Rockets 87-84 Timberwolves (27 Dec, 2012) Box Score

Houston Rockets

16-12, 5-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	22	22	17	26	87
MIN	17	30	17	20	84

Minnesota Timberwolves

13-13, 8-4 home

Houston Rockets

starters
Marcus Morris Sr.M. Morris Sr.#2
Chandler ParsonsC. Parsons#25
Omer AsikO. Asik#3
James HardenJ. Harden#13
Jeremy LinJ. Lin#7
bench
Greg SmithG. Smith#4
Toney DouglasT. Douglas#15
Carlos DelfinoC. Delfino#10
Patrick PattersonP. Patterson#54
Donatas MotiejunasD. Motiejunas#20
Cole AldrichC. Aldrich#31
Daequan CookD. Cook#14
Scott MachadoS. Machado#1
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	3-9	0-3	2-3	2	2	4	2	0	0	1	2	-11	8
35	5-12	2-5	0-0	1	5	6	5	2	0	1	1	+3	12
35	4-6	0-0	1-2	1	16	17	0	1	1	1	4	-5	9
38	11-22	2-5	6-6	2	4	6	3	2	1	3	2	-9	30
27	3-9	0-2	2-2	0	3	3	1	1	0	7	3	-1	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	+17	3
23	2-9	2-5	0-0	1	3	4	4	1	0	2	2	+7	6
35	4-13	3-11	0-0	0	5	5	4	0	0	1	4	+14	11
DNP-RIGHT FOOT
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	33-81	9-31	12-15	7	40	47	19	7	2	16	19		87
	40.7%	29.0%	80.0%

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Kevin LoveK. Love#42
Andrei KirilenkoA. Kirilenko#47
Nikola PekovicN. Pekovic#14
Luke RidnourL. Ridnour#13
Alexey ShvedA. Shved#1
bench
Derrick WilliamsD. Williams#7
Dante CunninghamD. Cunningham#33
Ricky RubioR. Rubio#9
J.J. BareaJ.J. Barea#11
Lou AmundsonL. Amundson#17
Greg StiemsmaG. Stiemsma#34
Malcolm LeeM. Lee#8
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	3-14	0-7	1-1	3	9	12	3	0	1	5	1	-4	7
29	2-6	0-1	4-6	2	3	5	1	2	1	2	0	-2	8
23	1-7	0-0	0-0	2	5	7	0	0	0	1	1	+3	2
19	3-10	1-3	1-2	1	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	-1	8
30	7-15	2-7	0-0	0	2	2	3	2	0	1	2	-1	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	3-7	2-3	1-2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	+4	9
37	4-6	0-0	0-0	2	7	9	2	3	2	0	2	-5	8
21	2-5	0-1	4-4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	-9	8
28	7-14	2-6	2-2	1	6	7	3	1	0	4	2	0	18
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-HYPEREXTENDED RIGHT KNEE
	32-84	7-28	13-17	12	38	50	18	10	4	14	12		84
	38.1%	25.0%	76.5%

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

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Rockets
87
Timberwolves
84

Game 1

27/12

Rockets
79
Timberwolves
92

Game 2

20/1

Timberwolves
100
Rockets
108

Game 3

16/3

Target Center

1:00 AM, 27 December 2012

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 20,340

Referees:
Leon Wood
Eric Dalen
Michael Smith

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

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

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