Minnesota Timberwolves 139, Houston Rockets 132 — Recap

April 3, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 139, Houston Rockets 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 42-32 HOU; Q2 MIN 38-36 HOU; Q3 MIN 36-24 HOU; Q4 MIN 23-40 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 33 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 31 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Josh Christopher (HOU) 30 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-14 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 28 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-16 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

33 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jalen Green

31 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · HOU

Josh Christopher

30 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 3 3PM · 11-14 FG

Season highs

Josh Christopher · Season-high 30 pointsAlperen Sengun · Season-high 15 rebounds

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	42	38	36	23		139
HOU	32	36	24	40		132

🧮 How They Scored

MINHOU

66Points in the paint56

17Fast-break points9

7Second-chance points19

39Points off turnovers24

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

69.2%Effective FG%65.9%

16.4%Turnover %19.0%

21.9%Offensive rebound %30.6%

0.291Free-throw rate0.341

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	35	33	4	5	2	1	2	12-21	4-12	5-5	+2
Karl-Anthony Towns C	35	28	11	5	1	0	3	12-16	1-3	3-5	+2
D'Angelo Russell G	35	22	1	9	4	0	5	7-16	4-11	4-4	-4
Jarred Vanderbilt F	30	2	6	1	1	2	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	+7
Malik Beasley G	28	12	1	4	2	1	0	4-8	3-7	1-1	-6
Taurean Prince F	20	6	2	2	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	2-3	+6
Josh Okogie G	16	11	0	1	2	1	1	3-4	0-0	5-6	+5
Jaylen Nowell G	14	10	2	4	0	1	2	4-7	2-3	0-1	+7
Jordan McLaughlin G	13	9	0	1	1	0	0	3-4	3-4	0-0	+11
Naz Reid F-C	13	6	5	0	0	0	2	3-6	0-1	0-0	+5

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Green G	36	31	2	5	0	0	2	12-18	4-8	3-6	-7
Kevin Porter Jr. G	36	21	6	8	2	0	8	6-14	4-10	5-5	-8
Alperen Sengun F-C	33	14	15	4	0	1	5	5-7	0-1	4-4	-6
Josh Christopher G	30	30	3	0	2	0	2	11-14	3-5	5-7	+2
Garrison Mathews G	28	7	1	2	2	1	1	2-9	2-8	1-2	-5
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	27	11	1	3	1	2	2	4-4	2-2	1-2	+1
Jae'Sean Tate F	21	9	2	1	1	0	0	4-10	1-3	0-0	-8
Usman Garuba F	15	6	6	0	0	0	1	3-3	0-0	0-0	-1
Daishen Nix F	13	3	0	5	0	0	2	1-6	0-3	1-3	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	35	33	71.1	30.9	+1.0	18.8
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	35	28	76.9	25.3	+2.6	16.1
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	35	22	61.9	28.0	-6.8	11.0
Malik Beasley	Bench	28	12	71.1	12.1	-11.5	8.7
Josh Okogie	Bench	16	11	82.8	18.6	+15.7	11.4
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	14	10	67.2	23.7	+13.6	12.9
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	13	9	112.5	11.4	+30.9	14.1
Taurean Prince	Bench	20	6	69.4	9.4	+12.5	1.4
Naz Reid	Bench	13	6	50.0	25.0	+23.3	8.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	30	2	100.0	6.0	+14.5	3.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	36	31	75.1	23.6	-5.5	12.1
Josh Christopher	Bench	30	30	87.8	24.4	+2.8	19.0
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	36	21	64.8	26.7	-10.0	9.0
Alperen Sengun	Bench	33	14	79.9	16.9	-6.5	12.7
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	27	11	112.7	9.9	+1.5	9.6
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	21	9	45.0	19.6	-15.1	2.7
Garrison Mathews	Bench	28	7	35.4	15.1	-11.8	1.1
Usman Garuba	Bench	15	6	100.0	10.5	-2.9	7.2
Daishen Nix	Bench	13	3	20.5	25.0	-12.8	-1.8