Houston Rockets @ Minnesota Timberwolves
7-5, 4-3 Away
97
7-5, 4-3 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HOU | 23 | 25 | 20 | 29 | 97 |
MIN | 21 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 84 |
1-11, 1-6 Home
84
1-11, 1-6 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Al Jefferson makes 10-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 4-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza misses 16-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Ryan Gomes makes 20-foot jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
- Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Ryan Hollins makes 14-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 8-foot jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes 4-foot hook shot
- Ryan Gomes misses 18-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Al Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Al Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Corey Brewer misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Gomes misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jonny Flynn misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses 5-foot jumper
- Ryan Gomes misses 17-foot jumper
- Shane Battier makes driving layup
- Jonny Flynn makes driving layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 20-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
- Al Jefferson makes 17-foot jumper
- Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Al Jefferson makes 10-foot two point shot
- Chuck Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2
- Chuck Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
- Oleksiy Pecherov makes layup
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jonny Flynn makes 7-foot two point shot
- Jonny Flynn misses layup
- Oleksiy Pecherov misses layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 19-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger misses 16-foot jumper
- David Andersen makes 3-foot hook shot
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 19-foot jumper
- Oleksiy Pecherov makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Lowry misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 19-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Ramon Sessions misses 10-foot jumper
- Kyle Lowry makes 7-foot running jumper
- Carl Landry misses 17-foot jumper
- Ramon Sessions makes driving dunk
- Oleksiy Pecherov misses 21-foot jumper
- Oleksiy Pecherov misses 5-foot two point shot
- Sasha Pavlovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
- Oleksiy Pecherov misses 18-foot two point shot
- Ramon Sessions makes driving dunk
- Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ramon Sessions misses 21-foot jumper
- David Andersen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chase Budinger assists)
- Al Jefferson makes 18-foot jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
- Kyle Lowry makes 25-foot three point jumper (David Andersen assists)
- Oleksiy Pecherov misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Al Jefferson makes 17-foot jumper (Damien Wilkins assists)
- Ramon Sessions misses layup
- Damien Wilkins makes two point shot
- Shane Battier makes technical free throw
- Chuck Hayes misses 5-foot jumper
- Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Hollins misses 17-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes hook shot
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Chuck Hayes misses layup
- Luis Scola makes two point shot
- Sasha Pavlovic misses driving layup
- Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Luis Scola makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Jonny Flynn misses 18-foot jumper
- Al Jefferson makes 17-foot jumper (Jonny Flynn assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
- Luis Scola makes two point shot
- Aaron Brooks misses jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ramon Sessions makes driving layup (Al Jefferson assists)
- Chuck Hayes makes layup
- Ramon Sessions misses 10-foot jumper
- Al Jefferson makes 13-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 20-foot two point shot
- Sasha Pavlovic makes driving layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 16-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 6-foot jumper
- Al Jefferson makes layup (Corey Brewer assists)
- Chuck Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2
- Chuck Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
- Corey Brewer misses layup
- Ryan Hollins misses free throw 1 of 2
- Ryan Hollins makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Brooks misses 19-foot jumper
- Ryan Gomes misses jumper
- Luis Scola makes 7-foot two point shot
- Jonny Flynn misses 19-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jonny Flynn makes 5-foot jumper
- Jonny Flynn makes free throw 1 of 1
- Aaron Brooks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Jonny Flynn misses two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Ryan Gomes makes 21-foot jumper (Jonny Flynn assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes 17-foot jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
- Corey Brewer makes 18-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brian Cardinal misses 21-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Ramon Sessions makes 18-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
- Corey Brewer misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes slam dunk (Damien Wilkins assists)
- Chuck Hayes makes driving layup
- Chuck Hayes makes free throw 1 of 1
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ramon Sessions makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ramon Sessions makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola misses 10-foot jumper
- Oleksiy Pecherov makes layup
- Ramon Sessions makes layup (Damien Wilkins assists)
- Carl Landry misses 19-foot jumper
- Oleksiy Pecherov makes 21-foot jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
- Damien Wilkins makes technical free throw
- Oleksiy Pecherov misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Lowry makes 6-foot running jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic misses jumper
- Chase Budinger misses 4-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses layup
- Oleksiy Pecherov misses 4-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic misses layup
- Carl Landry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carl Landry misses free throw 2 of 2
- Nathan Jawai makes layup
- David Andersen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Oleksiy Pecherov makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
- Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Ramon Sessions makes 19-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 21-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes slam dunk (Shane Battier assists)
- Al Jefferson misses 16-foot jumper
- Ramon Sessions makes 19-foot jumper (Oleksiy Pecherov assists)
- Carl Landry misses layup
- Carl Landry makes 8-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Oleksiy Pecherov misses 19-foot jumper
- Damien Wilkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chase Budinger misses layup
- Chase Budinger misses 5-foot jumper
- David Andersen misses 12-foot two point shot
- Corey Brewer misses 18-foot jumper
- Al Jefferson misses 13-foot jumper
- Kyle Lowry makes 22-foot jumper
- Jonny Flynn misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Jonny Flynn makes driving layup
- Chuck Hayes misses 4-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes tip shot
- Ryan Hollins makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ryan Hollins misses free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes 10-foot two point shot
- Jonny Flynn misses layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Lowry makes 16-foot jumper
- Ryan Gomes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
- Kyle Lowry misses 23-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes driving layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Al Jefferson makes jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
- Luis Scola makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Luis Scola makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
- Oleksiy Pecherov misses layup
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Matchups
Game Information
Minneapolis, MN
Referee:Bennett Salvatore
Referee:John Goble
Referee:Tommy Nunez Jr.
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
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