Rockets 142-130 Timberwolves (26 Feb, 2017) Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

23-36, 8-18 away

130

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	28	30	30	42	130
HOU	35	31	40	36	142

Houston Rockets

42-18, 22-7 home

142

Minnesota Timberwolves

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	0-5	0-3	0-0	0	5	5	2	0	0	0	1	-6	0
37	11-22	1-5	7-8	2	0	2	2	3	0	6	5	-3	30
36	7-10	0-1	2-4	4	9	13	2	4	1	3	3	-11	16
37	16-24	1-2	4-4	9	13	22	3	1	1	4	2	-1	37
32	3-8	2-5	6-7	1	2	3	11	1	0	6	3	-10	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	4-5	2-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	-10	10
13	4-8	1-2	2-2	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	-8	11
21	2-8	1-5	1-2	0	4	4	6	1	0	0	1	-6	6
18	2-4	1-1	1-1	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	5	-5	6
DNP-ILLNESS
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	49-94	9-26	23-28	21	37	58	28	10	2	23	26		130
	52.1%	34.6%	82.1%

Houston Rockets

starters
Ryan AndersonR. Anderson#3
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza#1
Clint CapelaC. Capela#15
Patrick BeverleyP. Beverley#2
James HardenJ. Harden#13
bench
Sam DekkerS. Dekker#7
Nene N. Hilario#42
Montrezl HarrellM. Harrell#5
Lou WilliamsL. Williams#12
Eric GordonE. Gordon#10
Bobby BrownB. Brown#8
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	5-15	4-13	4-5	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	-6	18
32	3-8	3-8	6-6	2	1	3	3	1	0	1	1	-1	15
22	7-9	0-0	2-2	4	5	9	2	1	1	2	2	+6	16
29	4-10	3-7	4-5	1	3	4	7	3	1	0	4	+18	15
35	6-15	5-11	7-10	0	5	5	10	2	1	7	1	+5	24
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	3-4	1-2	1-2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	+13	8
19	5-6	0-0	1-3	2	2	4	1	1	2	0	5	+8	11
7	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	-2	4
26	4-11	2-7	7-9	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	2	+4	17
30	5-13	4-10	0-0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	+15	14
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	44-94	22-58	32-42	13	19	32	32	15	6	13	21		142
	46.8%	37.9%	76.2%

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

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 2-1

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

Toyota Center (Houston)

2:00 AM, 26 February 2017

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,055

Referees:
Rodney Mott
Tony Brothers
Aaron Smith

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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