WEST 1ST ROUND - GAME 2 • HOU leads series 2-0

47-35, 17-24 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Timberwolves MIN	23	17	18	24	82
Rockets HOU	18	37	25	22	102

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

65-17, 34-7 Home

102

65-17, 34-7 Home

Minnesota Timberwolves @ Houston Rockets

Matchups

MIN

HOU leads series

2-0

HOU

101

Game 1@ HOU

Final

104

Game 2@ HOU

Final

102

121

Game 3@ MIN

Final

105

100

Game 4@ MIN

Final

119

104

Game 5@ HOU

Final

122

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Derrick Stafford

Referee:Pat Fraher

Referee:Mark Lindsay

Western Conference

Northwest	PCT	GB	STRK
Denver	.000	-	-
Minnesota	.000	-	-
Portland	.000	-	-
Oklahoma City	.000	-	-
Utah	.000	-	-

Southwest	PCT	GB	STRK
New Orleans	.000	-	-
Dallas	.000	-	-
Houston	.000	-	-
San Antonio	.000	-	-
Memphis	.000	-	-

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