Houston Rockets 129, Minnesota Timberwolves 107 — Recap

March 27, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 129, Minnesota Timberwolves 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 41-29 MIN; Q2 HOU 33-19 MIN; Q3 HOU 24-30 MIN; Q4 HOU 31-29 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 27 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Kevin Porter Jr. (HOU) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; D.J. Augustin (HOU) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Sterling Brown (HOU) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

27 PTS, 15 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 7-11 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

27 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · HOU

Kevin Porter Jr.

25 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 10-15 FG

Season highs

D.J. Augustin · Season-high 20 points

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	41	33	24	31		129
MIN	29	19	30	29		107

🧮 How They Scored

HOUMIN

58Points in the paint44

16Fast-break points15

23Second-chance points11

23Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.1%Effective FG%50.0%

10.9%Turnover %10.2%

25.0%Offensive rebound %24.4%

0.141Free-throw rate0.329

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jae'Sean Tate F	33	10	9	3	1	3	1	5-10	0-0	0-0	+21
Kevin Porter Jr. G	31	25	4	2	0	0	3	10-15	3-5	2-3	+29
John Wall G	26	13	3	12	1	1	1	5-14	2-6	1-1	+8
Ben McLemore G	26	12	1	0	1	0	0	4-11	2-6	2-3	+7
Kelly Olynyk F	25	16	4	4	3	0	1	5-8	4-6	2-2	+21
D.J. Augustin G	24	20	3	4	0	0	1	8-14	2-5	2-2	+13
Sterling Brown G	23	16	7	0	0	0	2	6-8	4-6	0-0	+9
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	23	8	6	1	0	1	1	3-3	1-1	1-1	+8
D.J. Wilson F	17	5	3	3	1	2	1	2-3	0-0	1-1	+6
Anthony Lamb F	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-7
Justin Patton C	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-5

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels F	36	14	2	1	0	1	0	6-10	2-4	0-0	-7
Anthony Edwards G	34	27	4	2	1	0	1	11-22	3-9	2-3	-5
Karl-Anthony Towns C	33	27	15	4	0	2	4	7-11	2-3	11-12	-5
Malik Beasley G	30	13	4	3	2	0	1	4-17	3-12	2-2	-16
Ricky Rubio G	27	4	4	10	3	1	2	1-5	1-4	1-1	-2
Jaylen Nowell G	23	9	2	2	0	0	1	3-9	1-5	2-2	-24
Juancho Hernangomez F	17	9	5	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	4-6	-10
Jordan McLaughlin G	16	0	1	4	2	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-23
Naz Reid F-C	11	2	2	0	0	2	0	1-4	0-0	0-2	-7
Jake Layman F	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7
Jarrett Culver G	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-8
Jarred Vanderbilt F	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-10

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	31	25	76.6	26.0	+47.5	14.2
D.J. Augustin	Bench	24	20	67.2	30.2	+29.2	18.3
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	25	16	90.1	16.4	+41.9	14.1
Sterling Brown	Bench	23	16	100.0	17.9	+18.4	13.2
John Wall	Bench	26	13	45.0	24.2	+14.8	14.2
Ben McLemore	Bench	26	12	48.7	20.0	+9.1	2.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	33	10	50.0	13.6	+30.4	8.1
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	23	8	116.3	8.0	+14.7	10.0
D.J. Wilson	Bench	17	5	72.7	10.8	+23.5	13.9
Justin Patton	Bench	5	2	33.3	30.0	-50.0	4.3
Anthony Lamb	Bench	7	2	33.3	26.7	-56.2	-3.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	33	27	82.9	26.6	-5.5	19.3
Anthony Edwards	Bench	34	27	57.9	28.4	-8.7	11.3
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	36	14	70.0	11.9	-7.8	6.1
Malik Beasley	Bench	30	13	36.4	25.7	-26.2	5.2
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	17	9	67.8	17.9	-31.2	14.0
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	23	9	45.5	22.4	-51.1	4.0
Ricky Rubio	Bench	27	4	36.8	10.8	-3.6	10.0
Naz Reid	Bench	11	2	20.5	20.0	-26.9	-1.3
Jarrett Culver	Bench	4	2	50.0	16.7	-100.0	19.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	4	0	0.0	11.1	-133.3	-10.0
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	16	0	0.0	5.3	-65.2	4.8
Jake Layman	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	+87.8	0.0