Houston Rockets @ Minnesota Timberwolves
31-10, 15-7 Away
105
31-10, 15-7 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HOU | 23 | 31 | 23 | 28 | 105 |
MIN | 30 | 25 | 34 | 30 | 119 |
13-26, 8-13 Home
119
13-26, 8-13 Home
Shot Chart
- Andrew Wiggins makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Wiggins misses 19-foot jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 20-foot jumper
- Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup (Gorgui Dieng assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot two point shot (Brandon Rush assists)
- Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Wiggins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Brandon Rush misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Gorgui Dieng makes 8-foot two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Andrew Wiggins makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Gorgui Dieng makes 16-foot jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
- Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot
- Andrew Wiggins makes driving dunk (Shabazz Muhammad assists)
- Ricky Rubio makes 20-foot jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Andrew Wiggins misses 20-foot jumper
- James Harden blocks Nemanja Bjelica 's 2-foot layup
- Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shabazz Muhammad misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nemanja Bjelica misses three point jumper
- Cole Aldrich makes two point shot
- Brandon Rush misses 15-foot jumper
- Shabazz Muhammad makes layup (Cole Aldrich assists)
- Shabazz Muhammad misses 9-foot jumper
- Shabazz Muhammad makes dunk (Brandon Rush assists)
- Kris Dunn misses 16-foot two point jumper
- Nemanja Bjelica misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kris Dunn misses layup
- Kris Dunn makes driving dunk
- Brandon Rush makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
- Ricky Rubio misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Wiggins misses 17-foot jumper
- Patrick Beverley blocks Andrew Wiggins 's 13-foot jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 8-foot two point shot
- Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Brandon Rush makes three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Nemanja Bjelica misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Wiggins misses 14-foot
- Gorgui Dieng makes 19-foot jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ricky Rubio misses 6-foot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Ricky Rubio misses 14-foot jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Brandon Rush makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Brandon Rush makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Gorgui Dieng makes layup (Brandon Rush assists)
- Shabazz Muhammad makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Corey Brewer blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 3-foot jumper
- Gorgui Dieng makes 21-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Shabazz Muhammad makes driving dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Nemanja Bjelica misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot
- Nemanja Bjelica makes driving layup
- Kris Dunn makes 6-foot two point shot
- Kris Dunn misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Nemanja Bjelica makes two point shot
- Kris Dunn misses 15-foot jumper
- James Harden blocks Shabazz Muhammad's layup
- Shabazz Muhammad makes 20-foot jumper (Gorgui Dieng assists)
- Shabazz Muhammad misses 7-foot two point shot
- Kris Dunn makes 19-foot two point shot
- Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup
- Shabazz Muhammad makes 23-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Andrew Wiggins makes 18-foot two point shot
- Andrew Wiggins misses 22-foot jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
- Brandon Rush misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Rush misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Wiggins misses 15-foot jumper
- Shabazz Muhammad makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 13-foot jumper
- Andrew Wiggins misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson misses three point jumper
- James Harden misses Running Jumper
- Gorgui Dieng blocks Montrezl Harrell 's 4-foot hook shot
- Montrezl Harrell makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Ryan Anderson misses 24-foot
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden makes 9-foot two point shot
- Montrezl Harrell makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses layup
- Ryan Anderson misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Nene makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- Sam Dekker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sam Dekker makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns blocks James Harden 's 5-foot 2-pt jumper
- Nene makes 2-foot layup (Corey Brewer assists)
- Corey Brewer makes 1-foot layup (James Harden assists)
- Nene misses 12-foot jumper
- Corey Brewer makes 1-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Sam Dekker misses two point shot
- Nene makes 19-foot jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Nene misses 14-foot jumper
- Sam Dekker misses 6-foot Running Jumper
- Sam Dekker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Montrezl Harrell assists)
- Montrezl Harrell misses 12-foot jumper
- Brandon Rush blocks Corey Brewer's shot
- Sam Dekker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes driving layup
- Ryan Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Corey Brewer misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Sam Dekker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)
- Ryan Anderson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Patrick Beverley misses 24-foot
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Nene makes 31-foot three point jumper. (Ryan Anderson assists)
- James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper (Montrezl Harrell assists)
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses
- Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (James Harden assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 19-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes dunk
- James Harden makes 18-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson makes three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses 6-foot Running Jumper
- James Harden misses 25-foot
- Corey Brewer misses driving layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Sam Dekker misses driving layup
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden makes two point shot
- James Harden misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes 21-foot jumper (James Harden assists)
- James Harden misses 25-foot
- Ryan Anderson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer misses driving layup
- Kris Dunn blocks Patrick Beverley 's 1-foot layup
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Rush blocks Corey Brewer 's 2-foot layup
- Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson makes three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Ryan Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Ryan Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Corey Brewer makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns blocks James Harden's layup
- Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Patrick Beverley misses driving layup
- James Harden makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns blocks James Harden 's 26-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson makes two point shot
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Wiggins blocks K.J. McDaniels 's 18-foot jumper
- Bobby Brown makes 25-foot three pointer
- Sam Dekker misses 22-foot three point jumper
ROCKETS
TIMBERWOLVES
| TIME | PLAY | HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | Montrezl Harrell vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (Gorgui Dieng gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:49 | | Trevor Ariza personal foul (Andrew Wiggins draws the foul) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:37 | | Andrew Wiggins makes 25-foot three point jumper | 0 | 3 |
| 11:22 | | Ryan Anderson misses 24-foot three point jumper | 0 | 3 |
| 11:21 | | Brandon Rush defensive rebound | 0 | 3 |
| 11:12 | | Andrew Wiggins misses 19-foot jumper | 0 | 3 |
| 11:11 | | James Harden defensive rebound | 0 | 3 |
| 11:03 | | Ryan Anderson misses three point jumper | 0 | 3 |
| 11:02 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 0 | 3 |
| 10:48 | | Karl-Anthony Towns misses | 0 | 3 |
| 10:48 | | James Harden defensive rebound | 0 | 3 |
| 10:34 | | James Harden misses Running Jumper | 0 | 3 |
| 10:33 | | Montrezl Harrell offensive rebound | 0 | 3 |
| 10:33 | | Gorgui Dieng blocks Montrezl Harrell 's 4-foot hook shot | 0 | 3 |
| 10:30 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 0 | 3 |
| 10:15 | | Karl-Anthony Towns misses 20-foot jumper | 0 | 3 |
| 10:14 | | James Harden defensive rebound | 0 | 3 |
| 10:04 | | Montrezl Harrell makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists) | 2 | 3 |
| 10:04 | | Ricky Rubio shooting foul (Montrezl Harrell draws the foul) | 2 | 3 |
| 10:04 | | Montrezl Harrell makes free throw 1 of 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9:49 | | Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup (Gorgui Dieng assists) | 3 | 5 |
| 9:38 | | Ryan Anderson misses 24-foot | 3 | 5 |
| 9:37 | | Ricky Rubio defensive rebound | 3 | 5 |
| 9:25 | | Karl-Anthony Towns bad pass (James Harden steals) | 3 | 5 |
| 9:18 | | James Harden makes driving layup | 5 | 5 |
| 9:07 | | Timberwolves 20 Sec. timeout | 5 | 5 |
| 8:56 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot two point shot (Brandon Rush assists) | 5 | 8 |
| 8:56 | | Montrezl Harrell shooting foul (Karl-Anthony Towns draws the foul) | 5 | 7 |
| 8:56 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 8:45 | | Gorgui Dieng personal foul (Ryan Anderson draws the foul) | 5 | 8 |
| 8:38 | | James Harden makes 9-foot two point shot | 7 | 8 |
| 8:18 | | Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper | 7 | 8 |
| 8:18 | | Patrick Beverley defensive rebound | 7 | 8 |
| 8:07 | | Montrezl Harrell makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists) | 9 | 8 |
| 7:47 | | Andrew Wiggins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists) | 9 | 11 |
| 7:33 | | Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper | 9 | 11 |
| 7:33 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 9 | 11 |
| 7:28 | | Brandon Rush misses 24-foot three point jumper | 9 | 11 |
| 7:26 | | Patrick Beverley defensive rebound | 9 | 11 |
| 7:24 | | Patrick Beverley bad pass (Brandon Rush steals) | 9 | 11 |
| 7:09 | | Gorgui Dieng makes 8-foot two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists) | 9 | 13 |
| 6:48 | | Ryan Anderson misses 25-foot three point jumper | 9 | 13 |
| 6:48 | | Ricky Rubio defensive rebound | 9 | 13 |
| 6:45 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists) | 9 | 15 |
| 6:24 | | Andrew Wiggins shooting foul (Montrezl Harrell draws the foul) | 9 | 15 |
| 6:24 | | Montrezl Harrell makes free throw 1 of 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 6:24 | | Shabazz Muhammad enters the game for Brandon Rush | 10 | 15 |
| 6:24 | | Corey Brewer enters the game for Patrick Beverley | 10 | 15 |
| 6:24 | | Montrezl Harrell makes free throw 2 of 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 6:13 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists) | 11 | 17 |
| 6:05 | | Trevor Ariza misses layup | 11 | 17 |
| 6:05 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 11 | 17 |
| 6:01 | | Andrew Wiggins makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists) | 11 | 19 |
| 5:41 | | Ryan Anderson misses 16-foot step back jumpshot | 11 | 19 |
| 5:41 | | Trevor Ariza offensive rebound | 11 | 19 |
| 5:35 | | Karl-Anthony Towns shooting block foul (Montrezl Harrell draws the foul) | 11 | 19 |
| 5:35 | | Timberwolves Full timeout | 11 | 19 |
| 5:35 | | Montrezl Harrell makes free throw 1 of 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 5:35 | | Montrezl Harrell makes free throw 2 of 2 | 13 | 19 |
| 5:22 | | Montrezl Harrell personal foul (Karl-Anthony Towns draws the foul) | 13 | 19 |
| 5:22 | | Nene enters the game for Montrezl Harrell | 13 | 19 |
| 5:11 | | Andrew Wiggins lost ball turnover (Corey Brewer steals) | 13 | 19 |
| 4:56 | | Nene makes dunk (James Harden assists) | 15 | 19 |
| 4:33 | | Gorgui Dieng makes 16-foot jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists) | 15 | 21 |
| 4:24 | | Andrew Wiggins kicked ball violation | 15 | 21 |
| 4:24 | | Sam Dekker enters the game for Trevor Ariza | 15 | 21 |
| 4:13 | | Sam Dekker misses 25-foot three point jumper | 15 | 21 |
| 4:11 | | Ryan Anderson offensive rebound | 15 | 21 |
| 4:07 | | Sam Dekker makes two point shot (James Harden assists) | 17 | 21 |
| 3:46 | | Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot | 17 | 23 |
| 3:46 | | Nene shooting foul (Andrew Wiggins draws the foul) | 17 | 23 |
| 3:46 | | Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 1 | 17 | 24 |
| 3:34 | | Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper | 17 | 24 |
| 3:33 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 17 | 24 |
| 3:23 | | Gorgui Dieng offensive foul (Corey Brewer draws the foul) | 17 | 24 |
| 3:23 | | Gorgui Dieng turnover | 17 | 24 |
| 3:23 | | Nemanja Bjelica enters the game for Gorgui Dieng | 17 | 24 |
| 3:15 | | Karl-Anthony Towns blocks James Harden 's 5-foot 2-pt jumper | 17 | 24 |
| 3:14 | | Timberwolves defensive team rebound | 17 | 24 |
| 3:14 | | Ryan Anderson loose ball foul (Ricky Rubio draws the foul) | 17 | 24 |
| 3:14 | | Ricky Rubio makes free throw 1 of 2 | 17 | 25 |
| 3:14 | | Ricky Rubio makes free throw 2 of 2 | 17 | 26 |
| 3:03 | | James Harden bad pass (Ricky Rubio steals) | 17 | 26 |
| 3:00 | | Andrew Wiggins makes driving dunk (Shabazz Muhammad assists) | 17 | 28 |
| 2:42 | | Nene makes 2-foot layup (Corey Brewer assists) | 19 | 28 |
| 2:16 | | Ricky Rubio makes 20-foot jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists) | 19 | 30 |
| 2:02 | | Corey Brewer makes 1-foot layup (James Harden assists) | 21 | 30 |
| 1:47 | | Andrew Wiggins misses 20-foot jumper | 21 | 30 |
| 1:46 | | Rockets defensive team rebound | 21 | 30 |
| 1:46 | | Rockets Full timeout | 21 | 30 |
| 1:46 | | Kris Dunn enters the game for Ricky Rubio | 21 | 30 |
| 1:35 | | Nene misses 12-foot jumper | 21 | 30 |
| 1:32 | | Shabazz Muhammad defensive rebound | 21 | 30 |
| 1:15 | | Karl-Anthony Towns traveling | 21 | 30 |
| 1:05 | | Corey Brewer makes 1-foot two point shot (James Harden assists) | 23 | 30 |
| 42.0 | | James Harden blocks Nemanja Bjelica 's 2-foot layup | 23 | 30 |
| 41.0 | | Ryan Anderson defensive rebound | 23 | 30 |
| 33.0 | | Sam Dekker misses two point shot | 23 | 30 |
| 32.0 | | Kris Dunn defensive rebound | 23 | 30 |
| 26.0 | | Kris Dunn bad pass (Ryan Anderson steals) | 23 | 30 |
| 19.0 | | Corey Brewer offensive Charge (Nemanja Bjelica draws the foul) | 23 | 30 |
| 19.0 | | Corey Brewer turnover | 23 | 30 |
| 4.0 | | Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper | 23 | 30 |
| 2.0 | | Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound | 23 | 30 |
| 0.0 | | Shabazz Muhammad misses 25-foot three point jumper | 23 | 30 |
| 0.0 | | Timberwolves offensive team rebound | 23 | 30 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 23 | 30 | |
Regular Season Series
Series tied 1-1
Game Information
Target Center
1:00 AM, 12 January 2017
Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 13,858
- Referees:
- Kane Fitzgerald
- Scott Wall
- Gediminas Petraitis
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 |
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 |
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