Houston Rockets 117, Minnesota Timberwolves 129 — Recap

November 5, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 117, Minnesota Timberwolves 129. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 34-40 MIN; Q2 HOU 15-28 MIN; Q3 HOU 34-35 MIN; Q4 HOU 34-26 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 25 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 17 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-9 shooting; Tari Eason (HOU) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

25 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jalen Green

21 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 6-16 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

19 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 7-13 FG

Season highs

Jordan McLaughlin · Season-high 11 assists

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	34	15	34	34		117
MIN	40	28	35	26		129

🧮 How They Scored

HOUMIN

46Points in the paint60

13Fast-break points21

20Second-chance points9

26Points off turnovers36

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.1%Effective FG%70.6%

18.4%Turnover %21.3%

30.8%Offensive rebound %30.0%

0.369Free-throw rate0.250

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	31	17	3	1	1	2	6-8	3-5	2-3	-19
Jalen Green G	29	21	2	4	0	5	6-16	4-11	5-7	-16
Kevin Porter Jr. G	29	13	5	2	0	3	3-12	2-4	5-5	-16
Eric Gordon G	27	11	1	4	0	1	4-9	2-6	1-2	-10
Usman Garuba F	25	7	3	1	2	2	2-4	0-0	3-4	-16
Tari Eason F	24	17	6	2	1	1	6-8	2-2	3-5	+2
Alperen Sengun F-C	20	17	7	5	0	2	8-9	0-0	1-3	0
Daishen Nix F	19	0	2	6	3	4	0-4	0-2	0-0	+4
Garrison Mathews G	18	9	1	1	0	1	3-7	3-6	0-0	+7
Josh Christopher G	15	4	2	1	2	1	2-6	0-2	0-0	0
Boban Marjanovic C	3	1	1	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	1-2	+4

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels F	35	13	5	3	0	1	2	6-9	1-2	0-0	+9
Anthony Edwards G	33	19	2	3	2	0	4	7-13	2-5	3-3	+20
Taurean Prince F	32	16	6	2	0	1	3	6-12	3-8	1-1	+16
Kyle Anderson F	31	16	3	6	3	0	1	6-7	2-2	2-3	+13
Karl-Anthony Towns C	30	25	9	6	1	2	3	9-14	3-6	4-5	-1
D'Angelo Russell G	27	13	6	4	2	0	3	5-9	1-3	2-3	+2
Jordan McLaughlin G	22	6	2	11	2	0	0	2-3	0-1	2-2	+8
Jaylen Nowell G	16	7	0	3	1	0	2	3-5	1-2	0-0	-8
Naz Reid F-C	13	11	3	0	0	1	5	4-7	2-4	1-2	+8
Nathan Knight F-C	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	1-1	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	29	21	55.0	33.3	-28.6	6.2
Alperen Sengun	Bench	20	17	82.4	25.0	-3.5	18.5
Tari Eason	Bench	24	17	83.3	17.5	+5.6	16.3
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	31	17	91.2	14.5	-33.2	10.7
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	29	13	45.8	23.6	-28.6	2.6
Eric Gordon	Bench	27	11	55.7	16.2	-24.1	6.3
Garrison Mathews	Bench	18	9	64.3	17.0	+19.4	8.3
Usman Garuba	Bench	25	7	60.8	12.7	-24.9	6.0
Josh Christopher	Bench	15	4	33.3	18.4	+2.9	4.6
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	3	1	26.6	22.2	+67.9	0.0
Daishen Nix	Bench	19	0	0.0	16.3	+9.3	2.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	30	25	77.2	27.5	+2.4	18.7
Anthony Edwards	Bench	33	19	66.3	24.7	+34.4	8.6
Kyle Anderson	Bench	31	16	96.2	11.1	+18.4	14.7
Taurean Prince	Bench	32	16	64.3	20.5	+24.1	11.3
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	27	13	63.0	21.3	+8.6	8.7
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	35	13	72.2	13.6	+13.7	7.5
Naz Reid	Bench	13	11	69.8	40.6	+26.7	-0.8
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	16	7	70.0	17.9	-21.1	13.1
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	22	6	77.3	7.4	+13.4	23.5
Nathan Knight	Bench	2	3	104.2	33.3	-150.0	19.0
Bryn Forbes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0