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MIN: Donte DiVincenzo, Julius Randle, Rudy Gobert, Jesse Edwards, Tristen Newton
HOU: N’Faly Dante, Jack McVeigh, Cody Zeller
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| PLAYER | MIN | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | +/- |
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| 42:44 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | -13 | |
| 41:49 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 3 | |
| 33:43 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 22 | -10 | |
| 39:16 | 13 | 32 | 40.6 | 4 | 14 | 28.6 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 37 | -11 | |
| 23:59 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | |
| 20:25 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | |
| 19:01 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| 10:55 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
| 8:08 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | |
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| TOTALS | 41 | 92 | 44.6 | 11 | 38 | 28.9 | 22 | 26 | 84.6 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 115 | -6 | |
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30:21 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
| 26:48 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 5 | |
| 35:53 | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 10 | |
| 39:14 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 18 | |
| 39:46 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | |
| 38:00 | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 12 | |
| 7:01 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | |
| 18:19 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -7 | |
| 4:38 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -10 | |
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| TOTALS | 42 | 84 | 50.0 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 24 | 32 | 75.0 | 9 | 39 | 48 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 121 | 6 | |
Jalen Green scores 35 points to lead Rockets past Timberwolves 121-115
HOUSTON — — Jalen Green scored 35 points, Alperen Sengun added 24 points and 13 rebounds and the Houston Rockets defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 121-115 on Friday night.
Green finished 12 of 24 from the floor and was 5 of 11 on 3-pointers. Amen Thompson finished with 17 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for Houston, which shot 50%, including 13 of 26 on 3-pointers.
Jabari Smith Jr had 15 points and nine rebounds off the bench in his first game back after missing 22 games with a broken bone in his left hand.
Anthony Edwards scored 37 points on 13-of-32 shooting, including 4 of 14 on 3-pointers. Edwards scored 25 points in the first half on 8-of-15 shooting, including 3 of 7 on 3-pointers.
Naz Reid had 22 points and eight rebounds, Jaden McDaniels added 21 points and Nickeil Alexander-Walker had 16 points for Minnesota, which shot 45%, including 11 of 39 on 3-pointers.
Takeaways
Timberwolves: Mike Conley returned to the lineup after missing four games with a sprained right index finger, but he was in foul trouble for most of the night and finished with five points in 24 minutes.
Rockets: One area that coach Ime Udoka pointed to before the game where Smith’s return would help was rebounding. Houston outrebounded the Timberwolves 48-35.
Key moment
Tied at 108, Green made a 3-pointer with five minutes remaining to kickstart Houston’s 9-2 run to open up a seven-point lead with 48 seconds left.
Key stat
Edwards was 1 for 6 in the fourth quarter, including 1 of 4 on 3-pointers. He scored 3 points in the quarter as Houston sent double teams at him.
Up next
Minnesota hosts Oklahoma City on Sunday night, while Houston travels to Utah on Saturday night.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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| MIN | 38 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 115 |
| HOU | 48 | 20 | 30 | 23 | 121 |
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 45 | 10 | .818 | – | W1 |
| Denver | 37 | 19 | .661 | 8.5 | W9 |
| Minnesota | 31 | 26 | .544 | 15 | L1 |
| Portland | 23 | 33 | .411 | 22.5 | L4 |
| Utah | 13 | 42 | .236 | 32 | L2 |
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
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| Memphis | 37 | 19 | .661 | – | W1 |
| Houston | 35 | 21 | .625 | 2 | W1 |
| Dallas | 31 | 26 | .544 | 6.5 | W3 |
| San Antonio | 24 | 30 | .444 | 12 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 13 | 43 | .232 | 24 | L1 |
Wolves could be down 5 of top-6 players against Rockets
Anthony Edwards, Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert are all listed as questionable for the Minnesota Timberwolves ahead of Friday night’s game against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center, meaning they could be down four of five starters.
Edwards remains questionable with right hip soreness after missing the All-Star Game. Edwards did play in the last three games for the Wolves, including the Feb. 13 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder, the last game before the break. Conley has missed the last four games after dislocating his finger against the Rockets on Feb. 6, remaining questionable for a right index finger sprain. Gobert is questionable due to lower back spasms that kept him out of the Thunder game.
Edwards is Minnesota’s leading scorer at 27.5 points per game, Gobert is the team’s leading rebounder (10.4 per game) and Conley leads the team in assists (4.6 per game). Those will be significant losses to an already short-handed team.
If Edwards, Conley and Gobert are all unable to play, the Wolves would be down four of five starters and five of their top eight rotation players as Julius Randle (groin) and Donte DiVincenzo (toe) remain out. Randle and DiVincenzo are, however, getting closer to returning as the Wolves issued positive updates on their statuses on Thursday, revealing that Randle has been cleared for full-contact, 5-on-5 action while DiVincenzo has been cleared for non-contact basketball activities.
It seems the week off wasn’t enough time for the Wolves to get back healthy. Ideally, all three will be able to give it a go Friday night, but it could be another heavy night of the young guys like Rob Dillingham, Terrence Shannon Jr., Jaylen Clark and Luka Garza. It’ll be a tough test against the 34-21 Rockets, who are fourth in the Western Conference standings.
The Wolves and Rockets tip off at 8:30 p.m. CT Friday night in Houston.
Nolan O’Hara covers all things Minnesota sports, primarily the Timberwolves, for Bring Me The News and Sports Illustrated’s On SI network. He previously worked as a copy editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s Hubbard School of Journalism. His work has appeared in the Pioneer Press, Ratchet & Wrench magazine, the Minnesota Daily and a number of local newspapers in Minnesota, among other publications.
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