Timberwolves 107-101 Rockets (27 Mar, 2021) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

12-32, 6-16 away

101

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	29	34	28	10	101
MIN	33	21	22	31	107

Minnesota Timberwolves

11-34, 6-16 home

107

Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 9-foot two point shot
Ricky Rubio misses 15-foot jumper
Jarred Vanderbilt makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Jarred Vanderbilt misses layup
Anthony Edwards makes three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 7-foot two point shot
Kenyon Martin Jr. blocks Karl-Anthony Towns's layup
Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Juancho Hernangomez misses 25-foot three point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Naz Reid misses 7-foot two point shot
Jordan McLaughlin misses 27-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes two point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jordan McLaughlin makes two point shot (Juancho Hernangomez assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 32-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jae'Sean Tate blocks Anthony Edwards 's 4-foot driving layup
Naz Reid makes layup
Juancho Hernangomez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes 1-foot two point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jae'Sean Tate blocks Anthony Edwards 's 17-foot jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 23-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses driving layup
Juancho Hernangomez misses 26-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses two point shot
Juancho Hernangomez makes two point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Naz Reid assists)
Naz Reid misses 23-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes two point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 17-foot jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
John Wall blocks Jaylen Nowell 's 2-foot driving layup
Jaylen Nowell makes 8-foot jumper
Sterling Brown blocks Karl-Anthony Towns's layup
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes tip shot
Jaden McDaniels makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
John Wall blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 4-foot dunk
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Ricky Rubio misses two point shot
Jaylen Nowell misses 29-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
Jarred Vanderbilt misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
Juancho Hernangomez makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 3-foot jump bank shot
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
Juancho Hernangomez makes driving layup
Ricky Rubio misses driving floating jump shot
Juancho Hernangomez makes 1-foot dunk (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Juancho Hernangomez makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses 22-foot three point jumper
Sterling Brown blocks Jordan McLaughlin 's 3-foot driving layup
Naz Reid makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
Naz Reid misses layup
Christian Wood blocks Anthony Edwards 's 7-foot driving layup
Naz Reid makes two point shot
Jaylen Nowell misses 10-foot two point shot
Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses dunk
Juancho Hernangomez makes layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 9-foot two point shot (Naz Reid assists)
D.J. Wilson blocks Jaylen Nowell's layup
Naz Reid makes two point shot
Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Jordan McLaughlin misses layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Juancho Hernangomez makes 2-foot driving dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 18-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 6-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio misses two point shot
Ben McLemore makes 25-foot three point jumper (John Wall assists)
John Wall misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sterling Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben McLemore misses 19-foot jumper
Christian Wood makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (John Wall assists)
Sterling Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ben McLemore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
Christian Wood makes 4-foot two point shot (John Wall assists)
Christian Wood makes layup (John Wall assists)
Jae'Sean Tate makes layup (John Wall assists)
Jaden McDaniels blocks Sterling Brown 's 6-foot driving layup
Christian Wood makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
Jae'Sean Tate makes driving dunk
John Wall misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
John Wall misses driving layup
John Wall makes driving layup
D.J. Augustin misses 24-foot three point jumper
D.J. Wilson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ben McLemore assists)
Ben McLemore makes 24-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
D.J. Wilson misses 14-foot jumper
Jae'Sean Tate misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin Jr. makes alley oop dunk shot (D.J. Augustin assists)
D.J. Augustin makes two point shot
Ben McLemore makes 23-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
D.J. Wilson misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Christian Wood misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
John Wall misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sterling Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (John Wall assists)
Christian Wood makes alley oop dunk shot (John Wall assists)
Ben McLemore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sterling Brown assists)
Ben McLemore makes 25-foot three pointer (John Wall assists)
John Wall misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Jae'Sean Tate makes two point shot (John Wall assists)
Ben McLemore misses 24-foot three point jumper
John Wall makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
Ben McLemore misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sterling Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (John Wall assists)
John Wall misses driving layup
Sterling Brown makes three point jumper (Ben McLemore assists)
Ben McLemore misses three point pullup jump shot
Christian Wood makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (John Wall assists)
John Wall misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Jae'Sean Tate misses 24-foot three point jumper
John Wall makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ben McLemore assists)
John Wall makes driving layup
John Wall misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jae'Sean Tate makes two point shot (John Wall assists)
Christian Wood misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben McLemore makes 26-foot three point jumper (John Wall assists)
John Wall misses 19-foot jumper
Sterling Brown misses alley oop layup
Sterling Brown misses layup
John Wall makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Christian Wood makes 27-foot three point jumper (John Wall assists)
John Wall misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
Christian Wood makes 8-foot two point shot
John Wall misses driving layup
Christian Wood makes two point shot
John Wall makes two point shot
Sterling Brown makes layup (Christian Wood assists)
D.J. Augustin makes 25-foot three point shot (John Wall assists)
John Wall misses 28-foot three point jumper
John Wall misses 15-foot two point shot
Jae'Sean Tate misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben McLemore misses 26-foot three point jumper
D.J. Wilson makes 25-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
D.J. Wilson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ben McLemore misses 23-foot three point jumper
D.J. Augustin makes 25-foot three pointer
D.J. Wilson misses 23-foot three point jumper
D.J. Augustin makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Christian Wood misses 29-foot three point shot
Christian Wood misses 7-foot two point shot
John Wall misses 25-foot three point jumper
John Wall misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Sterling Brown misses 13-foot two point shot
Ben McLemore misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks John Wall's two point shot
Christian Wood misses 23-foot three point jumper
John Wall misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Christian Wood misses driving layup
John Wall misses driving layup
John Wall misses two point shot
Christian Wood misses 28-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels blocks Ben McLemore 's 33-foot three point pullup jump shot

ROCKETS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		HOU	MIN
12:00	Christian Wood vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (Ricky Rubio gains possession)	0	0
11:47	John Wall shooting foul	0	0
11:47	Jarred Vanderbilt misses free throw 1 of 2	0	0
11:47	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	0	0
11:47	Jarred Vanderbilt makes free throw 2 of 2	0	1
11:35	Ben McLemore makes 25-foot three point jumper (John Wall assists)	3	1
11:25	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	3	4
11:13	John Wall misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	3	4
11:13	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	3	4
10:58	Anthony Edwards misses 9-foot two point shot	3	4
10:54	Christian Wood defensive rebound	3	4
10:47	Sterling Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper	3	4
10:44	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	3	4
10:34	Ricky Rubio misses 15-foot jumper	3	4
10:32	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	3	4
10:25	Jarred Vanderbilt makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	3	6
10:12	Ben McLemore misses 19-foot jumper	3	6
10:09	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	3	6
9:56	Jarred Vanderbilt misses 23-foot three point jumper	3	6
9:51	Sterling Brown defensive rebound	3	6
9:45	John Wall bad pass (Anthony Edwards steals)	3	6
9:38	Anthony Edwards misses driving layup	3	6
9:37	Ben McLemore defensive rebound	3	6
9:26	Christian Wood makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (John Wall assists)	5	6
9:18	Jae'Sean Tate shooting foul	5	6
9:18	Ricky Rubio makes free throw 1 of 2	5	7
9:18	Ricky Rubio makes free throw 2 of 2	5	8
9:10	Sterling Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	8
9:06	Ricky Rubio defensive rebound	5	8
8:56	Jarred Vanderbilt misses layup	5	8
8:55	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	5	8
8:48	Anthony Edwards makes three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	5	11
8:39	John Wall lost ball turnover (Ricky Rubio steals)	5	11
8:34	Anthony Edwards misses driving layup	5	11
8:32	Sterling Brown defensive rebound	5	11
8:26	Ben McLemore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jae'Sean Tate assists)	8	11
8:15	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	11
8:12	Rockets defensive team rebound	8	11
7:57	Christian Wood makes 4-foot two point shot (John Wall assists)	10	11
7:39	Jaden McDaniels makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)	10	14
7:19	Ricky Rubio personal foul	10	14
7:11	Christian Wood makes layup (John Wall assists)	12	14
7:01	Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)	12	16
6:49	Jae'Sean Tate makes layup (John Wall assists)	14	16
6:40	Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	14	16
6:37	Sterling Brown defensive rebound	14	16
6:27	Jaden McDaniels blocks Sterling Brown 's 6-foot driving layup	14	16
6:23	Jae'Sean Tate offensive rebound	14	16
6:22	Christian Wood makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jae'Sean Tate assists)	17	16
6:15	Timberwolves Full timeout	17	16
5:55	Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot	17	16
5:53	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	17	16
5:52	Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot	17	18
5:31	Jae'Sean Tate makes driving dunk	19	18
5:19	Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	19	20
5:02	John Wall misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	20
5:02	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	19	20
4:51	Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	20
4:50	Sterling Brown defensive rebound	19	20
4:42	Ricky Rubio shooting foul	19	20
4:42	John Wall makes free throw 1 of 2	20	20
4:42	Jaylen Nowell enters the game for Ricky Rubio	20	20
4:42	Jordan McLaughlin enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt	20	20
4:42	Kenyon Martin Jr. enters the game for Ben McLemore	20	20
4:42	D.J. Augustin enters the game for Jae'Sean Tate	20	20
4:42	John Wall misses free throw 2 of 2	20	20
4:39	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	20	20
4:25	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 7-foot two point shot	20	20
4:24	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	20	20
4:24	Kenyon Martin Jr. blocks Karl-Anthony Towns's layup	20	20
4:22	Kenyon Martin Jr. vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (Jaden McDaniels gains possession)	20	20
4:22	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	20	20
4:22	Juancho Hernangomez enters the game for Anthony Edwards	20	20
4:13	Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper	20	20
4:06	Juancho Hernangomez offensive rebound	20	20
4:04	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)	20	22
3:52	Kenyon Martin Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper	20	22
3:48	Jaylen Nowell defensive rebound	20	22
3:44	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)	20	25
3:29	John Wall misses driving layup	20	25
3:27	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	20	25
3:23	Juancho Hernangomez misses 25-foot three point shot	20	25
3:19	Christian Wood defensive rebound	20	25
3:06	Juancho Hernangomez shooting foul	20	25
3:06	Christian Wood misses free throw 1 of 2	20	25
3:06	Rockets offensive team rebound	20	25
3:06	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	20	25
3:06	Christian Wood makes free throw 2 of 2	21	25
2:55	Jaylen Nowell makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)	21	27
2:35	John Wall makes driving layup	23	27
2:20	Naz Reid misses 7-foot two point shot	23	27
2:18	Sterling Brown defensive rebound	23	27
2:17	Sterling Brown bad pass (Jordan McLaughlin steals)	23	27
2:17	Sterling Brown shooting foul	23	27
2:17	Rockets Full timeout	23	27
2:17	Anthony Edwards enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	23	27
2:17	Naz Reid misses free throw 1 of 2	23	27
2:17	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	23	27
2:17	Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2	23	28
2:02	D.J. Augustin misses 24-foot three point jumper	23	28
1:59	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	23	28
1:39	Jordan McLaughlin misses 27-foot three point jumper	23	28
1:38	Rockets defensive team rebound	23	28
1:38	D.J. Wilson enters the game for Sterling Brown	23	28
1:38	Jae'Sean Tate enters the game for John Wall	23	28
1:38	Ben McLemore enters the game for Christian Wood	23	28
1:22	D.J. Wilson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ben McLemore assists)	26	28
1:03	Naz Reid makes two point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)	26	30
57.1	D.J. Wilson offensive foul	26	30
57.1	D.J. Wilson turnover	26	30
51.7	Ben McLemore shooting foul	26	30
51.7	Juancho Hernangomez makes free throw 1 of 2	26	31
51.7	Juancho Hernangomez misses free throw 2 of 2	26	31
49.9	D.J. Wilson defensive rebound	26	31
28.4	D.J. Wilson bad pass (Juancho Hernangomez steals)	26	31
25.0	Jordan McLaughlin makes two point shot (Juancho Hernangomez assists)	26	33
4.7	Ben McLemore makes 24-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)	29	33
0.9	Jaylen Nowell misses 32-foot three point pullup jump shot	29	33
0.2	Kenyon Martin Jr. defensive rebound	29	33
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	33

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

Rockets
101
Timberwolves
107

Game 1

27/3

Rockets
129
Timberwolves
107

Game 2

28/3

Timberwolves
114
Rockets
107

Game 3

28/4

Target Center

12:00 AM, 27 March 2021

Minneapolis, MN

Referees:
Brent Barnaky
Marc Davis
Justin Van Duyne

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

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

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