National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 104,
Houston 96
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 8, 2023
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #96 Intae Hwang, #55 Bill Kennedy, #62 JB DeRosa
Attendance: 18055
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #96 Intae Hwang, #55 Bill Kennedy, #62 JB DeRosa
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 |
| Anthony Edwards - G | 36:48 | 6-19 | 3-7 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| D'Angelo Russell - G | 33:02 | 6-13 | 4-7 | 6-6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| Kyle Anderson - F | 34:13 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Jaden McDaniels - F | 31:16 | 5-9 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Rudy Gobert - C | 37:37 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Taurean Prince | 26:42 | 6-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Austin Rivers | 18:52 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jaylen Nowell | 11:07 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 1-2 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Naz Reid | 10:23 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bryn Forbes | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Luka Garza | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Nathan Knight | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Josh Minott | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Wendell Moore Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Matt Ryan | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-80 | 10-28 | 18-22 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 104 | |
| 47.5% | 35.7% | 81.8% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 19 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kevin Porter Jr. - G | 37:41 | 9-15 | 5-9 | 2-4 | -12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| Jalen Green - G | 33:09 | 4-15 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. - F | 31:52 | 4-12 | 0-5 | 1-2 | -8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Eric Gordon - F | 29:08 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Alperen Sengun - C | 35:17 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kenyon Martin Jr. | 21:36 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 17:58 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Tari Eason | 16:08 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Usman Garuba | 9:14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Garrison Mathews | 7:57 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Josh Christopher | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Bruno Fernando | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Boban Marjanovic | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Daishen Nix | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-89 | 11-36 | 9-15 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 96 | |
| 42.7% | 30.6% | 60.0% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 20 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | None |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 27 | Fast Break Points | 22 |
| Points in the Paint | 48 | Points in the Paint | 42 |
| Biggest Lead | 11 | Biggest Lead | 20 |