Minnesota Timberwolves @ Houston Rockets
Friday, January 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Toyota Center, Houston, TX | Game ID: 22300485
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
HOU 24 22 26 23 95MIN 32 24 28 38 122
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Anthony Edwards scores 24 points, West-leading Timberwolves beat Rockets 122-95
HOUSTON -- — Anthony Edwards scored 24 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 and the Western Conference-leading Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Houston Rockets 122-95 on Friday night.
Edwards had a relatively quiet game considering he entered the night averaging 36.3 points in his previous four games. He had scored at least 25 points in 10 straight games but went 8 for 17 from the field in 32 minutes Friday. Towns added eight rebounds and six assists.
“Just having that tenacity and physicality, making it difficult on opponents and making every possession a difficult shot,” Towns said. “Just doing more of that and getting back to that, we knew was important.”
Jalen Green led Houston with 20 points, Alperen Sengun had 19 points and Jabari Smith Jr. added 16. The Rockets are 2-4 on a seven-game homestand.
“I don’t really know if it was our lack of scoring or quality shots,” Rockets coach Ime Udoka said. “I think they bullied us. It may not have anything to do with our offense, but I thought it was our poorest game from the standpoint of matching physicality and competitiveness and toughness tonight.”
Houston has lost eight of the last nine meetings with Minnesota. The outsized Rockets were outscored 60-46 in the paint and outrebounded 51-39.
“Everybody played great tonight, everybody was happy,” Edwards said. “It was a great overall team win so it was dope.”
Minnesota improved to 25-9. The Timberwolves led by 33 and entered the fourth quarter up 84-72.
“I saw our defense in a lot of different ways,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said. “They were into it. They were being bothersome, and everybody was out there making grimy defensive plays. That’s the way we’ve got to be. It all started with our attention to detail and defense.”
Rockets forward Dillon Brooks remained sidelined for a fifth straight game because of a strained right abdominal oblique.
Houston briefly led in the first quarter but trailed much of the game. Minnesota held a 56-46 lead at halftime.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrSeJrTaVa 7 18 0 7 10 70 3 3 100 1 1 100 0 2 2 6 1 0 3 1
HOU Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., Tate, VanVleet
in Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., Tate, VanVleet
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrSeTaThVa 1 0 -2 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
HOU Ja. Green, Sengun, Tate, Thompson, VanVleet
in Thompson
out Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoSeThVaWh 1 2 -2 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
HOU Holiday, Sengun, Thompson, VanVleet, Whitmore
in Holiday, Whitmore
out Ja. Green, Tate
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoGrJrThWh 3 4 -4 2 5 40 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 2
HOU Holiday, Je. Green, Smith Jr., Thompson, Whitmore
in Je. Green, Smith Jr.
out Sengun, VanVleet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoGrSeThWh 2 0 -5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
HOU Holiday, Je. Green, Sengun, Thompson, Whitmore
in Sengun
out Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoGrGrSeVa 3 10 +8 2 4 50 2 2 100 2 2 100 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0
HOU Holiday, Ja. Green, Je. Green, Sengun, VanVleet
in Ja. Green, VanVleet
out Thompson, Whitmore
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrGrSeTaVa 2 0 -7 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 67 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
HOU Ja. Green, Je. Green, Sengun, Tate, VanVleet
in Tate
out Holiday
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrSeJrTaVa 3 4 0 2 7 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0
HOU Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., Tate, VanVleet
in Smith Jr.
out Je. Green
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrGrSeJrVa 3 8 +2 3 6 50 2 4 50 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
HOU Ja. Green, Je. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
in Je. Green
out Tate
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrSeJrTaVa 7 18 -1 7 11 64 3 5 60 1 3 33 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 2
HOU Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., Tate, VanVleet
in Tate
out Je. Green
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrGrSeTaVa 1 0 -3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
HOU Ja. Green, Je. Green, Sengun, Tate, VanVleet
in Je. Green
out Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrGrSeThVa :59 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
HOU Ja. Green, Je. Green, Sengun, Thompson, VanVleet
in Thompson
out Tate
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoGrJrThVa 2 1 -3 1 3 33 0 1 0 1 1 100 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
HOU Holiday, Je. Green, Smith Jr., Thompson, VanVleet
in Holiday, Smith Jr.
out Ja. Green, Sengun
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoGrJrThWh 5 11 0 5 12 42 1 3 33 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 1 0 1 0
HOU Holiday, Je. Green, Smith Jr., Thompson, Whitmore
in Whitmore
out VanVleet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GrGrSeJrVa :55 0 -5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1
HOU Ja. Green, Je. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
in Ja. Green, Sengun, VanVleet
out Holiday, Thompson, Whitmore
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrHoGrSeJr 2 5 -1 2 5 40 1 3 33 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
HOU Bullock Jr., Holiday, Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr.
in Bullock Jr., Holiday
out Je. Green, VanVleet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrHoLaThWh 1 2 -1 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
HOU Bullock Jr., Holiday, Landale, Thompson, Whitmore
in Landale, Thompson, Whitmore
out Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrHoLaMaTh :50 0 -6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU Bullock Jr., Holiday, Landale, Marjanović, Thompson
in Marjanović
out Whitmore
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrLaMaThWh 3 10 +6 3 8 38 0 3 0 4 4 100 2 4 6 0 2 1 1 2
HOU Bullock Jr., Landale, Marjanović, Thompson, Whitmore
in Whitmore
out Holiday
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CoEdGoMcTo 8 20 +2 7 14 50 3 6 50 3 4 75 3 4 7 4 2 0 2 1
MIN Conley, Edwards, Gobert, McDaniels, Towns
in Conley, Edwards, Gobert, McDaniels, Towns
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlAnEdGoRe 1 6 +2 2 2 100 0 0 0 2 2 100 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
MIN Alexander-Walker, Anderson, Edwards, Gobert, Reid
in Alexander-Walker, Anderson, Reid
out Conley, McDaniels, Towns
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlAnEdReTo 2 4 +4 1 4 25 0 0 0 2 3 67 1 2 3 1 3 0 0 1
MIN Alexander-Walker, Anderson, Edwards, Reid, Towns
in Towns
out Gobert
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlAnMcReTo 4 7 -1 3 9 33 1 5 20 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 2 1 2 1
MIN Alexander-Walker, Anderson, McLaughlin, Reid, Towns
in McLaughlin
out Edwards
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CoGoMcMcRe 2 9 +9 4 5 80 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0
MIN Conley, Gobert, McDaniels, McLaughlin, Reid
in Conley, Gobert, McDaniels
out Alexander-Walker, Anderson, Towns
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CoEdGoMcRe 2 0 -4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
MIN Conley, Edwards, Gobert, McDaniels, Reid
in Edwards
out McLaughlin
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CoEdGoMcTo 11 27 +1 11 17 65 2 6 33 3 3 100 0 10 10 7 2 0 5 4
MIN Conley, Edwards, Gobert, McDaniels, Towns
in Towns
out Reid
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnEdGoMcTo 1 3 +3 1 3 33 0 0 0 1 1 100 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
MIN Anderson, Edwards, Gobert, McDaniels, Towns
in Anderson
out Conley
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnEdGoMcRe :59 2 0 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
MIN Anderson, Edwards, Gobert, McDaniels, Reid
in Reid
out Towns
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlAnEdReTo 3 4 -1 1 5 20 0 1 0 2 2 100 2 3 5 1 0 1 1 0
MIN Alexander-Walker, Anderson, Edwards, Reid, Towns
in Alexander-Walker, Towns
out Gobert, McDaniels
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlAnMcReTo 3 11 +5 4 5 80 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0
MIN Alexander-Walker, Anderson, McLaughlin, Reid, Towns
in McLaughlin
out Edwards
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlAnGoMcRe 1 5 +5 2 3 67 1 1 100 1 2 50 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
MIN Alexander-Walker, Anderson, Gobert, McLaughlin, Reid
in Gobert
out Towns
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlGoMcMcRe 1 2 -3 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
MIN Alexander-Walker, Gobert, McDaniels, McLaughlin, Reid
in McDaniels
out Anderson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CoEdGoMcRe 2 7 +5 3 4 75 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
MIN Conley, Edwards, Gobert, McDaniels, Reid
in Conley, Edwards
out Alexander-Walker, McLaughlin
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlJrGaMcMi :50 6 +6 2 2 100 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
MIN Alexander-Walker, Brown Jr., Garza, McLaughlin, Milton
in Alexander-Walker, Brown Jr., Garza, McLaughlin, Milton
out Conley, Edwards, Gobert, McDaniels, Reid
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrGaMiMiJr 3 4 -6 1 6 17 0 4 0 2 2 100 1 3 4 0 0 1 2 3
MIN Brown Jr., Garza, Milton, Minott, Moore Jr.
in Minott, Moore Jr.
out Alexander-Walker, McLaughlin
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
BM B. Marjanović
CW C. Whitmore
FV F. VanVleet
JG J. Green
JL J. Landale
JS J. Smith Jr.
JT J. Tate
JG Ja. Green
RB R. Bullock Jr.
MINAE A. Edwards
JM J. McDaniels
JM J. McLaughlin
JM J. Minott
KA K. Anderson
KT K. Towns
LG L. Garza
MC M. Conley
NA N. Alexander-Walker
NR N. Reid
RG R. Gobert
SM S. Milton
TB T. Brown Jr.
WM W. Moore Jr.
HOU/MIN the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur