Minnesota Timberwolves @ Houston Rockets
Shot Chart
- Ron Artest misses 18-foot jumper
- Jason Collins blocks Yao Ming's layup
- Yao Ming makes 11-foot two point shot (Ron Artest assists)
- Yao Ming misses 10-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes 16-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes 24-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes driving layup
- Luis Scola makes 14-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Yao Ming misses 18-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 8-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola misses jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper
- Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Shane Battier makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
- Randy Foye blocks Luis Scola's layup
- Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Yao Ming misses 6-foot hook shot
- Yao Ming misses layup
- Luis Scola misses tip shot
- Ron Artest makes 14-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Craig Smith blocks Yao Ming's layup
- Von Wafer misses 21-foot jumper
- Kyle Lowry misses 30-foot three pointer
- Kyle Lowry makes layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Brent Barry makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Von Wafer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brent Barry assists)
- Kyle Lowry makes 22-foot two point shot
- Von Wafer misses 20-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 6-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes 16-foot jumper (Von Wafer assists)
- Brent Barry misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Von Wafer misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Lowry misses two point shot
- Yao Ming misses 10-foot jumper
- Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Ron Artest misses 12-foot two point shot
- Kyle Lowry makes 17-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola misses 15-foot jumper
- Ron Artest misses 8-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes layup
- Luis Scola makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Gomes blocks Ron Artest's layup
- Luis Scola misses 15-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes two point shot
- Shane Battier makes layup
- Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Yao Ming makes 8-foot hook shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Ron Artest misses driving layup
- Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Ron Artest makes 23-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Yao Ming makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
- Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
- Ron Artest makes driving layup
- Yao Ming misses 10-foot two point shot
- Ron Artest makes 22-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses 10-foot running jumper
- Yao Ming misses layup
- Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
- Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Randy Foye blocks Aaron Brooks's driving layup
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Von Wafer misses 21-foot jumper
- Von Wafer makes layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Brent Barry misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brent Barry misses 11-foot jumper
- Von Wafer makes 22-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Von Wafer makes 20-foot two point shot
- Chuck Hayes misses 9-foot hook shot
- Ron Artest misses layup
- Randy Foye blocks Von Wafer's layup
- Brent Barry makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Von Wafer misses layup
- Von Wafer misses 11-foot two point shot
- Brent Barry makes 27-foot three pointer
- Von Wafer makes driving layup
- Kyle Lowry misses 20-foot jumper
- Brian Cook makes 25-foot three point jumper (James White assists)
- James White makes 23-foot jumper (Brent Barry assists)
- James White makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Von Wafer misses 22-foot jumper
- Kevin Love makes 15-foot jumper (Randy Foye assists)
- Kevin Love makes 9-foot two point shot
- Randy Foye misses 17-foot jumper
- Sebastian Telfair misses running jumper
- Jason Collins makes layup
- Jason Collins misses layup
- Kevin Love misses tip shot
- Sebastian Telfair misses 18-foot jumper
- Jason Collins misses 12-foot jumper
- Randy Foye misses 7-foot running jumper
- Shane Battier blocks Jason Collins's 7-foot jumper
- Jason Collins makes two point shot
- Jason Collins makes 17-foot jumper (Randy Foye assists)
- Sebastian Telfair makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Sebastian Telfair misses 12-foot jumper
- Shane Battier blocks Jason Collins's layup
- Ryan Gomes misses 20-foot jumper
- Sebastian Telfair misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper
- Craig Smith makes layup (Randy Foye assists)
- Mike Miller misses driving layup
- Kyle Lowry blocks Randy Foye's layup
- Craig Smith makes 7-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)
- Kevin Love makes two point shot (Mike Miller assists)
- Craig Smith makes jumper (Mike Miller assists)
- Brian Cardinal misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Mike Miller makes driving layup
- Brian Cardinal misses 11-foot two point shot
- Craig Smith misses layup
- Craig Smith makes 7-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)
- Kevin Ollie misses 21-foot jumper
- Craig Smith misses 14-foot jumper
- Mike Miller makes 21-foot two point shot
- Brian Cardinal makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Ollie assists)
- Mike Miller makes driving layup (Ryan Gomes assists)
- Jason Collins misses 17-foot jumper
- Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Love misses layup
- Ryan Gomes makes 16-foot jumper
- Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Randy Foye misses 15-foot two point shot
- Sebastian Telfair makes driving layup
- Sebastian Telfair misses layup
- Kevin Love makes 18-foot jumper (Randy Foye assists)
- Sebastian Telfair makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)
- Sebastian Telfair misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Sebastian Telfair misses driving layup
- Sebastian Telfair misses 7-foot running jumper
- Randy Foye makes 18-foot two point shot
- Kevin Love misses 16-foot jumper
- Randy Foye makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)
- Ryan Gomes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
- Sebastian Telfair makes 23-foot three point jumper (Randy Foye assists)
- Ron Artest blocks Ryan Gomes's 10-foot two point shot
- Randy Foye makes 10-foot two point shot
- Craig Smith makes 5-foot jumper
- Randy Foye misses 20-foot two point shot
- Rodney Carney misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Craig Smith misses two point shot
- Ron Artest blocks Brian Cardinal's layup
- Craig Smith makes two point shot
- Craig Smith makes layup (Mike Miller assists)
- Randy Foye misses 8-foot running jumper
- Rodney Carney misses three point jumper
- Craig Smith makes layup
- Randy Foye misses driving layup
- Bobby Brown makes 18-foot jumper (Shelden Williams assists)
- Bobby Brown misses 22-foot jumper
- Mike Miller misses 21-foot jumper
- Shelden Williams misses 19-foot jumper
- Shelden Williams misses 9-foot jumper
- Shelden Williams misses running jumper
- James White blocks Kevin Love's layup
- Bobby Brown makes 19-foot jumper
- Kevin Love makes layup (Brian Cardinal assists)
- Rodney Carney misses 14-foot jumper
- Shelden Williams makes layup
- Kevin Love makes layup (Bobby Brown assists)
- Kevin Love makes 9-foot two point shot (Bobby Brown assists)
TIMBERWOLVES
ROCKETS
| TIME | PLAY | MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | Jumpball: Jason Collins vs. Yao Ming (Sebastian Telfair gains possession) | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:47 | Sebastian Telfair bad pass (Ron Artest steals) | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:32 | Luis Scola bad pass | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:15 | Kevin Love makes 15-foot jumper (Randy Foye assists) | 2 | 0 | |
| 10:56 | Ron Artest misses 18-foot jumper | 2 | 0 | |
| 10:55 | Yao Ming offensive rebound | 2 | 0 | |
| 10:52 | Jason Collins blocks Yao Ming's layup | 2 | 0 | |
| 10:52 | Jason Collins defensive rebound | 2 | 0 | |
| 10:34 | Kevin Love makes 9-foot two point shot | 4 | 0 | |
| 10:15 | Yao Ming makes 11-foot two point shot (Ron Artest assists) | 4 | 2 | |
| 10:03 | Yao Ming shooting foul (Jason Collins draws the foul) | 4 | 2 | |
| 10:03 | Jason Collins misses free throw 1 of 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| 10:03 | Minnesota offensive rebound | 4 | 2 | |
| 10:03 | Jason Collins makes free throw 2 of 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| 9:44 | Yao Ming misses 10-foot two point shot | 5 | 2 | |
| 9:42 | Kevin Love defensive rebound | 5 | 2 | |
| 9:30 | Kevin Love lost ball (Luis Scola steals) | 5 | 2 | |
| 9:25 | Aaron Brooks makes 16-foot two point shot | 5 | 4 | |
| 9:03 | Randy Foye misses 17-foot jumper | 5 | 4 | |
| 9:02 | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 5 | 4 | |
| 8:53 | Aaron Brooks makes 24-foot jumper | 5 | 6 | |
| 8:37 | Randy Foye bad pass (Shane Battier steals) | 5 | 6 | |
| 8:30 | Ron Artest makes driving layup | 5 | 8 | |
| 8:17 | Sebastian Telfair misses running jumper | 5 | 8 | |
| 8:15 | Jason Collins offensive rebound | 5 | 8 | |
| 8:15 | Jason Collins makes layup | 7 | 8 | |
| 7:58 | Luis Scola makes 14-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists) | 7 | 10 | |
| 7:39 | Jason Collins misses layup | 7 | 10 | |
| 7:37 | Kevin Love offensive rebound | 7 | 10 | |
| 7:37 | Kevin Love misses tip shot | 7 | 10 | |
| 7:37 | Kevin Love offensive rebound | 7 | 10 | |
| 7:26 | Sebastian Telfair misses 18-foot jumper | 7 | 10 | |
| 7:24 | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 7 | 10 | |
| 7:09 | Yao Ming misses 18-foot jumper | 7 | 10 | |
| 7:07 | Ryan Gomes defensive rebound | 7 | 10 | |
| 6:50 | Jason Collins misses 12-foot jumper | 7 | 10 | |
| 6:48 | Sebastian Telfair offensive rebound | 7 | 10 | |
| 6:35 | Randy Foye misses 7-foot running jumper | 7 | 10 | |
| 6:33 | Ron Artest defensive rebound | 7 | 10 | |
| 6:30 | Sebastian Telfair jump ball | 7 | 10 | |
| 6:24 | Aaron Brooks misses 8-foot two point shot | 7 | 10 | |
| 6:22 | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 7 | 10 | |
| 6:13 | Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot | 7 | 10 | |
| 6:13 | Kevin Love defensive rebound | 7 | 10 | |
| 5:54 | Shane Battier blocks Jason Collins's 7-foot jumper | 7 | 10 | |
| 5:54 | Minnesota defensive rebound | 7 | 10 | |
| 5:54 | Houston full timeout | 7 | 10 | |
| 5:39 | Luis Scola misses jumper | 7 | 10 | |
| 5:39 | Ryan Gomes defensive rebound | 7 | 10 | |
| 5:20 | Jason Collins makes two point shot | 9 | 10 | |
| 4:54 | Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper | 9 | 10 | |
| 4:54 | Shane Battier offensive rebound | 9 | 10 | |
| 4:48 | Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists) | 9 | 13 | |
| 4:33 | Jason Collins makes 17-foot jumper (Randy Foye assists) | 11 | 13 | |
| 4:22 | Kevin Love shooting foul (Aaron Brooks draws the foul) | 11 | 13 | |
| 4:22 | Aaron Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2 | 11 | 14 | |
| 4:22 | Aaron Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2 | 11 | 15 | |
| 4:07 | Sebastian Telfair makes 24-foot three point jumper | 14 | 15 | |
| 3:48 | Jason Collins personal foul (Yao Ming draws the foul) | 14 | 15 | |
| 3:45 | Shane Battier makes layup (Yao Ming assists) | 14 | 17 | |
| 3:30 | Sebastian Telfair misses 12-foot jumper | 14 | 17 | |
| 3:29 | Jason Collins offensive rebound | 14 | 17 | |
| 3:28 | Shane Battier blocks Jason Collins's layup | 14 | 17 | |
| 3:25 | Shane Battier defensive rebound | 14 | 17 | |
| 3:20 | Randy Foye blocks Luis Scola's layup | 14 | 17 | |
| 3:19 | Sebastian Telfair defensive rebound | 14 | 17 | |
| 3:01 | Ryan Gomes misses 20-foot jumper | 14 | 17 | |
| 3:00 | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 14 | 17 | |
| 2:48 | Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists) | 14 | 20 | |
| 2:31 | Sebastian Telfair misses 25-foot three point jumper | 14 | 20 | |
| 2:31 | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 14 | 20 | |
| 2:15 | Yao Ming misses 6-foot hook shot | 14 | 20 | |
| 2:13 | Shane Battier offensive rebound | 14 | 20 | |
| 2:09 | Yao Ming misses layup | 14 | 20 | |
| 2:08 | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 14 | 20 | |
| 2:08 | Luis Scola misses tip shot | 14 | 20 | |
| 2:06 | Kevin Love defensive rebound | 14 | 20 | |
| 1:54 | Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper | 14 | 20 | |
| 1:53 | Minnesota defensive rebound | 14 | 20 | |
| 1:52 | Minnesota full timeout | 14 | 20 | |
| 1:52 | Von Wafer enters the game for Shane Battier | 14 | 20 | |
| 1:52 | Chuck Hayes enters the game for Luis Scola | 14 | 20 | |
| 1:52 | Craig Smith enters the game for Jason Collins | 14 | 20 | |
| 1:52 | Mike Miller enters the game for Sebastian Telfair | 14 | 20 | |
| 1:37 | Ron Artest makes 14-foot two point shot | 14 | 22 | |
| 1:22 | Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper | 14 | 22 | |
| 1:21 | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 14 | 22 | |
| 1:06 | Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper | 14 | 22 | |
| 1:05 | Kevin Love defensive rebound | 14 | 22 | |
| 48.3 | Craig Smith makes layup (Randy Foye assists) | 16 | 22 | |
| 32.7 | Craig Smith blocks Yao Ming's layup | 16 | 22 | |
| 32.7 | Jumpball: Craig Smith vs. Yao Ming (Von Wafer gains possession) | 16 | 22 | |
| 32.7 | Houston offensive rebound | 16 | 22 | |
| 25.9 | Von Wafer misses 21-foot jumper | 16 | 22 | |
| 23.9 | Houston defensive rebound | 16 | 22 | |
| 5.7 | Aaron Brooks personal foul (Randy Foye draws the foul) | 16 | 22 | |
| 5.7 | Kyle Lowry enters the game for Aaron Brooks | 16 | 22 | |
| 5.7 | Luis Scola enters the game for Yao Ming | 16 | 22 | |
| 3.9 | Craig Smith bad pass (Kyle Lowry steals) | 16 | 22 | |
| 0.0 | Kyle Lowry misses 30-foot three pointer | 16 | 22 | |
| 0.0 | Houston offensive rebound | 16 | 22 | |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 16 | 22 | |
Regular Season Series
HOU wins 4-0
Game Information
Toyota Center (Houston)
12:30 AM, 21 March 2009
Houston, TX
Attendance: 17,456
- Referees:
- Bob Delaney
- David Jones
- Eli Roe
2025-26 Northwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 26 | 4 | .867 | - | L1 |
| Denver | 21 | 8 | .724 | 4.5 | L1 |
| Minnesota | 20 | 10 | .667 | 6 | W3 |
| Portland | 12 | 18 | .400 | 14 | L2 |
| Utah | 10 | 19 | .345 | 15.5 | L4 |
2025-26 Southwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 22 | 7 | .759 | - | W7 |
| Houston | 17 | 10 | .630 | 4 | L2 |
| Memphis | 14 | 16 | .467 | 8.5 | W1 |
| Dallas | 12 | 19 | .387 | 11 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 8 | 23 | .258 | 15 | L1 |

