Minnesota Timberwolves 114, Houston Rockets 119 — Recap

January 23, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 114, Houston Rockets 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 26-31 HOU; Q2 MIN 30-25 HOU; Q3 MIN 25-34 HOU; Q4 MIN 33-29 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Green (HOU) 42 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 15-of-25 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 31 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 30 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 15 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assists on 5-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Jalen Green

42 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 15-25 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

31 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

30 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 6 3PM · 11-23 FG

Season highs

Jalen Green · Season-high 42 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	26	30	25	33		114
HOU	31	25	34	29		119

🧮 How They Scored

MINHOU

44Points in the paint56

17Fast-break points9

10Second-chance points14

19Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.8%Effective FG%56.3%

15.9%Turnover %16.5%

25.5%Offensive rebound %29.3%

0.242Free-throw rate0.341

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
D'Angelo Russell G	42	30	3	7	2	0	4	11-23	6-12	2-2	-3
Anthony Edwards G	37	31	3	5	4	1	6	9-20	6-10	7-9	-15
Rudy Gobert C	36	15	16	1	0	4	2	5-8	0-0	5-7	-4
Jaden McDaniels F	35	10	4	1	0	0	2	4-11	1-6	1-2	-10
Austin Rivers G	27	10	6	3	0	0	0	4-8	1-4	1-2	+5
Jaylen Nowell G	19	7	3	0	1	0	3	3-8	1-3	0-0	+7
Nathan Knight F-C	16	4	4	1	0	1	0	2-5	0-2	0-0	+4
Kyle Anderson F	12	2	0	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-9
Naz Reid F-C	9	2	1	0	1	1	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Matt Ryan F	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	+2

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Green G	35	42	4	4	1	1	1	15-25	6-12	6-10	+19
Alperen Sengun F-C	35	21	7	7	0	0	5	8-12	1-2	4-8	+8
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	33	6	7	2	3	0	1	2-5	0-1	2-2	+22
Eric Gordon G	30	14	4	4	1	1	2	5-13	2-5	2-2	-3
Garrison Mathews G	28	10	3	0	0	0	1	4-10	2-8	0-0	-2
Tari Eason F	26	11	9	3	3	2	2	5-8	0-0	1-2	0
Jae'Sean Tate F	22	11	7	1	1	0	4	3-6	0-1	5-6	+2
TyTy Washington Jr. G	13	0	1	1	1	0	1	0-3	0-1	0-0	-14
Bruno Fernando F	11	4	4	2	1	1	3	2-4	0-0	0-0	+3
Josh Christopher G	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-6
Usman Garuba F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 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	37	31	64.7	31.9	-16.4	13.5
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	42	30	62.8	26.7	-3.3	15.1
Rudy Gobert	Bench	36	15	67.7	14.4	-6.4	14.6
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	35	10	42.1	17.3	-10.4	-1.1
Austin Rivers	Bench	27	10	56.3	12.7	+14.5	9.9
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	19	7	43.8	22.4	+17.8	2.9
Nathan Knight	Bench	16	4	40.0	11.6	+16.1	13.2
Matt Ryan	Bench	7	3	50.0	14.3	+20.2	3.0
Kyle Anderson	Bench	12	2	33.3	13.8	-37.2	-14.9
Naz Reid	Bench	9	2	50.0	12.5	-3.6	4.5
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
Bryn Forbes	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
Jalen Green	Bench	35	42	71.4	32.3	+21.1	24.9
Alperen Sengun	Bench	35	21	67.7	23.9	+10.4	13.2
Eric Gordon	Bench	30	14	50.4	18.4	-7.0	10.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	22	11	63.7	21.3	+3.8	8.9
Tari Eason	Bench	26	11	61.9	16.4	0.0	18.1
Garrison Mathews	Bench	28	10	50.0	15.3	-4.9	4.7
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	33	6	51.0	8.2	+27.6	8.4
Bruno Fernando	Bench	11	4	50.0	21.9	+7.8	10.7
TyTy Washington Jr.	Bench	13	0	0.0	11.8	-48.3	-2.2
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Christopher	Bench	4	0	0.0	18.2	-94.6	-7.9
Usman Garuba	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-80.0	-22.2
Daishen Nix	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0