Rockets 107-92 Timberwolves (24 Jan, 2012) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

10-7, 3-6 away

107

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	28	26	22	31	107
MIN	19	28	24	21	92

Minnesota Timberwolves

7-10, 4-6 home

Derrick Williams misses layup
Kevin Love misses 4-foot jumper
Darko Milicic misses 7-foot jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses layup
Darko Milicic makes 6-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 21-foot jumper
Samuel Dalembert blocks Darko Milicic's 9-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses layup
Kevin Love misses 11-foot two point shot
Kevin Love makes layup (Darko Milicic assists)
Luke Ridnour misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses layup
Kevin Love makes 7-foot jumper
Darko Milicic misses 6-foot two point shot
Kevin Love makes driving layup
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Williams makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Kevin Love misses 8-foot two point shot
Wayne Ellington misses 23-foot jumper
Derrick Williams misses 21-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes driving dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio makes 21-foot two point shot
Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Williams makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio makes 8-foot two point shot
Ricky Rubio misses 14-foot jumper
Wayne Ellington misses layup
Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)
Kevin Love makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Nikola Pekovic misses layup
Anthony Tolliver misses layup
Anthony Randolph makes two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)
Luke Ridnour makes 18-foot jumper
Anthony Randolph makes jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Anthony Randolph misses 19-foot jumper
Anthony Tolliver misses 21-foot jumper
Wayne Ellington misses 23-foot jumper
Wayne Ellington misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luke Ridnour makes 19-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Randolph misses 21-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Randolph makes 6-foot two point shot (Kevin Love assists)
Ricky Rubio misses driving layup
Anthony Randolph misses layup
Anthony Randolph misses tip shot
Luke Ridnour makes 17-foot two point shot
Kevin Love makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Samuel Dalembert blocks Derrick Williams's layup
Luke Ridnour misses 1-foot two point shot
Luke Ridnour makes 20-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Darko Milicic makes driving layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
Luke Ridnour misses 23-foot jumper
Darko Milicic misses jumper
Kevin Love makes slam dunk (Luke Ridnour assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Williams misses two point shot
Kevin Love makes slam dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Darko Milicic misses 5-foot two point shot
Luke Ridnour makes 20-foot two point shot
Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Derrick Williams misses layup
Derrick Williams misses layup
Derrick Williams makes dunk (Luke Ridnour assists)
Luke Ridnour misses 20-foot two point shot
Anthony Tolliver misses 29-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 14-foot jumper
Wayne Ellington makes 17-foot two point shot
Wayne Ellington misses 19-foot jumper
Wayne Ellington misses 5-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes layup
Kevin Love makes jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Ricky Rubio misses driving layup
Luke Ridnour makes 5-foot two point shot
Wayne Ellington misses 21-foot jumper
Wayne Ellington misses 20-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson blocks Ricky Rubio's driving layup
Anthony Randolph makes 20-foot jumper
Wayne Ellington makes driving dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Luis Scola makes 16-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses 13-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses jumper
Kyle Lowry misses 13-foot two point shot
Kevin Martin misses 22-foot jumper
Chandler Parsons makes layup
Kevin Martin makes 16-foot two point shot (Kyle Lowry assists)
Luis Scola misses 14-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists)
Kevin Martin makes 21-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Samuel Dalembert misses 11-foot two point shot
Darko Milicic blocks Kyle Lowry's layup
Chandler Parsons makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kevin Martin misses 22-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Kevin Martin makes 17-foot two point shot
Patrick Patterson makes 16-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Samuel Dalembert misses 14-foot two point shot
Chandler Parsons misses driving layup
Chandler Parsons misses 52-foot three point jumper
Kyle Lowry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
Courtney Lee misses 13-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
Goran Dragic misses 21-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses 15-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes 15-foot jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Kyle Lowry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 21-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 5-foot two point shot
Kevin Martin makes driving dunk
Kyle Lowry misses driving layup
Kyle Lowry makes layup (Kevin Martin assists)
Kevin Martin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
Luis Scola misses 20-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chandler Parsons assists)
Kevin Martin makes 20-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chandler Parsons misses driving layup
Luis Scola makes 9-foot two point shot (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kyle Lowry misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chandler Parsons misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 28-foot three point jumper
Samuel Dalembert misses 2-foot two point shot
Kevin Martin misses 22-foot jumper
Samuel Dalembert makes two point shot
Samuel Dalembert misses layup
Patrick Patterson makes 21-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Samuel Dalembert misses 21-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 14-foot running jumper
Samuel Dalembert misses 8-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson misses tip shot
Samuel Dalembert misses tip shot
Patrick Patterson misses tip shot
Patrick Patterson makes 14-foot jumper
Goran Dragic makes driving layup
Kyle Lowry makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists)
Patrick Patterson makes 6-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Goran Dragic makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists)
Courtney Lee makes 26-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Courtney Lee makes driving layup
Patrick Patterson misses 14-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry makes 26-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes 22-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson makes slam dunk (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kyle Lowry misses 21-foot two point shot
Goran Dragic makes driving layup
Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 22-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 23-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson misses layup
Goran Dragic makes 7-foot running jumper
Kyle Lowry misses layup
Kyle Lowry makes tip shot
Goran Dragic makes two point shot
Kyle Lowry misses 8-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 13-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson makes tip shot
Kevin Martin makes 18-foot two point shot

ROCKETS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		HOU	MIN
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Samuel Dalembert vs. Darko Milicic (Darko Milicic gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Derrick Williams misses layup	0	0
11:45	Kyle Lowry defensive rebound	0	0
11:29	Luis Scola makes 16-foot jumper	2	0
11:08	Kevin Love misses 4-foot jumper	2	0
11:07	Kevin Love offensive rebound	2	0
11:07	Kevin Love loose ball foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	2	0
10:53	Darko Milicic misses 7-foot jumper	2	0
10:52	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	2	0
10:41	Kevin Martin misses 13-foot jumper	2	0
10:40	Derrick Williams defensive rebound	2	0
10:29	Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	0
10:27	Kevin Martin defensive rebound	2	0
10:19	Luis Scola misses jumper	2	0
10:18	Ricky Rubio defensive rebound	2	0
10:08	Kevin Love misses layup	2	0
10:07	Kyle Lowry defensive rebound	2	0
10:00	Kyle Lowry misses 13-foot two point shot	2	0
9:59	Kevin Love defensive rebound	2	0
9:37	Darko Milicic makes 6-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)	2	2
9:30	Kyle Lowry bad pass (Ricky Rubio steals)	2	2
9:26	Luke Ridnour bad pass	2	2
9:15	Luke Ridnour shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	2	2
9:15	Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2	3	2
9:15	Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2	4	2
9:02	Ricky Rubio misses 21-foot jumper	4	2
9:02	Minnesota defensive team rebound	4	2
9:02	Luis Scola loose ball foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	4	2
8:48	Kevin Martin misses 22-foot jumper	4	2
8:47	Chandler Parsons offensive rebound	4	2
8:41	Chandler Parsons makes layup	6	2
8:23	Samuel Dalembert blocks Darko Milicic's 9-foot jumper	6	2
8:22	Minnesota offensive team rebound	6	2
8:22	Luke Ridnour misses layup	6	2
8:21	Kyle Lowry defensive rebound	6	2
8:15	Kevin Martin makes 16-foot two point shot (Kyle Lowry assists)	8	2
8:03	Kevin Love misses 11-foot two point shot	8	2
8:02	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	8	2
7:58	Luke Ridnour shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	8	2
7:58	Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2	9	2
7:58	Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2	10	2
7:50	Kevin Love makes layup (Darko Milicic assists)	10	4
7:28	Luis Scola misses 14-foot jumper	10	4
7:28	Luke Ridnour defensive rebound	10	4
7:22	Luke Ridnour misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	4
7:20	Darko Milicic offensive rebound	10	4
7:16	Kevin Love misses layup	10	4
7:16	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	10	4
7:09	Luis Scola makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists)	12	4
7:01	Minnesota full timeout	12	4
7:01	Wayne Ellington enters the game for Luke Ridnour	12	4
6:43	Kevin Love makes 7-foot jumper	12	6
6:30	Kevin Martin makes 21-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)	14	6
6:15	Darko Milicic misses 6-foot two point shot	14	6
6:13	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	14	6
5:52	Luis Scola lost ball (Wayne Ellington steals)	14	6
5:43	Kevin Love makes driving layup	14	8
5:35	Wayne Ellington shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	14	8
5:35	Kevin Martin misses free throw 1 of 2	14	8
5:35	Houston offensive team rebound	14	8
5:35	Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2	15	8
5:26	Chandler Parsons shooting foul (Derrick Williams draws the foul)	15	8
5:26	Derrick Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	15	9
5:26	Derrick Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	15	10
5:11	Samuel Dalembert misses 11-foot two point shot	15	10
5:09	Kevin Love defensive rebound	15	10
4:54	Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper	15	10
4:52	Minnesota offensive team rebound	15	10
4:52	Samuel Dalembert loose ball foul (Darko Milicic draws the foul)	15	10
4:45	Derrick Williams makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)	15	12
4:26	Ricky Rubio personal block (Kyle Lowry draws the foul)	15	12
4:26	Kyle Lowry misses free throw 1 of 2	15	12
4:26	Houston offensive team rebound	15	12
4:26	Kyle Lowry makes free throw 2 of 2	16	12
4:05	Kevin Love misses 8-foot two point shot	16	12
4:05	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	16	12
3:53	Darko Milicic blocks Kyle Lowry's layup	16	12
3:51	Samuel Dalembert offensive rebound	16	12
3:44	Chandler Parsons makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)	19	12
3:28	Kevin Love bad pass	19	12
3:15	Kevin Martin misses 22-foot three point jumper	19	12
3:15	Kevin Love defensive rebound	19	12
3:09	Wayne Ellington misses 23-foot jumper	19	12
3:08	Luis Scola defensive rebound	19	12
2:59	Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)	21	12
2:43	Derrick Williams misses 21-foot jumper	21	12
2:42	Chandler Parsons defensive rebound	21	12
2:28	Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)	24	12
2:11	Kevin Love makes driving dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)	24	14
2:01	Houston full timeout	24	14
2:01	Patrick Patterson enters the game for Luis Scola	24	14
1:51	Kevin Martin makes 17-foot two point shot	26	14
1:40	Patrick Patterson personal foul (Wayne Ellington draws the foul)	26	14
1:31	Patrick Patterson shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	26	14
1:31	Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2	26	15
1:31	Goran Dragic enters the game for Kyle Lowry	26	15
1:31	Nikola Pekovic enters the game for Darko Milicic	26	15
1:31	Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2	26	16
1:14	Patrick Patterson makes 16-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	28	16
1:00	Ricky Rubio makes 21-foot two point shot	28	18
40.9	Samuel Dalembert misses 14-foot two point shot	28	18
38.9	Derrick Williams defensive rebound	28	18
33.1	Patrick Patterson shooting foul (Derrick Williams draws the foul)	28	18
33.1	Derrick Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	28	19
33.1	Luis Scola enters the game for Patrick Patterson	28	19
33.1	Derrick Williams misses free throw 2 of 2	28	19
32.9	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	28	19
11.9	Chandler Parsons misses driving layup	28	19
10.9	Wayne Ellington defensive rebound	28	19
2.6	Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point jumper	28	19
1.9	Chandler Parsons defensive rebound	28	19
0.5	Chandler Parsons misses 52-foot three point jumper	28	19
0.0	Houston offensive team rebound	28	19
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	19

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Rockets
107
Timberwolves
92

Game 1

24/1

Timberwolves
120
Rockets
108

Game 2

31/1

Rockets
91
Timberwolves
100

Game 3

5/2

Timberwolves
111
Rockets
98

Game 4

18/2

Target Center

1:00 AM, 24 January 2012

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 16,924

Referees:
Dan Crawford
Sean Wright
Karl Lane

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	12	6	.667	-	L1
Memphis	11	7	.611	1	W3
Dallas	10	8	.556	2	W1
San Antonio	9	8	.529	2.5	W3
New Orleans	4	14	.222	8	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	13	4	.765	-	W2
Denver	9	7	.563	3.5	L1
Minnesota	8	8	.500	4.5	L2
Portland	7	11	.389	6.5	L1
Utah	4	12	.250	8.5	W1

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