Game completed

Minnesota Timberwolves27-15105atHouston Rockets24-15110

Fri, Jan 16, 9:30 PM ESTToyota Center, Houston, TXESPN · Space City Home Network

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
MIN	34	21	27	23	105
HOU	29	24	28	29	110

Minnesota Timberwolves

105

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDanielsSF	35	15	7	4	2	2	1	5-14	1-4	4-5	-5
Julius RandlePF	40	39	4	2	0	1	5	14-25	2-5	9-11	-12
Rudy GobertC	32	10	13	1	2	2	2	4-7	0-0	2-10	-3
Donte DiVincenzoSG	40	8	8	4	1	1	2	3-10	2-7	0-0	+5
Mike ConleyPG	26	6	1	1	1	0	1	2-8	1-5	1-2	+8
Bones Hyland	17	2	0	5	0	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-2	-11
Naz Reid	32	25	9	4	1	1	2	8-11	5-7	4-5	0
Jaylen Clark	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
Joan Beringer	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Team		105	63	21	7	7	14	37-80	11-30	20-35

DNP: Rob Dillingham, Joe Ingles, Johnny Juzang, Leonard Miller, Anthony Edwards (injury), Enrique Freeman (gleague twoway), Terrence Shannon Jr. (injury), Rocco Zikarsky (gleague twoway)

Houston Rockets

110

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin DurantSF	40	39	4	7	2	1	5	11-18	6-8	11-14	+15
Jabari Smith Jr.PF	38	9	5	2	0	3	0	3-12	1-4	2-5	-5
Alperen SengunC	32	25	14	3	1	1	4	11-22	0-1	3-9	-7
Josh OkogieSG	33	1	2	0	1	0	0	0-4	0-3	1-2	+2
Amen ThompsonPG	36	14	7	4	1	0	3	5-12	1-3	3-4	+7
JD Davison	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-5
Dorian Finney-Smith	16	0	3	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Clint Capela	12	4	3	1	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Reed Sheppard	19	14	0	2	2	0	0	5-9	4-6	0-0	+11
Jae'Sean Tate	11	4	3	0	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Team		110	56	19	10	5	12	39-84	12-28	20-34

DNP: Steven Adams, Jeff Green, Aaron Holiday, Isaiah Crawford (gleague twoway), Tari Eason (injury), Tristen Newton (gleague twoway), Fred VanVleet (injury)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · HOU: 9
Biggest lead · MIN: 12
Times tied: 6
Lead changes: 9
Longest run · MIN: 10

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Rest edge: MINTravel tax: MIN4 in 6: HOUNational TV

MIN has the rest edge with 2 days and 73.5h between games.
MIN is carrying the heavier travel load at 1,007 mi from its previous stop.
HOU is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
MIN is in game 2 of 4 on the road with 298 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	MIN	HOU
Record	27-15	24-15
Days rest	2 days	B2B
Hours rest	73.5h	26h
Rest swing	+47.5h	-47.5h
Travel in	1,007 mi	0 mi
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	0h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 2 of 4	Homestand · 3 of 5
Miles before tip	298 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	B2B4 in 6

How each side got here

Travel and map

MIN

1,007 mi

Milwaukee, WIHouston, TX

MIN came from Milwaukee, WI with 1,007 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Milwaukee, WI to Houston, TX

HOU

0 mi

Houston, TXNo travel

HOU stayed in Houston, TX between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Houston, TX

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

MIN

Road trip

MIN is on game 2 of 4 on the road, with 298 mi already behind it.

Game in segment2 of 4

Miles before tip298 mi

Segment miles2,580 mi

HOU

Homestand

HOU is in game 3 of 5 on this homestand.

Game in segment3 of 5

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

National: ESPN
Local TV: HOUSpace City Home Networkin-market
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Radio: HOU790 AM / S: KLTN TUDNMINKFAN FM / Wolves App / iHeart RadioSiriusXM

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