Houston Rockets 101, Minnesota Timberwolves 107 — Recap

March 26, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 101, Minnesota Timberwolves 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 29-33 MIN; Q2 HOU 34-21 MIN; Q3 HOU 28-22 MIN; Q4 HOU 10-31 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 29 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-26 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Ben McLemore (HOU) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Juancho Hernangomez (MIN) 19 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

29 PTS, 16 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 9-26 FG

Scoring · HOU

Christian Wood

24 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · HOU

Ben McLemore

21 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 7 3PM · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Karl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 16 reboundsJohn Wall · Season-high 15 assistsBen McLemore · Season-high 7 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

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

🧮 How They Scored

HOUMIN

32Points in the paint54

23Fast-break points20

14Second-chance points29

10Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.3%Effective FG%42.7%

17.0%Turnover %7.3%

16.3%Offensive rebound %25.9%

0.149Free-throw rate0.233

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jae'Sean Tate F	39	10	7	2	2	2	2	4-7	0-3	2-2	-2
John Wall G	37	14	3	15	2	2	7	6-25	1-7	1-2	-6
Christian Wood F	36	24	9	1	0	1	0	9-16	2-6	4-6	-4
Ben McLemore G	36	21	3	3	1	0	2	7-15	7-14	0-0	+5
Sterling Brown G	36	11	11	1	0	2	1	4-10	3-5	0-0	-4
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	24	2	7	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-9
D.J. Augustin G	20	13	2	4	0	0	4	4-5	2-3	3-3	-8
D.J. Wilson F	12	6	5	0	0	1	3	2-6	2-4	0-0	-2

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	35	29	16	8	1	1	5	9-26	4-9	7-8	+9
Jaden McDaniels F	33	14	4	0	0	2	0	5-5	2-2	2-2	+9
Anthony Edwards G	33	12	6	2	1	0	1	4-17	2-7	2-2	-12
Jaylen Nowell G	30	8	5	5	3	0	0	4-14	0-6	0-1	+15
Juancho Hernangomez F	28	19	9	1	2	0	0	7-10	2-5	3-4	+19
Ricky Rubio G	27	2	3	8	1	0	1	0-7	0-3	2-2	+5
Jordan McLaughlin G	21	2	2	4	2	0	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	+1
Naz Reid F-C	17	16	2	2	2	0	0	7-14	0-2	2-3	-7
Jarred Vanderbilt F	15	5	3	0	0	0	1	2-5	0-2	1-2	-9

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Christian Wood	Bench	36	24	64.4	21.6	-5.2	15.6
Ben McLemore	Bench	36	21	70.0	18.7	+3.8	9.7
John Wall	Bench	37	14	27.0	36.3	-8.9	4.9
D.J. Augustin	Bench	20	13	102.8	20.4	-20.2	18.1
Sterling Brown	Bench	36	11	55.0	12.6	-2.5	8.4
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	39	10	63.5	10.5	-1.2	6.1
D.J. Wilson	Bench	12	6	50.0	30.0	-10.8	3.4
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	24	2	33.3	5.4	-13.2	7.9

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	35	29	49.1	38.5	+9.5	19.1
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	28	19	80.8	16.4	+27.6	23.2
Naz Reid	Bench	17	16	52.2	32.6	-17.5	15.3
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	33	14	119.0	7.0	+11.3	14.2
Anthony Edwards	Bench	33	12	33.6	20.7	-19.6	4.3
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	30	8	27.7	17.5	+20.9	6.5
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	15	5	42.5	17.1	-28.1	4.2
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	21	2	20.0	10.9	+6.5	5.1
Ricky Rubio	Bench	27	2	12.7	12.9	+10.3	3.6