Minnesota Timberwolves @ Houston Rockets
10-11, 5-4 Away
120
10-11, 5-4 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 26 | 28 | 42 | 24 | 120 |
HOU | 24 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 108 |
12-9, 9-3 Home
108
12-9, 9-3 Home
Shot Chart
- Kevin Martin misses 6-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 9-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Samuel Dalembert misses 11-foot jumper
- Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
- Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
- Chandler Parsons makes layup (Luis Scola assists)
- Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
- Chandler Parsons misses 12-foot two point shot
- Samuel Dalembert makes tip shot
- Kevin Martin makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists)
- Kyle Lowry makes layup (Luis Scola assists)
- Kyle Lowry misses layup
- Chandler Parsons misses layup
- Chandler Parsons makes 12-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Courtney Lee makes driving layup
- Luis Scola makes layup (Chase Budinger assists)
- Jordan Hill makes 17-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Jordan Hill misses 8-foot hook shot
- Courtney Lee misses 35-foot three point running jumper
- Chase Budinger makes 21-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- Patrick Patterson makes 14-foot jumper (Chase Budinger assists)
- Jordan Hill makes 11-foot two point shot
- Jordan Hill makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
- Goran Dragic makes layup (Chase Budinger assists)
- Chase Budinger makes 11-foot two point shot
- Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Patterson misses 6-foot two point shot
- Patrick Patterson makes 9-foot two point shot
- Patrick Patterson makes jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- Jordan Hill makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
- Kevin Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hill misses 14-foot jumper
- Chandler Parsons misses running jumper
- Kyle Lowry misses layup
- Kevin Martin makes 16-foot two point shot
- Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Samuel Dalembert makes layup
- Kyle Lowry makes 11-foot two point shot
- Kevin Martin misses 13-foot jumper
- Chandler Parsons makes driving layup
- Chandler Parsons misses layup
- Kevin Martin misses 18-foot jumper
- Kevin Martin makes two point shot
- Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
- Samuel Dalembert misses 15-foot jumper
- Kyle Lowry makes 22-foot jumper (Chandler Parsons assists)
- Kevin Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Kyle Lowry makes layup
- Luis Scola misses 7-foot two point shot
- Patrick Patterson makes 15-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
- Kevin Martin makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Lowry misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Martin makes layup (Samuel Dalembert assists)
- Goran Dragic misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Goran Dragic makes 6-foot running jumper
- Goran Dragic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Tolliver blocks Chandler Parsons's 6-foot jumper
- Martell Webster blocks Kyle Lowry's layup
- Martell Webster blocks Kyle Lowry's layup
- Courtney Lee misses 18-foot jumper
- Chandler Parsons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- Courtney Lee makes 22-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- Goran Dragic misses 5-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Goran Dragic misses 11-foot jumper
- Goran Dragic misses 7-foot hook shot
- Chandler Parsons misses 18-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
- Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chase Budinger misses three point jumper
- Chase Budinger makes 22-foot three point jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
- Courtney Lee makes 18-foot two point shot
- Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Martin misses 18-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger misses 11-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- Kevin Martin makes dunk (Chase Budinger assists)
- Chase Budinger makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
- Courtney Lee misses layup
- Samuel Dalembert misses tip shot
- Goran Dragic misses 23-foot jumper
- Luke Ridnour makes 6-foot running jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Kevin Love makes 19-foot jumper
- Wesley Johnson misses 6-foot jumper
- Wesley Johnson misses three point jumper
- Luke Ridnour misses 18-foot jumper
- Wesley Johnson makes 19-foot jumper
- Wesley Johnson makes two point shot
- Ricky Rubio misses 21-foot jumper
- Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luke Ridnour makes 14-foot two point shot
- Kevin Love misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Michael Beasley makes 19-foot two point shot
- Michael Beasley misses 6-foot jumper
- Kevin Love misses 5-foot jumper
- Anthony Randolph makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Wayne Ellington makes 6-foot running jumper
- Michael Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Michael Beasley makes 10-foot two point shot
- Patrick Patterson blocks Derrick Williams's layup
- Michael Beasley makes driving layup
- Michael Beasley makes 10-foot two point shot
- Wayne Ellington misses 11-foot jumper
- Wayne Ellington misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Randolph makes two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)
- Anthony Randolph misses 17-foot jumper
- Luke Ridnour misses 18-foot jumper
- Michael Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Michael Beasley makes 18-foot two point shot
- Martell Webster makes layup
- Kevin Love misses 17-foot two point shot
- Martell Webster makes driving layup
- Ricky Rubio makes layup (Michael Beasley assists)
- Ricky Rubio makes driving layup
- Kevin Love misses layup
- Kevin Love makes tip shot
- Ricky Rubio makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
- Samuel Dalembert blocks Wesley Johnson's layup
- Ricky Rubio makes 7-foot running jumper
- Wesley Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luke Ridnour misses 19-foot jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes layup
- Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Kevin Love makes three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Luke Ridnour makes 10-foot running jumper
- Samuel Dalembert blocks Nikola Pekovic's layup
- Luke Ridnour misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Love makes hook shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Ricky Rubio makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
- Ricky Rubio makes driving layup
- Michael Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Samuel Dalembert blocks Michael Beasley's layup
- Samuel Dalembert blocks Michael Beasley's 10-foot jumper
- Nikola Pekovic misses layup
- Nikola Pekovic makes layup
- Kevin Love makes driving layup
- Martell Webster makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Michael Beasley makes jumper
- Michael Beasley makes 15-foot jumper (Martell Webster assists)
- Martell Webster misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luke Ridnour makes driving layup
- Wesley Johnson misses 19-foot jumper
- Michael Beasley makes driving layup
- Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ricky Rubio misses layup
- Kevin Love makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Kevin Love makes 21-foot jumper
- Luke Ridnour misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Love makes dunk (Luke Ridnour assists)
- Ricky Rubio misses 6-foot jumper
- Luke Ridnour misses three point jumper
- Kevin Love makes layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
- Luke Ridnour makes 17-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
TIMBERWOLVES
ROCKETS
| TIME | PLAY | MIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Nikola Pekovic vs. Samuel Dalembert (Kevin Martin gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:44 | | Kevin Martin misses 6-foot jumper | 0 | 0 |
| 11:42 | | Ricky Rubio defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:37 | | Wesley Johnson bad pass (Kevin Martin steals) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:27 | | Luis Scola misses 9-foot jumper | 0 | 0 |
| 11:26 | | Kevin Love defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:11 | | Luke Ridnour makes 6-foot running jumper | 2 | 0 |
| 10:52 | | Luis Scola misses layup | 2 | 0 |
| 10:48 | | Wesley Johnson defensive rebound | 2 | 0 |
| 10:33 | | Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists) | 4 | 0 |
| 10:11 | | Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper | 4 | 0 |
| 10:11 | | Nikola Pekovic defensive rebound | 4 | 0 |
| 9:52 | | Samuel Dalembert kicked ball | 4 | 0 |
| 9:47 | | Kevin Love makes 19-foot jumper | 6 | 0 |
| 9:30 | | Samuel Dalembert misses 11-foot jumper | 6 | 0 |
| 9:29 | | Luke Ridnour defensive rebound | 6 | 0 |
| 9:21 | | Wesley Johnson misses 6-foot jumper | 6 | 0 |
| 9:19 | | Kyle Lowry defensive rebound | 6 | 0 |
| 9:10 | | Samuel Dalembert offensive foul (Ricky Rubio draws the foul) | 6 | 0 |
| 9:10 | | Samuel Dalembert turnover | 6 | 0 |
| 8:51 | | Wesley Johnson misses three point jumper | 6 | 0 |
| 8:48 | | Nikola Pekovic offensive rebound | 6 | 0 |
| 8:45 | | Luis Scola personal foul (Kevin Love draws the foul) | 6 | 0 |
| 8:37 | | Nikola Pekovic offensive foul (Kyle Lowry draws the foul) | 6 | 0 |
| 8:37 | | Nikola Pekovic turnover | 6 | 0 |
| 8:26 | | Kyle Lowry makes driving layup | 6 | 2 |
| 8:21 | | Ricky Rubio bad pass | 6 | 2 |
| 8:10 | | Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists) | 6 | 4 |
| 7:56 | | Nikola Pekovic bad pass | 6 | 4 |
| 7:41 | | Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper | 6 | 4 |
| 7:39 | | Ricky Rubio defensive rebound | 6 | 4 |
| 7:33 | | Luke Ridnour misses 18-foot jumper | 6 | 4 |
| 7:31 | | Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound | 6 | 4 |
| 7:22 | | Nikola Pekovic shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul) | 6 | 4 |
| 7:22 | | Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 7:22 | | Anthony Randolph enters the game for Nikola Pekovic | 6 | 5 |
| 7:22 | | Kevin Martin misses free throw 2 of 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 7:22 | | Ricky Rubio defensive rebound | 6 | 5 |
| 7:05 | | Wesley Johnson makes 19-foot jumper | 8 | 5 |
| 6:58 | | Wesley Johnson kicked ball | 8 | 5 |
| 6:52 | | Chandler Parsons makes layup (Luis Scola assists) | 8 | 7 |
| 6:39 | | Kyle Lowry personal foul (Kevin Love draws the foul) | 8 | 7 |
| 6:31 | | Wesley Johnson makes two point shot | 10 | 7 |
| 6:18 | | Luke Ridnour shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul) | 10 | 7 |
| 6:18 | | Kevin Martin misses free throw 1 of 2 | 10 | 7 |
| 6:18 | | Houston offensive team rebound | 10 | 7 |
| 6:18 | | Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2 | 10 | 8 |
| 6:09 | | Ricky Rubio misses 21-foot jumper | 10 | 8 |
| 6:09 | | Minnesota defensive team rebound | 10 | 8 |
| 6:00 | | Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper | 10 | 8 |
| 5:58 | | Anthony Randolph defensive rebound | 10 | 8 |
| 5:48 | | Samuel Dalembert illegal defense foul | 10 | 8 |
| 5:48 | | Houston full timeout | 10 | 8 |
| 5:48 | | Luke Ridnour makes technical free throw | 11 | 8 |
| 5:39 | | Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper | 11 | 8 |
| 5:37 | | Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound | 11 | 8 |
| 5:26 | | Chandler Parsons misses 12-foot two point shot | 11 | 8 |
| 5:24 | | Samuel Dalembert offensive rebound | 11 | 10 |
| 5:24 | | Samuel Dalembert makes tip shot | 11 | 10 |
| 5:07 | | Samuel Dalembert shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul) | 11 | 10 |
| 5:07 | | Kevin Love misses free throw 1 of 2 | 11 | 10 |
| 5:07 | | Minnesota offensive team rebound | 11 | 10 |
| 5:07 | | Jordan Hill enters the game for Samuel Dalembert | 11 | 10 |
| 5:07 | | Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2 | 12 | 10 |
| 5:00 | | Kevin Martin makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists) | 12 | 12 |
| 5:00 | | Anthony Randolph defensive goaltending | 12 | 12 |
| 4:43 | | Luke Ridnour bad pass (Kyle Lowry steals) | 12 | 12 |
| 4:39 | | Kyle Lowry out of bounds lost ball turnover | 12 | 12 |
| 4:26 | | Wesley Johnson offensive charge (Jordan Hill draws the foul) | 12 | 12 |
| 4:26 | | Wesley Johnson turnover | 12 | 12 |
| 4:13 | | Kyle Lowry makes layup (Luis Scola assists) | 12 | 14 |
| 3:58 | | Luke Ridnour makes 14-foot two point shot | 14 | 14 |
| 3:43 | | Kyle Lowry misses layup | 14 | 14 |
| 3:41 | | Chandler Parsons offensive rebound | 14 | 14 |
| 3:41 | | Chandler Parsons misses layup | 14 | 14 |
| 3:38 | | Anthony Randolph defensive rebound | 14 | 14 |
| 3:29 | | Chandler Parsons shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul) | 14 | 14 |
| 3:29 | | Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2 | 15 | 14 |
| 3:29 | | Courtney Lee enters the game for Kevin Martin | 15 | 14 |
| 3:29 | | Michael Beasley enters the game for Wesley Johnson | 15 | 14 |
| 3:29 | | Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2 | 16 | 14 |
| 3:14 | | Chandler Parsons makes 12-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists) | 16 | 16 |
| 2:57 | | Kevin Love misses 22-foot three point jumper | 16 | 16 |
| 2:56 | | Jordan Hill defensive rebound | 16 | 16 |
| 2:48 | | Minnesota full timeout | 16 | 16 |
| 2:48 | | Chase Budinger enters the game for Chandler Parsons | 16 | 16 |
| 2:48 | | Wayne Ellington enters the game for Luke Ridnour | 16 | 16 |
| 2:34 | | Anthony Randolph foul (Luis Scola draws the foul) | 16 | 16 |
| 2:34 | | Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2 | 16 | 17 |
| 2:34 | | Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2 | 16 | 18 |
| 2:20 | | Michael Beasley makes 19-foot two point shot | 18 | 18 |
| 2:00 | | Luis Scola 3 second | 18 | 18 |
| 1:47 | | Michael Beasley misses 6-foot jumper | 18 | 18 |
| 1:45 | | Chase Budinger defensive rebound | 18 | 18 |
| 1:40 | | Courtney Lee makes driving layup | 18 | 20 |
| 1:24 | | Kevin Love misses 5-foot jumper | 18 | 20 |
| 1:23 | | Courtney Lee defensive rebound | 18 | 20 |
| 1:19 | | Luis Scola makes layup (Chase Budinger assists) | 18 | 22 |
| 59.9 | | Anthony Randolph makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists) | 20 | 22 |
| 49.4 | | Jordan Hill makes 17-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists) | 20 | 24 |
| 36.8 | | Wayne Ellington makes 6-foot running jumper | 22 | 24 |
| 36.8 | | Courtney Lee shooting foul (Wayne Ellington draws the foul) | 22 | 24 |
| 36.8 | | Goran Dragic enters the game for Kyle Lowry | 22 | 24 |
| 36.8 | | Patrick Patterson enters the game for Luis Scola | 22 | 24 |
| 36.8 | | Wayne Ellington makes free throw 1 of 1 | 23 | 24 |
| 23.9 | | Jordan Hill misses 8-foot hook shot | 23 | 24 |
| 22.9 | | Kevin Love defensive rebound | 23 | 24 |
| 2.9 | | Michael Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists) | 26 | 24 |
| 0.0 | | Courtney Lee misses 35-foot three point running jumper | 26 | 24 |
| 0.0 | | Houston offensive team rebound | 26 | 24 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 26 | 24 | |
Regular Season Series
Series tied 1-1
Game Information
Toyota Center (Houston)
1:00 AM, 31 January 2012
Houston, TX
Attendance: 14,264
- Referees:
- John Goble
- Scott Foster
- Marat Kogut
2025-26 Northwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 26 | 5 | .839 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 22 | 8 | .733 | 3.5 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 20 | 11 | .645 | 6 | L1 |
| Portland | 12 | 18 | .400 | 13.5 | L2 |
| Utah | 10 | 19 | .345 | 15 | L4 |
2025-26 Southwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 23 | 7 | .767 | - | W8 |
| Houston | 18 | 10 | .643 | 4 | W1 |
| Memphis | 14 | 16 | .467 | 9 | W1 |
| Dallas | 12 | 20 | .375 | 12 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 8 | 23 | .258 | 15.5 | L1 |
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