National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 111,
Minnesota 109
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 17, 2016
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #37 Eric Dalen, #28 Kevin Scott, #22 Bill Spooner
Attendance: 14689
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #37 Eric Dalen, #28 Kevin Scott, #22 Bill Spooner
Attendance: 14689
Final Scoring Summary
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Patrick Beverley - G | 43:15 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| James Harden - G | 42:54 | 8-20 | 3-11 | 9-11 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 28 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 38:17 | 4-16 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Ryan Anderson - F | 35:38 | 9-19 | 7-16 | 3-4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| Clint Capela - C | 15:00 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eric Gordon | 35:38 | 7-15 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Sam Dekker | 17:04 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Montrezl Harrell | 13:52 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nene | 13:16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Corey Brewer | 10:06 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Ennis | DNP | |||||||||||||
| KJ McDaniels | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kyle Wiltjer | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 39-96 | 17-51 | 16-20 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 111 | |
| 40.6% | 33.3% | 80.0% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Zach LaVine - G | 44:47 | 9-18 | 3-7 | 3-5 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| Ricky Rubio - G | 41:06 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | -11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Andrew Wiggins - F | 43:35 | 5-17 | 0-2 | 3-4 | -3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Gorgui Dieng - F | 32:47 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 42:58 | 15-28 | 1-4 | 10-12 | -4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 41 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Shabazz Muhammad | 17:27 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 15:12 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Cole Aldrich | 14:27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kris Dunn | 12:31 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyus Jones | 0:11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Hill | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Adreian Payne | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Brandon Rush | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 41-92 | 7-21 | 20-27 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 109 | |
| 44.6% | 33.3% | 74.1% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 22 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| MIN | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 4 | Fast Break Points | 19 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 46 |
| Biggest Lead | 6 | Biggest Lead | 17 |