Minnesota Timberwolves 114, Houston Rockets 107 — Recap

April 27, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 114, Houston Rockets 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 28-23 HOU; Q2 MIN 31-27 HOU; Q3 MIN 19-29 HOU; Q4 MIN 36-28 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 31 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-22 shooting; Kelly Olynyk (HOU) 28 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists on 12-of-17 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 24 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Juancho Hernangomez (MIN) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Jae'Sean Tate (HOU) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

31 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 12-22 FG

Scoring · HOU

Kelly Olynyk

28 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST · 12-17 FG

Scoring · HOU

Christian Wood

24 PTS, 18 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Kelly Olynyk · Season-high 28 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
MIN	28	31	19	36		114
HOU	23	27	29	28		107

🧮 How They Scored

MINHOU

64Points in the paint64

19Fast-break points10

17Second-chance points11

25Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.8%Effective FG%52.9%

11.9%Turnover %15.1%

24.5%Offensive rebound %18.2%

0.269Free-throw rate0.256

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	33	19	9	2	3	2	3	9-22	1-8	0-3	+2
Karl-Anthony Towns C	31	31	7	5	1	0	5	12-22	2-7	5-7	-4
D'Angelo Russell G	29	15	3	7	1	0	2	5-17	1-8	4-5	+1
Juancho Hernangomez F	28	22	7	1	0	2	0	8-12	3-6	3-8	+16
Jaden McDaniels F	26	5	3	0	1	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-10
Jarred Vanderbilt F	22	8	7	2	3	0	0	4-4	0-0	0-0	+17
Jordan McLaughlin G	19	4	2	5	1	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	+13
Naz Reid F-C	17	5	0	1	0	2	3	2-6	1-3	0-0	+11
Ricky Rubio G	17	3	2	4	0	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	-8
Josh Okogie G	17	2	8	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	-3

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jae'Sean Tate F	40	20	7	4	2	0	1	9-12	1-1	1-2	0
Christian Wood F	38	24	18	5	0	1	2	9-16	2-5	4-7	-3
Kevin Porter Jr. G	35	10	4	5	1	0	5	2-12	2-8	4-4	0
Kelly Olynyk F	33	28	9	5	2	0	3	12-17	0-4	4-5	+2
Avery Bradley G	27	3	0	1	2	0	3	1-6	1-5	0-0	0
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	21	15	3	0	2	1	1	6-12	0-2	3-4	-19
Danuel House Jr. F	21	2	2	2	0	2	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	0
D.J. Wilson F	14	5	2	2	0	0	0	2-6	1-3	0-0	-6
Armoni Brooks G	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-9

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	31	31	61.8	38.5	-9.0	13.9
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	28	22	70.9	20.8	+23.9	19.1
Anthony Edwards	Bench	33	19	40.7	31.3	-1.6	8.3
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	29	15	39.1	26.9	0.0	8.9
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	22	8	100.0	6.8	+31.5	16.7
Naz Reid	Bench	17	5	41.7	20.5	+28.2	-5.1
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	26	5	62.5	6.3	-21.4	5.4
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	19	4	66.7	6.4	+32.5	14.1
Ricky Rubio	Bench	17	3	50.0	9.8	-21.6	4.9
Josh Okogie	Bench	17	2	113.6	2.3	-10.2	15.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	33	28	72.9	29.7	+4.2	22.7
Christian Wood	Bench	38	24	62.9	21.7	-3.6	19.9
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	40	20	77.6	14.7	+1.2	12.9
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	21	15	54.5	27.8	-39.6	13.0
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	35	10	36.3	22.4	+1.4	0.0
D.J. Wilson	Bench	14	5	41.7	17.6	-15.7	6.4
Avery Bradley	Bench	27	3	25.0	14.1	-1.8	-4.8
Danuel House Jr.	Bench	21	2	33.3	8.2	+2.1	3.2
Armoni Brooks	Bench	11	0	0.0	13.0	-33.5	-10.3