Houston Rockets @ Minnesota Timberwolves
WEST 1ST ROUND - GAME 3 • HOU leads series 2-1
65-17, 31-10 Away
105
65-17, 31-10 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HOU | 28 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 105 |
MIN | 27 | 25 | 35 | 34 | 121 |
47-35, 30-11 Home
121
47-35, 30-11 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Jeff Teague misses 26-foot three point jumper
- PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler makes 4-foot two point shot
- PJ Tucker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes 11-foot step back jumpshot
- Andrew Wiggins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- PJ Tucker misses driving layup
- Jimmy Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
- Clint Capela misses 8-foot hook shot
- Clint Capela misses 3-foot hook shot
- Clint Capela makes free throw 1 of 2
- Clint Capela misses free throw 2 of 2
- Andrew Wiggins makes 9-foot two point shot (Jeff Teague assists)
- Chris Paul misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jeff Teague makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
- James Harden makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
- Clint Capela misses free throw 1 of 2
- Clint Capela misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jeff Teague makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeff Teague misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jimmy Butler misses 10-foot two point shot
- PJ Tucker makes free throw 1 of 2
- PJ Tucker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jimmy Butler misses technical free throw
- Andrew Wiggins misses 19-foot two point shot
- Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (PJ Tucker assists)
- Taj Gibson makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Andrew Wiggins assists)
- Eric Gordon makes two point shot
- Jimmy Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Jimmy Butler makes driving layup (Gorgui Dieng assists)
- Nene makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Jimmy Butler makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
- James Harden makes driving dunk
- Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gerald Green makes 27-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Nemanja Bjelica misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Teague misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul misses 12-foot two point shot
- Clint Capela misses 3-foot tip shot
- Gerald Green makes three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Jamal Crawford misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes driving layup
- Andrew Wiggins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Crawford misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Derrick Rose misses 7-foot two point shot
- Gerald Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Derrick Rose makes layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 7-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Jeff Teague assists)
- Jamal Crawford makes 11-foot jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Gerald Green makes pullup jump shot (Clint Capela assists)
- Derrick Rose misses driving layup
- Jamal Crawford makes 24-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
- Chris Paul makes jumper
- Jimmy Butler makes driving layup
- Gerald Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Crawford misses 21-foot jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses tip shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Derrick Rose makes two point shot (Jeff Teague assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point shot
- Jeff Teague misses two point shot
- Derrick Rose makes layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
- Chris Paul makes 4-foot two point shot
- Derrick Rose makes 17-foot step back jumpshot (Jeff Teague assists)
- Gorgui Dieng misses 10-foot jumper
- James Harden misses step back jumpshot
- Jimmy Butler misses layup
- Derrick Rose misses 20-foot jumper
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derrick Rose makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Derrick Rose misses two point shot
- Eric Gordon makes three point jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)
- Jamal Crawford misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes hook shot (Andrew Wiggins assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Taj Gibson misses 19-foot jumper
- James Harden misses two point shot
- Jimmy Butler misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeff Teague makes driving layup
- James Harden makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Taj Gibson misses layup
- Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses jumper
- Clint Capela misses free throw 1 of 2
- Clint Capela misses free throw 2 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 9-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Jimmy Butler misses driving layup
- Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
- Clint Capela makes alley oop layup (James Harden assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
- Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Teague makes 6-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Andrew Wiggins misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Jeff Teague misses 8-foot two point shot
- Chris Paul misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Andrew Wiggins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
- Andrew Wiggins misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
- Jeff Teague makes driving layup
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Clint Capela makes dunk
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Jeff Teague assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 21-foot two point shot
- Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot (Jeff Teague assists)
- PJ Tucker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses free throw 1 of 3
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 2 of 3
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 3 of 3
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
- Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Jeff Teague misses two point shot
- James Harden misses two point shot
- Jimmy Butler makes driving layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler misses 4-foot two point shot
- Jeff Teague makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tyus Jones makes pullup jump shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Nene makes driving dunk (James Harden assists)
- Andrew Wiggins makes driving floating jump shot
- Eric Gordon misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 8-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 2-foot layup (Tyus Jones assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1
- Ryan Anderson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
- Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 2 of 2
- Gorgui Dieng makes three point jumper (Taj Gibson assists)
- Jeff Teague makes driving layup
- Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Gerald Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Crawford misses driving layup
- Chris Paul misses 5-foot jumper
- Derrick Rose makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Jeff Teague makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gorgui Dieng assists)
- Chris Paul makes pullup jump shot
- Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 3
- Jimmy Butler misses free throw 2 of 3
- Jimmy Butler makes free throw 3 of 3
- Gorgui Dieng makes driving dunk
- Ryan Anderson makes 24-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Derrick Rose makes driving layup
- Ryan Anderson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Jimmy Butler misses 8-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Jamal Crawford makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Crawford misses free throw 2 of 2
- PJ Tucker makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Derrick Rose misses 8-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Jimmy Butler misses layup
- James Harden makes 7-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jeff Teague makes two point shot
- Jeff Teague makes free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
- Jeff Teague makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Chris Paul makes 10-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Andrew Wiggins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
- Clint Capela makes alley oop layup (James Harden assists)
- Andrew Wiggins misses 13-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derrick Rose misses 5-foot jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes driving layup
- Derrick Rose makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Gerald Green makes layup (Tarik Black assists)
- Jimmy Butler makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Gerald Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Derrick Rose misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Jackson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Brooks misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: HOU, 55.9
Win %: HOU, 61
Win %: HOU, 62.9
Win %: HOU, 63.6
Win %: HOU, 61.6
Win %: HOU, 60.9
Win %: HOU, 59
Win %: HOU, 56.8
Win %: HOU, 56
Win %: HOU, 59
Win %: HOU, 60.9
Win %: HOU, 55.8
Win %: HOU, 54.2
Win %: HOU, 53.7
Win %: MIN, 51.6
Win %: MIN, 53.8
Win %: MIN, 54.6
Win %: MIN, 52.4
Win %: MIN, 51.7
Win %: MIN, 53.9
Win %: MIN, 51.8
Win %: MIN, 53.2
Win %: HOU, 52.7
Win %: MIN, 52.0
Win %: MIN, 52.1
Matchups
Game Information
Minneapolis, MN
Referee:Bill Kennedy
Referee:Kevin Cutler
Referee:Marc Davis
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 43 | 16 | .729 | - | W11 |
| Houston | 37 | 21 | .638 | 5.5 | W3 |
| Memphis | 21 | 36 | .368 | 21 | L3 |
| Dallas | 21 | 37 | .362 | 21.5 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 18 | 42 | .300 | 25.5 | W3 |
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 45 | 15 | .750 | - | L1 |
| Denver | 37 | 22 | .627 | 7.5 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 37 | 23 | .617 | 8 | W2 |
| Portland | 29 | 31 | .483 | 16 | W1 |
| Utah | 18 | 41 | .305 | 26.5 | L4 |
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