Minnesota Timberwolves 104, Houston Rockets 96 — Recap

January 8, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 104, Houston Rockets 96. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 24-33 HOU; Q2 MIN 34-29 HOU; Q3 MIN 19-19 HOU; Q4 MIN 27-15 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Porter Jr. (HOU) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-19 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 18 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists on 8-of-12 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 18 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kevin Porter Jr.

25 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

22 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 6-13 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

21 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 6-19 FG

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	24	34	19	27		104
HOU	33	29	19	15		96

🧮 How They Scored

MINHOU

48Points in the paint42

27Fast-break points22

10Second-chance points11

24Points off turnovers22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.8%Effective FG%48.9%

15.9%Turnover %15.8%

23.7%Offensive rebound %25.5%

0.275Free-throw rate0.169

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Rudy Gobert C	38	18	11	0	0	1	2	8-12	0-0	2-3	+16
Anthony Edwards G	37	21	4	3	1	2	3	6-19	3-7	6-6	+2
Kyle Anderson F	34	6	6	6	4	1	3	2-4	0-1	2-2	+15
D'Angelo Russell G	33	22	3	6	0	0	4	6-13	4-7	6-6	-1
Jaden McDaniels F	31	12	9	3	2	0	2	5-9	1-4	1-3	+5
Taurean Prince F	27	14	0	4	0	0	1	6-10	2-4	0-0	+19
Austin Rivers G	19	2	3	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-5
Jaylen Nowell G	11	3	3	1	0	0	1	1-6	0-3	1-2	-3
Naz Reid F-C	10	6	5	0	1	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	-8

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. G	38	25	6	5	1	1	5	9-15	5-9	2-4	-12
Alperen Sengun F-C	35	18	8	2	0	1	5	8-15	0-0	2-4	-11
Jalen Green G	33	9	5	5	2	0	3	4-15	1-6	0-0	+3
Jabari Smith Jr. F	32	9	6	2	3	1	1	4-12	0-5	1-2	-8
Eric Gordon G	29	11	1	4	0	1	0	4-7	1-3	2-2	+1
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	22	12	5	2	0	0	1	5-8	1-3	1-2	-6
Jae'Sean Tate F	18	3	4	4	1	1	3	1-6	1-4	0-0	+1
Tari Eason F	16	3	4	2	1	1	0	1-5	1-2	0-0	0
Usman Garuba F	9	3	1	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	1-1	+5
Garrison Mathews G	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-5	1-4	0-0	-13

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	33	22	70.3	26.0	-2.8	15.9
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	21	48.5	29.8	+1.3	11.1
Rudy Gobert	Bench	38	18	67.6	17.6	+19.7	14.1
Taurean Prince	Bench	27	14	70.0	18.0	+38.3	9.9
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	31	12	58.1	16.9	+7.8	13.7
Kyle Anderson	Bench	34	6	61.5	10.4	+21.4	13.8
Naz Reid	Bench	10	6	75.0	16.0	-36.4	21.7
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	11	3	21.8	30.8	-7.8	-7.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	19	2	33.3	8.9	-9.9	1.4
Luka Garza	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bryn Forbes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Matt Ryan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	38	25	74.6	23.1	-15.8	18.5
Alperen Sengun	Bench	35	18	53.7	24.4	-14.7	6.1
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	22	12	67.6	20.0	-13.6	15.5
Eric Gordon	Bench	29	11	69.8	9.5	+1.6	11.6
Jalen Green	Bench	33	9	30.0	21.7	+2.8	4.0
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	32	9	34.9	18.2	-12.1	6.3
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	18	3	25.0	20.0	-0.2	2.3
Tari Eason	Bench	16	3	30.0	12.2	0.0	8.1
Garrison Mathews	Bench	8	3	30.0	25.0	-84.9	0.0
Usman Garuba	Bench	9	3	104.2	4.8	+31.9	16.7
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
Josh Christopher	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Daishen Nix	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0