK. Garnett
Eddie GriffinE. Griffin
Trenton HassellT. Hassell
Marko JaricM. Jaric
Ricky DavisR. Davis
bench
Mark MadsenM. Madsen
Mark BlountM. Blount
Anthony CarterA. Carter
Troy HudsonT. Hudson
Marcus BanksM. Banks
Richie FrahmR. Frahm
Rashad McCantsR. McCants
Bracey WrightB. Wright
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
41	7-13	0-0	12-17	2	10	12	3	0	4	4	2	0	26
20	1-9	0-1	2-2	3	3	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	4
44	5-9	0-0	0-2	1	5	6	1	0	2	4	4	0	10
13	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
36	10-18	1-4	5-5	2	4	6	3	1	1	1	3	0	26
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	2
24	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0	1	1	1	6	0	4
15	0-0	0-0	4-4	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	4
21	1-5	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	5	0	0	3	0	0	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	8-10	2-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	18
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	35-71	3-7	23-30	12	34	46	19	2	10	20	21		96
	49.3%	42.9%	76.7%

Houston Rockets

starters
Stromile SwiftS. Swift
Dikembe MutomboD. Mutombo
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
David WesleyD. Wesley
bench
Lonny BaxterL. Baxter
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Ryan BowenR. Bowen
Yao MingY. Ming
Bob SuraB. Sura
Luther HeadL. Head
John Lucas IIIJ. Lucas III
Derek AndersonD. Anderson
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	7-13	0-0	5-7	3	1	4	1	1	2	0	3	0	19
15	2-2	0-0	0-2	1	5	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	4
43	6-15	3-8	1-1	0	4	4	4	2	0	5	2	0	16
44	6-19	1-5	6-10	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	19
42	6-15	4-9	2-2	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	3	0	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	0-4	0-0	2-2	3	4	7	0	1	0	0	4	0	2
27	5-10	0-0	2-3	5	2	7	0	0	1	0	6	0	12
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	0	2
2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	33-82	8-24	18-27	12	19	31	19	7	4	10	22		92
	40.2%	33.3%	66.7%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Rockets
94
Timberwolves
89

Game 1

16/11

Timberwolves
96
Rockets
92

Game 2

28/1

Rockets
93
Timberwolves
87

Game 3

8/3

Timberwolves
82
Rockets
79

Game 4

13/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

12:30 AM, 28 January 2006

Houston, TX

Attendance: 14,408

Referees:
Luis Grillo
Joe Forte
Leroy Richardson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	15	11	.577	6.5	W1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	20	9	.690	-	W2
Houston	19	9	.679	0.5	W2
Dallas	18	10	.643	1.5	W1
San Antonio	15	13	.536	4.5	W2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

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Minnesota Timberwolves

Houston Rockets

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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