NBA Final Intelligence

MIN 5-3
136 โ€“ 132
FINAL
HOU 7-1

Minnesota Timberwolves 136, Houston Rockets 132 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 136, Houston Rockets 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 37-36 HOU; Q2 MIN 32-37 HOU; Q3 MIN 34-33 HOU; Q4 MIN 33-26 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Amen Thompson (HOU) 41 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists on 17-of-22 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 33 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists on 13-of-18 shooting; Terrence Shannon Jr. (MIN) 23 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists on 10-of-13 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท HOU
41 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST ยท 17-22 FG
Scoring ยท HOU
33 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST ยท 13-18 FG
Scoring ยท MIN
23 PTS, 0 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM ยท 8-13 FG
Season highs
Amen Thompson ยท Season-high 41 pointsKyle Anderson ยท Season-high 9 assists

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

๐Ÿ“Š Game Flow

MIN 10 largest lead Q4 3:52 (MIN 130, HOU 120) ยท 8-0 run, Q3 3:51โ€“Q3 2:59
HOU 10 largest lead Q3 5:37 (MIN 81, HOU 91) ยท 8-0 run, Q1 8:05โ€“Q1 6:17
Swings 22 lead changes Tied 19 times

Ahead for good: Terrence Shannon Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2 (Q4 8:32, MIN 113, HOU 112).

Linescore

1234 T
MIN 37323433 136
HOU 36373326 132

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

MINHOU
0Points in the paint0
0Fast-break points0
0Second-chance points0
0Points off turnovers0
49Bench points18
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
65.7%Effective FG%63.2%
6.5%Turnover %10.8%
20.0%Offensive rebound %37.9%
0.281Free-throw rate0.322

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Jaden McDaniels F 3516720408-190-30-0-1
Kyle Anderson F 3317692007-120-03-5+5
Donte DiVincenzo G 2918421216-123-83-6+1
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F 2823010008-135-72-2+4
Anthony Edwards G 2722230047-143-75-6-6
Ayo Dosunmu G 2615040016-101-22-2-1
Joan Beringer F 2614412105-50-04-4-3
Mike Conley G 249141003-33-30-0+17
Jaylen Clark G 122111011-10-00-0+4

Houston Rockets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Amen Thompson G-F 42419720217-220-17-7+1
Jabari Smith Jr. F 4016620215-122-64-6-4
Kevin Durant F 39337712313-180-17-9-3
Alperen Sengun F-C 29226801310-130-02-2+7
Josh Okogie G 272120200-30-32-2+1
Tari Eason F 240101120-30-20-0-3
Reed Sheppard G 1812330015-122-60-0-17
Clint Capela C 84100002-20-00-2-2
Jae'Sean Tate F 82400001-20-00-0-3
Aaron Holiday G 60100000-00-00-0+3

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Anthony Edwards Starter 272266.132.3-8.27.7
Donte DiVincenzo Starter 291861.521.7+3.79.1
Kyle Anderson Starter 331759.917.9+7.214.1
Jaden McDaniels Starter 351642.122.9-1.47.2
Joan Beringer Starter 2614103.611.7-3.112.8
Terrence Shannon Jr. Bench 282382.922.2+7.111.4
Ayo Dosunmu Bench 261568.919.4-4.38.5
Mike Conley Bench 249150.05.7+31.59.2
Jaylen Clark Bench 122100.07.1+10.24.5
Julian Phillips Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Enrique Freeman Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Rocco Zikarsky Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Houston RocketsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Amen Thompson Starter 424181.726.7+2.623.1
Kevin Durant Starter 393375.127.2-2.118.3
Alperen Sengun Starter 292279.323.9+13.416.4
Jabari Smith Jr. Starter 401654.616.8-4.97.2
Josh Okogie Starter 27225.86.1+3.80.7
Reed Sheppard Bench 181250.031.7-36.16.9
Clint Capela Bench 08469.415.0-10.52.5
Jae'Sean Tate Bench 08250.010.5-37.59.1
Dorian Finney-Smith Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jeff Green Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Aaron Holiday Bench 0600.00.0+11.51.3
Tari Eason Bench 2400.08.8-6.0-3.3
JD Davison Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tristen Newton Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Isaiah Crawford Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series MIN 2 โ€“ 1 HOU
Last 20 meetings ยท since 2020-21 MIN 15 โ€“ 5 HOU
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Minnesota Timberwolves 48-33 W1 L10 5-5 Next game recap: vs NOP ยท Sun, Apr 12
Houston Rockets 51-30 L1 L10 8-2 Next game recap: vs MEM ยท Sun, Apr 12

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