Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Houston Rockets 110 — Recap

January 16, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Houston Rockets 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 34-29 HOU; Q2 MIN 21-24 HOU; Q3 MIN 27-28 HOU; Q4 MIN 23-29 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 39 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 39 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-25 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 25 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists on 11-of-22 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 25 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 15 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kevin Durant

39 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 6 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · MIN

Julius Randle

39 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 14-25 FG

Scoring · HOU

Alperen Sengun

25 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST · 11-22 FG

Season highs

Kevin Durant · Season-high 39 pointsJulius Randle · Season-high 39 pointsKevin Durant · Season-high 6 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

MIN 12 largest lead Q1 3:04 (MIN 27, HOU 15) · 10-0 run, Q1 5:51–Q1 3:58

HOU 9 largest lead Q4 6:19 (MIN 91, HOU 100) · 7-0 run, Q4 10:05–Q4 9:27

Swings 9 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Amen Thompson makes 2-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists) (Q4 10:25, MIN 84, HOU 86).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	34	21	27	23		105
HOU	29	24	28	29		110

🧮 How They Scored

MINHOU

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

27Bench points22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.1%Effective FG%53.6%

12.8%Turnover %10.8%

27.3%Offensive rebound %23.3%

0.438Free-throw rate0.405

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	40	39	4	2	0	1	5	14-25	2-5	9-11	-12
Donte DiVincenzo G	40	8	8	4	1	1	2	3-10	2-7	0-0	+5
Jaden McDaniels F	35	15	7	4	2	2	1	5-14	1-4	4-5	-5
Naz Reid F-C	32	25	9	4	1	1	2	8-11	5-7	4-5	0
Rudy Gobert C	32	10	13	1	2	2	2	4-7	0-0	2-10	-3
Mike Conley G	26	6	1	1	1	0	1	2-8	1-5	1-2	+8
Nah'Shon Hyland G	17	2	0	5	0	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-2	-11
Jaylen Clark G	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
Joan Beringer F	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	40	39	4	7	2	1	5	11-18	6-8	11-14	+15
Jabari Smith Jr. F	37	9	5	2	0	3	0	3-12	1-4	2-5	-5
Amen Thompson G-F	36	14	7	4	1	0	3	5-12	1-3	3-4	+7
Josh Okogie G	33	1	2	0	1	0	0	0-4	0-3	1-2	+2
Alperen Sengun F-C	32	25	14	3	1	1	4	11-22	0-1	3-9	-7
Reed Sheppard G	19	14	0	2	2	0	0	5-9	4-6	0-0	+11
Dorian Finney-Smith F	16	0	3	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Clint Capela C	12	4	3	1	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Jae'Sean Tate F	11	4	3	0	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+2
JD Davison G	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Starter	40	39	65.3	37.2	-13.0	16.1
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	35	15	46.3	19.8	-6.8	8.7
Rudy Gobert	Starter	32	10	43.9	17.3	-6.0	6.6
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	40	8	40.0	12.5	+4.8	6.2
Mike Conley	Starter	26	6	33.8	15.6	+19.2	0.6
Naz Reid	Bench	32	25	94.7	19.5	-1.5	35.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	17	2	20.5	15.4	-37.9	0.0
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Juzang	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylen Clark	Bench	11	0	0.0	0.0	-26.3	-1.5
Rob Dillingham	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joan Beringer	Bench	07	0	0.0	7.7	0.0	-2.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Starter	40	39	80.7	29.5	+15.3	23.9
Alperen Sengun	Starter	32	25	48.2	36.3	-15.0	14.6
Amen Thompson	Starter	36	14	50.9	21.0	+9.2	10.9
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	37	9	31.7	15.2	-5.0	2.2
Josh Okogie	Starter	33	1	10.2	6.3	+6.0	-2.9
Reed Sheppard	Bench	19	14	77.8	21.4	+28.9	17.4
Clint Capela	Bench	12	4	100.0	7.4	+33.3	14.6
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	11	4	100.0	7.4	+13.6	14.3
Steven Adams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	16	0	0.0	2.9	-13.1	2.1
Jeff Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
JD Davison	Bench	04	0	0.0	18.2	-50.0	-7.7