Rockets 142-130 Timberwolves (26 Feb, 2017) Play-by-Play

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

Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Clint Capela makes 7-foot two point shot (Ryan Anderson assists)
James Harden misses Driving Floating Jump Shot
Ryan Anderson misses 28-foot three point jumper
Clint Capela makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
Ryan Anderson makes driving dunk
James Harden makes driving layup
James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes 27-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Clint Capela makes layup (James Harden assists)
Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Gorgui Dieng blocks Ryan Anderson 's 3-foot jumper
Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)
Nene makes dunk (James Harden assists)
Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses driving layup
Clint Capela makes layup
Louis Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
Clint Capela makes dunk (Louis Williams assists)
Eric Gordon misses jumper
Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Louis Williams misses layup
Clint Capela misses
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sam Dekker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Louis Williams assists)
Louis Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
Sam Dekker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Louis Williams assists)
Montrezl Harrell makes 2-foot layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sam Dekker makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Louis Williams misses 25-foot three point running jumper
Montrezl Harrell misses layup
Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses Driving Floating Jump Shot
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses driving layup
Montrezl Harrell makes tip shot
Eric Gordon makes driving dunk
James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
Clint Capela makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes 25-foot three pointer (Clint Capela assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
Clint Capela makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)
Ryan Anderson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Nene makes driving dunk (Trevor Ariza assists)
Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Nene misses 14-foot
James Harden makes 26-foot three pointer
Nene makes 3-foot layup (James Harden assists)
Louis Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses driving layup
Sam Dekker makes layup
James Harden makes 27-foot three pointer
James Harden makes 25-foot three pointer
Louis Williams makes 28-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Patrick Beverley makes two point shot
Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Clint Capela's layup
Louis Williams misses 27-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses Driving Floating Jump Shot
Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
Louis Williams makes driving layup (Clint Capela assists)
Nene makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
Louis Williams makes 6-foot jumper
Nene makes dunk (Louis Williams assists)
Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Louis Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Louis Williams misses two point shot
Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Patrick Beverley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nene assists)
Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Andrew Wiggins misses 10-foot jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 19-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 11-foot jumper
Brandon Rush misses 24-foot three point jumper
Andrew Wiggins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andrew Wiggins misses 4-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 4-foot jumper
Clint Capela blocks Andrew Wiggins 's 4-foot jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Andrew Wiggins makes 19-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot
Ricky Rubio misses layup
Gorgui Dieng makes 1-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 5-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
Andrew Wiggins makes layup (Gorgui Dieng assists)
Gorgui Dieng makes layup
Nene blocks Shabazz Muhammad 's 5-foot jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Shabazz Muhammad misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tyus Jones makes 5-foot two point shot
Andrew Wiggins makes 3-foot two point shot
Gorgui Dieng makes dunk (Tyus Jones assists)
Tyus Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Andrew Wiggins misses layup
Andrew Wiggins misses 20-foot jumper
Patrick Beverley blocks Kris Dunn 's 3-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 9-foot hook shot
Kris Dunn makes driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Tyus Jones assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Kris Dunn assists)
Nemanja Bjelica makes three point jumper (Kris Dunn assists)
Nemanja Bjelica makes layup (Tyus Jones assists)
Brandon Rush misses 23-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 10-foot hook shot
Gorgui Dieng misses 10-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Gorgui Dieng makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 4-foot jumper
Gorgui Dieng makes 18-foot jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Andrew Wiggins misses 19-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 9-foot two point shot (Brandon Rush assists)
Andrew Wiggins makes 14-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 9-foot two point shot
James Harden blocks Brandon Rush 's 4-foot shot
Andrew Wiggins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses
Karl-Anthony Towns makes tip shot
Brandon Rush misses 24-foot three point jumper
Gorgui Dieng makes two point shot
Brandon Rush misses 3-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
Ricky Rubio misses three point jumper
Nemanja Bjelica makes three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
Gorgui Dieng makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kris Dunn makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andrew Wiggins misses 7-foot
Kris Dunn misses alley oop dunk shot
Tyus Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes 3-foot two point shot
Tyus Jones misses 43-foot three point jumper
Shabazz Muhammad misses 8-foot jumper
Shabazz Muhammad makes two point shot
Shabazz Muhammad makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 18-foot two point shot (Tyus Jones assists)
Tyus Jones misses layup
Sam Dekker blocks Nemanja Bjelica 's 6-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup
Shabazz Muhammad makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
Shabazz Muhammad makes layup
Tyus Jones misses 5-foot jumper
Sam Dekker blocks Shabazz Muhammad's shot
Nemanja Bjelica makes layup
Andrew Wiggins makes 19-foot two point shot (Gorgui Dieng assists)
Gorgui Dieng misses 24-foot three point jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Ricky Rubio makes 16-foot two point shot
Nene blocks Gorgui Dieng 's 5-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup
Andrew Wiggins makes dunk (Brandon Rush assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tyus Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Tyus Jones assists)
Ricky Rubio makes 25-foot three point jumper
Tyus Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot

TIMBERWOLVES

ROCKETS

TIME		MIN	HOU
12:00	Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Clint Capela (Gorgui Dieng gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Andrew Wiggins misses 10-foot jumper	0	0
11:42	Clint Capela defensive rebound	0	0
11:33	Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:33	Brandon Rush defensive rebound	0	0
11:17	Ricky Rubio misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
11:15	Clint Capela defensive rebound	0	0
11:00	Clint Capela makes 7-foot two point shot (Ryan Anderson assists)	0	2
10:41	Andrew Wiggins bad pass	0	2
10:33	James Harden misses Driving Floating Jump Shot	0	2
10:32	Gorgui Dieng defensive rebound	0	2
10:18	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot two point shot	2	2
10:12	Ryan Anderson misses 28-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:11	Patrick Beverley offensive rebound	2	2
10:02	Clint Capela makes two point shot (James Harden assists)	2	4
9:41	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 11-foot jumper	2	4
9:41	Patrick Beverley defensive rebound	2	4
9:33	Ryan Anderson makes driving dunk	2	6
9:17	Brandon Rush misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	6
9:17	Rockets defensive team rebound	2	6
9:10	James Harden makes driving layup	2	8
9:04	Timberwolves Full timeout	2	8
8:53	Andrew Wiggins misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	8
8:52	Rockets defensive team rebound	2	8
8:52	Gorgui Dieng loose ball foul (James Harden draws the foul)	2	8
8:37	James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper	2	8
8:37	Rockets offensive team rebound	2	8
8:33	James Harden misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	8
8:30	Rockets offensive team rebound	2	8
8:26	Clint Capela traveling	2	8
8:10	Andrew Wiggins misses 4-foot jumper	2	8
8:07	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	2	8
8:07	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 4-foot jumper	2	8
8:04	Andrew Wiggins offensive rebound	2	8
8:02	Clint Capela blocks Andrew Wiggins 's 4-foot jumper	2	8
8:00	Gorgui Dieng offensive rebound	2	8
8:00	Gorgui Dieng possession lost ball turnoverJames Harden	2	8
7:58	Ricky Rubio shooting foul (Patrick Beverley draws the foul)	2	8
7:58	Patrick Beverley makes free throw 1 of 2	2	9
7:58	Patrick Beverley misses free throw 2 of 2	2	9
7:56	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	2	9
7:48	Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)	4	9
7:39	Ryan Anderson makes 27-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)	4	12
7:24	Ricky Rubio bad pass (Patrick Beverley steals)	4	12
7:20	Clint Capela makes layup (James Harden assists)	4	14
7:01	Andrew Wiggins makes 19-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)	6	14
6:56	James Harden bad pass (Andrew Wiggins steals)	6	14
6:52	Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot	8	14
6:37	Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)	8	17
6:26	Clint Capela personal foul (Karl-Anthony Towns draws the foul)	8	17
6:26	Eric Gordon enters the game for Patrick Beverley	8	17
6:26	Andrew Wiggins bad pass (Trevor Ariza steals)	8	17
6:24	Andrew Wiggins shooting foul (Trevor Ariza draws the foul)	8	17
6:24	Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2	8	18
6:24	Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2	8	19
6:11	Ricky Rubio misses layup	8	19
6:11	Ryan Anderson defensive rebound	8	19
6:05	Trevor Ariza misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot	8	19
6:03	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	8	19
5:56	Gorgui Dieng makes 1-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)	10	19
5:48	Gorgui Dieng blocks Ryan Anderson 's 3-foot jumper	10	19
5:46	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	10	19
5:43	Andrew Wiggins bad pass (James Harden steals)	10	19
5:39	Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)	10	22
5:22	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 5-foot jumper	10	22
5:20	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	10	22
5:18	Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot	12	22
5:13	James Harden bad pass (Gorgui Dieng steals)	12	22
5:07	Andrew Wiggins makes layup (Gorgui Dieng assists)	14	22
5:05	Clint Capela bad pass (Gorgui Dieng steals)	14	22
5:05	Gorgui Dieng makes layup	16	22
5:05	Rockets Full timeout	16	22
5:05	Nene enters the game for Clint Capela	16	22
5:05	Nemanja Bjelica enters the game for Brandon Rush	16	22
5:05	Shabazz Muhammad enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	16	22
4:52	Nene makes dunk (James Harden assists)	16	24
4:31	Nene blocks Shabazz Muhammad 's 5-foot jumper	16	24
4:28	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	16	24
4:26	Shabazz Muhammad personal foul (Eric Gordon draws the foul)	16	24
4:26	Louis Williams enters the game for Ryan Anderson	16	24
4:24	Shabazz Muhammad personal foul (Louis Williams draws the foul)	16	26
4:24	Louis Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	16	25
4:24	Louis Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	16	26
4:15	Andrew Wiggins traveling	16	26
4:05	Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)	16	29
3:47	Andrew Wiggins makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)	18	29
3:41	Andrew Wiggins personal foul (James Harden draws the foul)	18	29
3:41	James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2	18	30
3:41	Kris Dunn enters the game for Ricky Rubio	18	30
3:41	Tyus Jones enters the game for Nemanja Bjelica	18	30
3:41	James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2	18	30
3:41	Shabazz Muhammad defensive rebound	18	30
3:17	Louis Williams shooting foul (Tyus Jones draws the foul)	18	30
3:17	Tyus Jones misses free throw 1 of 2	18	30
3:17	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	18	30
3:17	Tyus Jones makes free throw 2 of 2	19	30
3:02	Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	30
3:01	Tyus Jones defensive rebound	19	30
2:43	Shabazz Muhammad misses 23-foot three point jumper	19	30
2:41	Gorgui Dieng offensive rebound	19	30
2:34	Tyus Jones makes 5-foot two point shot	21	30
2:26	Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)	21	33
2:09	Andrew Wiggins makes 3-foot two point shot	23	33
1:53	Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper	23	33
1:52	Gorgui Dieng defensive rebound	23	33
1:43	Gorgui Dieng makes dunk (Tyus Jones assists)	25	33
1:23	Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper	25	33
1:23	Rockets offensive team rebound	25	33
1:23	Sam Dekker enters the game for Trevor Ariza	25	33
1:17	James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	33
1:16	Tyus Jones defensive rebound	25	33
1:13	Andrew Wiggins traveling	25	33
1:07	Kris Dunn shooting foul (Louis Williams draws the foul)	25	33
1:07	Louis Williams makes free throw 1 of 3	25	34
1:07	Louis Williams makes free throw 2 of 3	25	35
1:07	Louis Williams misses free throw 3 of 3	25	35
1:07	Gorgui Dieng defensive rebound	25	35
59.0	Tyus Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper	25	35
57.0	Andrew Wiggins offensive rebound	25	35
56.0	Andrew Wiggins misses layup	25	35
56.0	Shabazz Muhammad offensive rebound	25	35
56.0	Nene shooting foul (Andrew Wiggins draws the foul)	25	35
56.0	Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 2	26	35
56.0	Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 2 of 2	27	35
44.0	James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper	27	35
42.0	Kris Dunn defensive rebound	27	35
21.0	Andrew Wiggins misses 20-foot jumper	27	35
20.0	Gorgui Dieng vs. Nene (Andrew Wiggins gains possession)	27	35
20.0	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	27	35
2.0	Nene shooting block foul (Andrew Wiggins draws the foul)	27	35
2.0	Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 2	28	35
2.0	Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 2 of 2	28	35
2.0	James Harden defensive rebound	28	35
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	35

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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