Minnesota Timberwolves @ Houston Rockets
WEST 1ST ROUND - GAME 5 • HOU leads series 4-1
47-35, 17-24 Away
104
47-35, 17-24 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 26 | 33 | 15 | 30 | 104 |
HOU | 25 | 30 | 30 | 37 | 122 |
65-17, 34-7 Home
122
65-17, 34-7 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Jeff Teague misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Clint Capela misses hook shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Jeff Teague assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Taj Gibson makes 9-foot jumper
- PJ Tucker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Taj Gibson makes driving layup (Jeff Teague assists)
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Wiggins misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Clint Capela makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
- Jimmy Butler misses layup
- James Harden misses two point shot
- Taj Gibson misses 19-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (PJ Tucker assists)
- Jeff Teague makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Chris Paul misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Jeff Teague makes 26-foot three pointer
- Clint Capela makes alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
- Clint Capela makes 3-foot dunk (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Taj Gibson makes 1-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Teague misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Clint Capela makes 1-foot dunk (James Harden assists)
- Jimmy Butler makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 22-foot three point jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)
- Andrew Wiggins misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
- Ryan Anderson misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler makes 1-foot driving dunk
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 2 of 2
- Nene misses two point shot
- Nene makes two point shot
- Taj Gibson makes driving layup
- Chris Paul misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson makes two point shot
- Jamal Crawford misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Gorgui Dieng misses tip shot
- Eric Gordon misses two point shot
- Andrew Wiggins makes 2-foot layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
- Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 1
- Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Teague misses 20-foot jumper
- Chris Paul misses 36-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler makes 1-foot layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
- Clint Capela makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
- Derrick Rose makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeff Teague assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 14-foot two point shot
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 1
- Derrick Rose makes free throw 1 of 2
- Derrick Rose makes free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
- PJ Tucker makes three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- Jeff Teague makes 13-foot two point shot
- Gerald Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Chris Paul misses 14-foot two point shot
- Jeff Teague makes 3-foot two point shot
- Eric Gordon misses driving layup
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses step back jumpshot
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Crawford makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Derrick Rose makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Clint Capela makes dunk
- Jimmy Butler misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Crawford makes two point shot (Jeff Teague assists)
- PJ Tucker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 14-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Jimmy Butler misses 16-foot jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
- James Harden misses driving layup
- James Harden misses two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot two point shot
- PJ Tucker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Jeff Teague assists)
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Jeff Teague makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Jeff Teague misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jeff Teague makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Paul makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Clint Capela misses free throw 1 of 2
- Clint Capela makes free throw 2 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Chris Paul makes layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
- James Harden misses step back jumpshot
- Jimmy Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes 27-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Jeff Teague misses driving floating jump shot
- PJ Tucker makes 24-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Taj Gibson misses 15-foot jumper
- Chris Paul makes 12-foot jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeff Teague misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jeff Teague makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jimmy Butler misses two point shot
- Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Teague misses pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Taj Gibson makes 1-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (Chris Paul assists)
- James Harden makes 3-foot driving dunk
- Andrew Wiggins misses 27-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes 29-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot two point shot
- Clint Capela makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Andrew Wiggins misses driving layup
- Trevor Ariza misses two point shot
- Jimmy Butler misses 12-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Clint Capela misses 4-foot hook shot
- Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper (PJ Tucker assists)
- James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 1 of 3
- Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 2 of 3
- Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 3 of 3
- PJ Tucker makes 22-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot
- Nene misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nene misses free throw 2 of 2
- Andrew Wiggins misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Tyus Jones misses three point jumper
- Chris Paul misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Wiggins makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Derrick Rose misses layup
- Eric Gordon makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
- Jamal Crawford misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Gorgui Dieng misses 16-foot jumper
- Ryan Anderson makes three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Jamal Crawford makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
- Chris Paul makes pullup jump shot
- Jamal Crawford makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Jeff Teague assists)
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot two point shot (Derrick Rose assists)
- James Harden misses 18-foot two point shot
- Andrew Wiggins misses 16-foot two point shot
- Jeff Teague misses driving floating jump shot
- Derrick Rose misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Wiggins misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Jeff Teague makes driving floating jump shot
- Clint Capela makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
- Derrick Rose makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Jeff Teague misses two point shot
- Clint Capela makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- Clint Capela makes free throw 1 of 1
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Jeff Teague assists)
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Crawford makes driving floating jump shot
- Eric Gordon makes 29-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Jamal Crawford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Andrew Wiggins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
- PJ Tucker makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Derrick Rose misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Clint Capela makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Clint Capela misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Crawford makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Crawford makes free throw 2 of 2
- Clint Capela makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
- Andrew Wiggins makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Crawford makes layup (Tyus Jones assists)
- Chris Paul makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Clint Capela makes 2-foot dunk (Chris Paul assists)
- Jamal Crawford makes 15-foot jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Derrick Rose makes free throw 1 of 2
- Derrick Rose makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gerald Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Jackson assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: HOU, 79.0
Win %: HOU, 79.9
Win %: HOU, 80.2
Win %: HOU, 79.0
Win %: HOU, 78.7
Win %: HOU, 79.6
Win %: HOU, 79.9
Win %: HOU, 78.8
Win %: HOU, 78.5
Win %: HOU, 76.3
Win %: HOU, 79.6
Win %: HOU, 77.9
Win %: HOU, 76.1
Win %: HOU, 75.5
Win %: HOU, 73.9
Win %: HOU, 72.0
Win %: HOU, 73.7
Win %: HOU, 77.6
Win %: HOU, 78.5
Win %: HOU, 78.8
Win %: HOU, 77.7
Win %: HOU, 77.3
Win %: HOU, 78.3
Win %: HOU, 78.7
Win %: HOU, 80.5
Matchups
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:Zach Zarba
Referee:Sean Wright
Referee:Brian Forte
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 16 | .800 | - | W7 |
| Denver | 52 | 28 | .650 | 12 | W10 |
| Minnesota | 47 | 33 | .588 | 17 | L1 |
| Portland | 40 | 40 | .500 | 24 | L2 |
| Utah | 21 | 59 | .263 | 43 | L10 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 61 | 19 | .763 | - | W2 |
| Houston | 50 | 29 | .633 | 10.5 | W7 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 54 | .325 | 35 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 55 | .313 | 36 | L6 |
| Dallas | 25 | 55 | .313 | 36 | L2 |
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