National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 116,
Minnesota 98
When: 9:30 PM ET, Thursday, January 18, 2018
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #73 Tre Maddox, #26 Pat Fraher, #15 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 18055
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #73 Tre Maddox, #26 Pat Fraher, #15 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 18055
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jimmy Butler - G | 42:16 | 8-15 | 0-1 | 7-8 | -10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Jeff Teague - G | 32:28 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | -22 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Taj Gibson - F | 37:05 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Andrew Wiggins - F | 33:39 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 3-4 | -31 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 36:57 | 10-19 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Crawford | 18:22 | 0-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyus Jones | 15:32 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 14:42 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | -12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 7:16 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Marcus Georges-Hunt | 1:43 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Aldrich | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Aaron Brooks | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Shabazz Muhammad | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-81 | 8-24 | 14-21 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 98 | |
| 46.9% | 33.3% | 66.7% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 35:26 | 6-12 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| James Harden - G | 25:51 | 3-15 | 1-5 | 3-3 | -11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Luc Mbah a Moute - F | 32:16 | 5-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 | -5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Ryan Anderson - F | 29:04 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Clint Capela - C | 26:02 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 6-6 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eric Gordon | 35:14 | 11-19 | 7-13 | 1-1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| PJ Tucker | 33:32 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Nene | 21:58 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| RJ Hunter | 0:37 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarik Black | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Troy Williams | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-88 | 17-39 | 15-17 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 116 | |
| 47.7% | 43.6% | 88.2% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | None |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 7 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
| Points in the Paint | 46 | Points in the Paint | 48 |
| Biggest Lead | 4 | Biggest Lead | 19 |