Rockets 111-109 Timberwolves (18 Dec, 2016) Box Score

Houston Rockets

21-7, 11-5 away

111

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
HOU	28	16	23	28	16	111
MIN	24	33	23	15	14	109

Minnesota Timberwolves

7-19, 3-10 home

109

Houston Rockets

starters
Ryan AndersonR. Anderson#3
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza#1
Clint CapelaC. Capela#15
Patrick BeverleyP. Beverley#2
James HardenJ. Harden#13
bench
Corey BrewerC. Brewer#33
Sam DekkerS. Dekker#7
Nene N. Hilario#42
Montrezl HarrellM. Harrell#5
Eric GordonE. Gordon#10
KJ McDanielsK. McDaniels#32
Kyle WiltjerK. Wiltjer#30
Tyler EnnisT. Ennis#6
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	9-19	7-16	3-4	3	3	6	0	3	1	2	2	+5	28
38	4-16	3-11	0-0	1	4	5	0	3	0	2	1	+2	11
15	5-5	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	-1	10
43	2-6	0-0	2-2	2	8	10	4	2	0	1	5	+5	6
43	8-20	3-11	9-11	0	9	9	13	1	2	7	5	+4	28
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0
17	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	2	4	4	0	0	1	0	+2	2
13	1-4	0-0	0-1	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	1	-3	2
14	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-11	4
36	7-15	4-10	2-2	1	5	6	4	2	0	1	3	+9	20
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	39-96	17-51	16-20	10	37	47	25	14	4	16	22		111
	40.6%	33.3%	80.0%

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Andrew WigginsA. Wiggins#22
Gorgui DiengG. Dieng#5
Karl-Anthony TownsK. Towns#32
Ricky RubioR. Rubio#9
Zach LaVineZ. LaVine#8
bench
Nemanja BjelicaN. Bjelica#88
Shabazz MuhammadS. Muhammad#15
Cole AldrichC. Aldrich#45
Tyus JonesT. Jones#1
Kris DunnK. Dunn#3
Adreian PayneA. Payne#33
Brandon RushB. Rush#4
Jordan HillJ. Hill#27
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
44	5-17	0-2	3-4	2	4	6	5	3	1	1	3	-3	13
33	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	5	6	1	0	2	0	3	+7	4
43	15-28	1-4	10-12	2	14	16	5	0	1	6	4	-4	41
41	2-7	1-2	2-2	2	6	8	7	4	0	3	1	-11	7
45	9-18	3-7	3-5	0	2	2	6	1	0	8	4	-1	24
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	4-6	2-3	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	-2	10
17	3-7	0-1	2-4	2	4	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	8
14	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	2	0	1	0	2	+1	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	1-6	0-2	0-0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	+3	2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	41-92	7-21	20-27	13	42	55	29	9	6	21	21		109
	44.6%	33.3%	74.1%

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

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Rockets
111
Timberwolves
109

Game 1

18/12

Rockets
105
Timberwolves
119

Game 2

12/1

Timberwolves
130
Rockets
142

Game 3

26/2

Timberwolves
118
Rockets
123

Game 4

13/4

Target Center

1:00 AM, 18 December 2016

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 14,689

Referees:
Eric Dalen
Bill Spooner
Kevin Scott

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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