Houston Rockets @ Minnesota Timberwolves
0-1, 0-1 Away
106
0-1, 0-1 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HOU | 21 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 106 |
MIN | 32 | 40 | 27 | 25 | 124 |
1-0, 1-0 Home
124
1-0, 1-0 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Christian Wood misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses running pullup jump shot
- Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels blocks Daniel Theis's dunk
- Christian Wood blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 2-foot driving layup
- Christian Wood makes dunk (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- Daniel Theis makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jalen Green assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Jaden McDaniels blocks Jalen Green 's 2-foot driving layup
- D'Angelo Russell blocks Jae'Sean Tate 's 4-foot driving layup
- Christian Wood misses 8-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Eric Gordon makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Josh Okogie misses layup
- Jae'Sean Tate makes two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving dunk
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Josh Okogie makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jordan McLaughlin misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses step back jumpshot
- Alperen Sengun misses layup
- Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Taurean Prince misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green makes two point shot (D.J. Augustin assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three pointer
- Jalen Green makes driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot two point shot
- Eric Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes driving dunk (Malik Beasley assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 24-foot three point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Taurean Prince misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Malik Beasley makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Porter Jr. makes 11-foot step back jumpshot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
- D.J. Augustin misses driving layup
- D'Angelo Russell makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Taurean Prince assists)
- Christian Wood misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses driving layup
- Kevin Porter Jr. makes driving dunk
- Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Christian Wood misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid misses three point jumper
- Naz Reid blocks Jalen Green 's 4-foot driving layup
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jae'Sean Tate misses driving layup
- Taurean Prince makes 26-foot three pointer (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Christian Wood makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- Naz Reid makes dunk (Taurean Prince assists)
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses two point shot
- Kevin Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Christian Wood assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes 24-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Daniel Theis makes dunk (Jalen Green assists)
- Jalen Green misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot hook shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Christian Wood's layup
- Daniel Theis misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 22-foot step back jumpshot
- Jalen Green misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- D.J. Augustin misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Josh Okogie makes dunk (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Jordan McLaughlin misses driving floating jump shot
- Eric Gordon makes driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup
- Jaden McDaniels makes alley oop dunk shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Daniel Theis makes dunk (Jalen Green assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses step back jumpshot
- Jalen Green misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
- D.J. Augustin makes 3-foot layup (Christian Wood assists)
- Malik Beasley misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jaden McDaniels blocks Christian Wood 's 5-foot jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 22-foot step back jumpshot
- D.J. Augustin misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
- Christian Wood makes 1-foot dunk (Jalen Green assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Christian Wood makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
- Christian Wood misses 22-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Jalen Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Daniel Theis makes dunk
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 8-foot hook shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Christian Wood misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Josh Okogie blocks Jalen Green 's 3-foot driving layup
- Jalen Green makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point shot
- Jalen Green misses two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green makes driving floating jump shot (Christian Wood assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
- Jae'Sean Tate misses layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Christian Wood's layup
- D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses layup
- D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three pointer
- D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three pointer (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes layup (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
- Malik Beasley makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Eric Gordon misses driving floating jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 28-foot three pointer
- Alperen Sengun makes layup
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Naz Reid blocks David Nwaba 's 7-foot driving layup
- David Nwaba misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes dunk
- D'Angelo Russell misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Christian Wood makes dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Malik Beasley makes layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Naz Reid makes 2-foot layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Eric Gordon makes driving layup
- Malik Beasley blocks Kevin Porter Jr.'s driving layup
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
- Kevin Porter Jr. makes step back jumpshot
- Christian Wood makes 1-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan McLaughlin makes two point shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
- Josh Okogie misses driving layup
- Anthony Edwards makes dunk
- Josh Okogie blocks Jalen Green 's 2-foot driving layup
- Kenyon Martin Jr. misses driving layup
- Kenyon Martin Jr. makes two point shot
- David Nwaba makes 1-foot driving dunk
- Armoni Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot two point shot
- Armoni Brooks misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
- David Nwaba makes two point shot
- Usman Garuba blocks Naz Reid's dunk
- Kenyon Martin Jr. makes driving layup
- Malik Beasley blocks Usman Garuba 's 1-foot two point shot
- Josh Christopher misses driving layup
- Usman Garuba makes two point shot
- Leandro Bolmaro misses driving layup
- Kenyon Martin Jr. makes driving dunk (David Nwaba assists)
- Usman Garuba blocks Jaylen Nowell 's 7-foot driving layup
- David Nwaba makes 2-foot dunk (Josh Christopher assists)
- Jake Layman misses 15-foot two point shot
- Josh Christopher makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
- Jaylen Nowell misses layup
- Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot
- Usman Garuba makes dunk (David Nwaba assists)
- Armoni Brooks makes 1-foot dunk (Usman Garuba assists)
- Jake Layman misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid blocks David Nwaba 's 4-foot driving layup
- Jake Layman makes driving layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)
- David Nwaba misses 23-foot three point jumper
- McKinley Wright IV makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Armoni Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kenyon Martin Jr. assists)
- Josh Christopher misses driving layup
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | Christian Wood vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (Daniel Theis gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:39 | | Kevin Porter Jr. bad pass (Josh Okogie steals) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:27 | | D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper | 0 | 0 |
| 11:24 | | Christian Wood defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:16 | | Christian Wood misses driving floating jump shot | 0 | 0 |
| 11:12 | | Josh Okogie defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:03 | | Anthony Edwards misses running pullup jump shot | 0 | 0 |
| 11:02 | | Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | | Daniel Theis shooting foul | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | | Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | | Timberwolves offensive team rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | | Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10:49 | | Kevin Porter Jr. steps out of bounds turnover | 0 | 1 |
| 10:37 | | Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point jumper | 0 | 1 |
| 10:34 | | Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound | 0 | 1 |
| 10:31 | | Karl-Anthony Towns lost ball turnover (Jalen Green steals) | 0 | 1 |
| 10:29 | | Jaden McDaniels blocks Daniel Theis's dunk | 0 | 1 |
| 10:28 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 0 | 1 |
| 10:24 | | Christian Wood blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 2-foot driving layup | 0 | 1 |
| 10:22 | | Christian Wood defensive rebound | 0 | 1 |
| 10:13 | | Christian Wood makes dunk (Kevin Porter Jr. assists) | 2 | 1 |
| 9:51 | | Karl-Anthony Towns offensive foul | 2 | 1 |
| 9:51 | | Karl-Anthony Towns turnover | 2 | 1 |
| 9:37 | | Daniel Theis makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jalen Green assists) | 5 | 1 |
| 9:21 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 5 | 4 |
| 9:03 | | Jaden McDaniels blocks Jalen Green 's 2-foot driving layup | 5 | 4 |
| 9:03 | | Timberwolves defensive team rebound | 5 | 4 |
| 8:49 | | Kevin Porter Jr. shooting foul | 5 | 4 |
| 8:49 | | Josh Okogie makes free throw 1 of 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 8:49 | | Josh Okogie makes free throw 2 of 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 8:35 | | Jae'Sean Tate bad pass (Jaden McDaniels steals) | 5 | 6 |
| 8:31 | | Jae'Sean Tate shooting foul | 5 | 6 |
| 8:31 | | D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8:31 | | D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8:23 | | D'Angelo Russell blocks Jae'Sean Tate 's 4-foot driving layup | 5 | 8 |
| 8:22 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 5 | 8 |
| 8:09 | | Christian Wood misses 8-foot two point shot | 5 | 8 |
| 8:06 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 5 | 8 |
| 8:02 | | Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot | 5 | 8 |
| 8:00 | | Josh Okogie offensive rebound | 5 | 8 |
| 7:55 | | Jae'Sean Tate shooting foul | 5 | 8 |
| 7:55 | | D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 7:55 | | Eric Gordon enters the game for Christian Wood | 5 | 9 |
| 7:55 | | D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 2 of 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 7:53 | | Eric Gordon defensive rebound | 5 | 9 |
| 7:44 | | Eric Gordon makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot | 7 | 9 |
| 7:31 | | Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot | 7 | 9 |
| 7:28 | | Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound | 7 | 9 |
| 7:25 | | Josh Okogie misses layup | 7 | 9 |
| 7:21 | | Jae'Sean Tate defensive rebound | 7 | 9 |
| 7:18 | | Jae'Sean Tate makes two point shot | 9 | 9 |
| 7:05 | | D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup | 9 | 11 |
| 6:57 | | Josh Okogie personal foul | 9 | 11 |
| 6:57 | | Timberwolves Full timeout | 9 | 11 |
| 6:47 | | Kevin Porter Jr. bad pass (Jaden McDaniels steals) | 9 | 11 |
| 6:43 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving dunk | 9 | 13 |
| 6:28 | | D'Angelo Russell personal foul | 9 | 13 |
| 6:14 | | Kevin Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot | 9 | 13 |
| 6:11 | | Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound | 9 | 13 |
| 6:06 | | Anthony Edwards makes driving layup | 9 | 15 |
| 5:54 | | Eric Gordon lost ball turnover (Jaden McDaniels steals) | 9 | 15 |
| 5:47 | | Josh Okogie makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 9 | 17 |
| 5:47 | | Rockets Full timeout | 9 | 17 |
| 5:47 | | Jordan McLaughlin enters the game for D'Angelo Russell | 9 | 17 |
| 5:47 | | David Nwaba enters the game for Kevin Porter Jr. | 9 | 17 |
| 5:47 | | Alperen Sengun enters the game for Jae'Sean Tate | 9 | 17 |
| 5:47 | | D.J. Augustin enters the game for Daniel Theis | 9 | 17 |
| 5:29 | | Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper | 9 | 17 |
| 5:26 | | Josh Okogie defensive rebound | 9 | 17 |
| 5:09 | | Jordan McLaughlin misses 23-foot three point jumper | 9 | 17 |
| 5:06 | | Josh Okogie offensive rebound | 9 | 17 |
| 5:06 | | Malik Beasley enters the game for Josh Okogie | 9 | 17 |
| 4:58 | | Anthony Edwards misses step back jumpshot | 9 | 17 |
| 4:56 | | Rockets defensive team rebound | 9 | 17 |
| 4:38 | | Alperen Sengun misses layup | 9 | 17 |
| 4:37 | | Malik Beasley defensive rebound | 9 | 17 |
| 4:32 | | Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot | 9 | 17 |
| 4:29 | | Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound | 9 | 17 |
| 4:29 | | David Nwaba shooting foul | 9 | 17 |
| 4:29 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 4:29 | | Taurean Prince enters the game for Jaden McDaniels | 9 | 18 |
| 4:29 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 4:17 | | Alperen Sengun lost ball turnover (Taurean Prince steals) | 9 | 19 |
| 4:07 | | Taurean Prince misses 24-foot three point jumper | 9 | 19 |
| 4:05 | | Rockets defensive team rebound | 9 | 19 |
| 3:52 | | Jalen Green makes two point shot (D.J. Augustin assists) | 11 | 19 |
| 3:39 | | Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three pointer | 11 | 22 |
| 3:26 | | Jalen Green makes driving layup | 13 | 22 |
| 3:15 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot two point shot | 13 | 24 |
| 2:59 | | Eric Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists) | 16 | 24 |
| 2:43 | | David Nwaba shooting foul | 16 | 24 |
| 2:43 | | Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2 | 16 | 25 |
| 2:43 | | Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns | 16 | 25 |
| 2:43 | | Christian Wood enters the game for Jalen Green | 16 | 25 |
| 2:43 | | Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2 | 16 | 26 |
| 2:33 | | D.J. Augustin bad pass (Jordan McLaughlin steals) | 16 | 26 |
| 2:27 | | Anthony Edwards makes driving dunk (Malik Beasley assists) | 16 | 28 |
| 2:07 | | Eric Gordon makes 24-foot three point shot | 19 | 28 |
| 1:55 | | Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper | 19 | 28 |
| 1:52 | | Naz Reid offensive rebound | 19 | 28 |
| 1:49 | | Taurean Prince misses 27-foot three point jumper | 19 | 28 |
| 1:47 | | Anthony Edwards offensive rebound | 19 | 28 |
| 1:47 | | Anthony Edwards out of bounds lost ball turnover | 19 | 28 |
| 1:47 | | Jarred Vanderbilt enters the game for Anthony Edwards | 19 | 28 |
| 1:47 | | D'Angelo Russell enters the game for Jordan McLaughlin | 19 | 28 |
| 1:47 | | Kevin Porter Jr. enters the game for David Nwaba | 19 | 28 |
| 1:33 | | D.J. Augustin lost ball turnover (Jarred Vanderbilt steals) | 19 | 28 |
| 1:30 | | Malik Beasley makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 19 | 30 |
| 1:21 | | Kevin Porter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper | 19 | 30 |
| 1:21 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 19 | 30 |
| 1:21 | | D'Angelo Russell loose ball foul | 19 | 30 |
| 1:12 | | Kevin Porter Jr. makes 11-foot step back jumpshot | 21 | 30 |
| 56.9 | | D'Angelo Russell misses 20-foot step back jumpshot | 21 | 30 |
| 55.4 | | Alperen Sengun defensive rebound | 21 | 30 |
| 45.0 | | D.J. Augustin misses driving layup | 21 | 30 |
| 43.3 | | D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound | 21 | 30 |
| 37.5 | | D'Angelo Russell makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Taurean Prince assists) | 21 | 32 |
| 27.5 | | Christian Wood misses 26-foot three point jumper | 21 | 32 |
| 24.4 | | Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound | 21 | 32 |
| 3.3 | | D'Angelo Russell lost ball turnover (D.J. Augustin steals) | 21 | 32 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 21 | 32 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Minneapolis, MN
Referee:Curtis Blair
Referee:Tre Maddox
Referee:Simone Jelks
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 27 | 13 | .675 | - | L2 |
| Houston | 23 | 14 | .622 | 2.5 | W1 |
| Memphis | 17 | 22 | .436 | 9.5 | W1 |
| Dallas | 15 | 25 | .375 | 12 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 10 | 33 | .233 | 18.5 | W1 |
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 34 | 7 | .829 | - | W4 |
| Denver | 27 | 13 | .675 | 6.5 | W2 |
| Minnesota | 27 | 14 | .659 | 7 | W2 |
| Portland | 19 | 22 | .463 | 15 | L2 |
| Utah | 14 | 26 | .350 | 19.5 | L1 |
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