Minnesota Timberwolves vs Houston Rockets

NBA

Timberwolves

5-3

57-57

Q2 0.5

Rockets

7-1

Toyota Center (Houston)

TV: League Pass

Game flow

MIN leadsBiggest lead MIN 6, HOU 5

HOU leads

Run

6-0

Team fouls, Q2

MIN8

HOU4BONUS

Hot, last 5 min

Ayo Dosunmu+8

Team	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	33	24	-	-	57
HOU	30	27	-	-	57

JUST SCORED · Q2 11.9

Bucket, 5 ft

Ayo Dosunmu

Who wins?

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Live: where it ends up

Projected final

MIN 114, HOU 115

Combined points

229

Players to watch	PTS	REB	AST	Chance
MINAyo Dosunmu	22.1	2.8	4.5	25+ 28%
HOUKevin Durant	21.0	6.1	3.9	20+ 60%
MINLaMelo Ball	18.2	2.2	6.3	20+ 37%
MINJaden McDaniels	18.0	7.0	5.1	20+ 35%
HOUReed Sheppard	17.7	1.8	2.4	20+ 25%
HOUAlperen Sengun	16.6	9.2	6.9	20+ 24%

Timberwolves simulated box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT
Jaden McDaniels	39	18.0	7.0	5.1	0.5	0.4	1.1	4.2-8.3	0.8-2.4	0.8-1.1
Jonathan Kuminga	37	15.3	7.0	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.7	3.1-6.9	0.9-2.8	1.2-1.6
Ayo Dosunmu	36	22.1	2.8	4.5	0.7	0.2	1.2	3.7-7.6	0.9-2.5	0.8-1.0
Rudy Gobert	31	7.2	10.2	2.0	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.8-3.4	0.1-0.2	1.4-2.3
LaMelo Ball	31	18.2	2.2	6.3	0.9	0.1	1.9	3.7-9.1	1.9-5.7	1.0-1.3
Joan Beringer	21	6.5	6.4	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.4	1.8-3.2	0.0-0.1	0.9-1.1
Trey Lyles	20	8.6	3.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.2-2.9	0.6-1.9	0.7-0.9
Bones Hyland	14	13.7	0.6	3.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.4-3.3	0.7-2.1	0.3-0.4
Jaylen Clark	11	4.2	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.7-1.7	0.3-1.0	0.4-0.6
Team	240	113.8	42.5	26.2	4.3	2.6	7.1	21.6-46.4	6.2-18.7	7.5-10.3

Rockets simulated box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT
Jabari Smith Jr.	37	11.8	5.9	2.1	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.1-7.0	1.3-3.5	1.3-1.6
Kevin Durant	37	21.0	6.1	3.9	0.3	0.7	1.7	3.6-7.5	0.8-2.3	2.9-3.5
Amen Thompson	36	14.8	7.9	3.1	0.7	0.2	1.0	3.4-6.4	0.2-0.6	1.8-2.4
Alperen Sengun	28	16.6	9.2	6.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	3.4-6.4	0.3-0.8	1.6-2.1
Tari Eason	27	7.6	8.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.2-4.7	0.6-1.9	0.7-0.9
Fred VanVleet	25	15.0	1.6	5.1	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.7-4.5	0.9-2.9	0.7-0.9
Marcus Smart	16	3.0	1.0	1.8	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0-2.4	0.5-1.5	0.5-0.7
Reed Sheppard	15	17.7	1.8	2.4	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.4-3.4	0.8-2.2	0.2-0.2
Bogdan Bogdanovic	15	2.9	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.0-2.4	0.5-1.5	0.3-0.4
Oscar Tshiebwe	5	3.0	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4-0.7	0.0-0.0	0.2-0.3
Team	240	113.4	44.1	26.5	4.2	2.6	7.4	21.2-45.4	5.9-17.2	10.2-13.0

Every possession played out from each team's shooting, turnovers, rebounding and pace and each player's minutes and usage, 4,000 times. Early season: leans on last season until teams have a few weeks of games.

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Timberwolves visit first-place Rockets in Houston

Houston sits first in the Western Conference at 7-1 and has not lost at home, going 4-0 at Toyota Center. The Rockets are 4-1 over their last five, with a recent run of WWLWW. Minnesota arrives at 5-3 and seventh in the West, and the Timberwolves are 2-2 on the road.

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Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0

Team stats

MINHOU

22-44FG18-40

50Field Goal %45

8-203PT8-17

40Three Point %47

5-10FT13-13

50Free Throw %100

20Rebounds20

7Offensive Rebounds7

13Defensive Rebounds13

13Assists13

8Steals4

4Blocks4

11Turnovers11

0Team Turnovers3

11Total Turnovers14

0Technical Fouls1

0Total Technical Fouls1

1Flagrant Fouls0

7Points Conceded Off Turnovers19

9Fast Break Points7

24Points in Paint18

11Fouls10

6Largest Lead5

14Lead Changes14

65Percent Led26

Top rated so far

Reed Sheppard

HOU · 14 PTS, 4 STL, 1 REB

7.1

Win probability

57%HOU to win

MINHOU

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Play by play

Q2 0.5
Personal foul
Trey Lyles personal foul
T. Lyles · 5 PTS
Q2 2.1
Offensive rebound
Amen Thompson offensive rebound
A. Thompson · 6 PTS
Q2 2.1
Misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tari Eason misses 25-foot three point jumper
T. Eason · 2 PTS
Q2 11.9
+2
Bucket, 5 ft
Ayo Dosunmu makes 5-foot two point shot
A. Dosunmu · 13 PTS
MIN 57 - 55 HOU
Q2 31.8
Lane violation
Jabari Smith Jr. lane violation
J. Smith Jr. · 3 PTS
Q2 50.1
+2
Bucket
Ayo Dosunmu makes two point shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
A. Dosunmu · 13 PTS · ast J. McDaniels
MIN 55 - 55 HOU
Q2 54.4
Defensive rebound
Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound
Q2 54.4
Misses two point shot
Fred VanVleet misses two point shot
F. VanVleet · 10 PTS
Q2 1:24
+2
Jumper, 21 ft
Jaylen Clark makes 21-foot jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
J. Clark · 2 PTS · ast L. Ball
MIN 53 - 55 HOU
Q2 1:35
+2
Bucket, 5 ft
Amen Thompson makes 5-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
A. Thompson · 6 PTS · ast F. VanVleet
MIN 51 - 55 HOU
Q2 1:49
+2
Driving floating jump shot, 8 ft
Jaden McDaniels makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
J. McDaniels · 8 PTS
MIN 51 - 53 HOU
Q2 2:05
TO
Bad pass turnover
Amen Thompson bad pass turnover (Jaylen Clark steals)
A. Thompson · 6 PTS
Q2 2:12
Defensive rebound
Amen Thompson defensive rebound
Q2 2:12
Misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
J. McDaniels · 8 PTS
Q2 2:15
Offensive rebound
Jaylen Clark offensive rebound
J. Clark · 2 PTS
Q2 2:15
Misses 29-foot three point jumper
LaMelo Ball misses 29-foot three point jumper
L. Ball · 8 PTS
THREEQ2 2:32
Three! Jumper, 25 ft
J. Smith Jr. · 3 PTS · ast F. VanVleet
Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
MIN 49 - 53 HOU
Q2 2:44
TO
Discontinue dribble turnover
LaMelo Ball discontinue dribble turnover
L. Ball · 8 PTS
Q2 2:52
+1
Makes free throw 2 of 2
Fred VanVleet makes free throw 2 of 2
F. VanVleet · 10 PTS
MIN 49 - 50 HOU
Q2 2:52HOU
Full timeout
Rockets Full timeout
Q2 2:52
+1
Makes free throw 1 of 2
Fred VanVleet makes free throw 1 of 2
F. VanVleet · 10 PTS
MIN 49 - 49 HOU
Q2 2:52
Transition take foul
LaMelo Ball transition take foul
L. Ball · 8 PTS
Q2 2:52MIN
Offensive rebound
Timberwolves offensive team rebound
Q2 2:52
Fred VanVleet blocks LaMelo Ball 's 12-foot jumper
L. Ball · 8 PTS
Q2 3:03
Personal foul
Fred VanVleet personal foul
F. VanVleet · 10 PTS