National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 87,
Minnesota 84
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #75 Eric Dalen, #38 Michael Smith, #40 Leon Wood
Attendance: 20340
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #75 Eric Dalen, #38 Michael Smith, #40 Leon Wood
Attendance: 20340
Final Scoring Summary
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Harden - G | 37:37 | 11-22 | 2-5 | 6-6 | -9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 30 |
| Jeremy Lin - G | 27:28 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Chandler Parsons - F | 35:24 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Marcus Morris - F | 29:36 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 2-3 | -11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Omer Asik - C | 35:20 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -5 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Carlos Delfino | 35:14 | 4-13 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Toney Douglas | 22:51 | 2-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Greg Smith | 16:30 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cole Aldrich | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Daequan Cook | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Scott Machado | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Donatas Motiejunas | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Patrick Patterson | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-81 | 9-31 | 12-15 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 87 | |
| 40.7% | 29.0% | 80.0% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Alexey Shved - G | 29:56 | 7-15 | 2-7 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Luke Ridnour - G | 19:10 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Kevin Love - F | 36:11 | 3-14 | 0-7 | 1-1 | -4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Andrei Kirilenko - F | 29:16 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 4-6 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Nikola Pekovic - C | 23:02 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Dante Cunningham | 36:36 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Jose Barea | 27:57 | 7-14 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Ricky Rubio | 21:23 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 4-4 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Derrick Williams | 16:30 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Lou Amundson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Greg Stiemsma | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Malcolm Lee | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 32-84 | 7-28 | 13-17 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 84 | |
| 38.1% | 25.0% | 76.5% | Team Rebs: 2 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| MIN | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 13 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| Points in the Paint | 38 | Points in the Paint | 36 |
| Biggest Lead | 8 | Biggest Lead | 14 |