Houston Rockets 104, Minnesota Timberwolves 113 — Recap

January 21, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 104, Minnesota Timberwolves 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 26-26 MIN; Q2 HOU 26-24 MIN; Q3 HOU 32-37 MIN; Q4 HOU 20-26 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 44 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 8 threes on 17-of-29 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 23 points, 1 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 19 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-9 shooting; Nathan Knight (MIN) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-9 shooting; Eric Gordon (HOU) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

44 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 8 3PM · 17-29 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

23 PTS, 1 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 6-11 FG

Scoring · HOU

Alperen Sengun

19 PTS, 16 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 7-9 FG

Season highs

Anthony Edwards · Season-high 44 pointsAnthony Edwards · Season-high 8 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	26	26	32	20		104
MIN	26	24	37	26		113

🧮 How They Scored

HOUMIN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.8%Effective FG%56.0%

18.3%Turnover %10.5%

35.7%Offensive rebound %6.8%

0.418Free-throw rate0.289

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Alperen Sengun F-C	37	19	16	7	1	3	4	7-9	1-1	4-10	-5
Eric Gordon G	34	16	4	3	1	0	0	7-13	2-6	0-0	-1
Jalen Green G	33	10	0	2	0	0	6	3-13	1-4	3-6	-11
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	30	15	9	2	0	0	2	6-12	0-3	3-4	-12
Tari Eason F	27	14	9	1	0	0	1	5-11	1-2	3-4	-2
Jae'Sean Tate F	21	8	3	4	0	0	4	2-4	2-2	2-4	-7
Garrison Mathews G	18	9	2	1	0	0	2	2-3	1-2	4-5	-2
Josh Christopher G	15	10	4	1	1	2	2	5-9	0-1	0-0	+2
TyTy Washington Jr. G	15	3	2	1	1	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-3
Usman Garuba F	11	0	7	2	0	1	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-4

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	41	44	6	4	3	3	5	17-29	8-16	2-2	+14
Kyle Anderson F	33	0	7	2	1	3	2	0-7	0-1	0-0	+6
D'Angelo Russell G	31	23	1	8	1	0	2	6-11	4-6	7-7	+2
Jaden McDaniels F	31	5	2	0	1	2	1	2-5	0-2	1-3	0
Nathan Knight F-C	25	19	4	0	3	0	0	5-9	2-3	7-8	+23
Austin Rivers G	23	4	2	0	1	0	0	2-4	0-2	0-0	0
Taurean Prince F	22	7	2	4	2	0	0	2-4	2-3	1-1	+3
Jaylen Nowell G	15	6	2	1	0	0	0	2-6	1-3	1-2	+6
Naz Reid F-C	15	5	3	1	0	1	1	2-7	0-4	1-1	-9
Luka Garza C	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Alperen Sengun	Bench	37	19	70.9	19.1	-7.7	21.1
Eric Gordon	Bench	34	16	61.5	15.1	-4.2	14.2
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	30	15	54.5	21.3	-18.2	10.9
Tari Eason	Bench	27	14	54.9	20.3	-7.1	11.9
Jalen Green	Bench	33	10	32.0	25.6	-17.2	-5.9
Josh Christopher	Bench	15	10	55.6	28.2	+3.8	25.3
Garrison Mathews	Bench	18	9	86.5	15.6	-7.7	7.8
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	21	8	69.4	18.2	-21.9	3.7
TyTy Washington Jr.	Bench	15	3	50.0	7.7	-12.9	4.3
Bruno Fernando	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Usman Garuba	Bench	11	0	0.0	7.4	-21.6	14.5
Daishen Nix	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	41	44	73.6	38.9	+17.7	24.8
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	31	23	81.7	23.9	+6.6	19.1
Nathan Knight	Bench	25	19	75.9	22.8	+44.0	19.5
Taurean Prince	Bench	22	7	78.8	8.0	+11.8	13.5
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	15	6	43.6	19.4	+19.9	2.2
Naz Reid	Bench	15	5	33.6	25.0	-26.1	0.0
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	31	5	39.6	10.0	0.0	0.8
Austin Rivers	Bench	23	4	50.0	8.3	+6.4	2.6
Kyle Anderson	Bench	33	0	0.0	12.5	+11.4	-0.5
Rudy Gobert	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luka Garza	Bench	5	0	0.0	9.1	+9.8	-12.5
Matt Ryan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0