Minnesota 86, Houston 97

March 26, 2008

Regular Season

Toyota Center (Houston) (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 18,269

Officials: Joe Crawford, Jason Phillips, Phil Robinson

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (5) Houston (6)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Houston (1 (Bench))

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (18-52) 23 19 18 26 86
HOU (49-23) 24 22 23 28 97

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 91 94.8 106.9
HOU 91 106.9 94.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .468 0.154 0.184 0.182
HOU .447 0.132 0.345 0.138

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Randy Foye Starter PG 32:46 2-8 1-3 0-0 -0.8 0 1 1 4 3 2 0 5 5
8 Ryan Gomes Starter PF 35:29 6-13 2-3 3-5 13.9 1 8 9 1 1 2 0 1 17
55 Marko Jaric Starter SF 35:15 1-4 1-2 0-0 8.5 0 2 2 6 4 2 1 0 3
25 Al Jefferson Starter C 35:23 9-21 0-0 3-4 19.5 3 7 10 1 1 2 5 0 21
30 Kirk Snyder Starter SG 30:13 5-7 0-0 2-4 9.2 2 4 6 6 2 0 0 6 12
13 Corey Brewer Bench SF 17:47 2-4 0-0 4-4 6.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 8
1 Rashad McCants Bench SG 27:59 6-15 2-5 2-2 7.8 0 5 5 1 4 2 0 1 16
32 Chris Richard Bench C 09:19 1-2 0-0 0-0 0.8 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
5 Craig Smith Bench PF 15:49 1-3 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
  Team                   5            
        240 33-77 6-13 14-19 79.9 7 31 43 19 17 10 6 14 86
          42.9% 46.2% 73.7%                    

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
12 Rafer Alston Starter PG 31:56 5-16 2-5 0-0 1.5 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 3 12
31 Shane Battier Starter SF 42:03 3-12 1-7 1-2 4.8 4 4 8 3 1 0 2 5 8
3 Tracy McGrady Starter SG 40:15 9-25 0-3 5-6 19.5 1 10 11 9 0 1 0 1 23
55 Dikembe Mutombo Starter C 17:42 2-3 0-0 0-0 8.0 5 3 8 2 4 0 0 1 4
4 Luis Scola Starter PF 35:14 8-15 0-0 2-2 20.8 5 13 18 0 4 3 0 1 18
44 Chuck Hayes Bench PF 26:57 3-6 0-0 0-0 8.2 1 1 2 2 2 4 0 0 6
2 Luther Head Bench SF 13:42 3-6 1-2 0-0 6.5 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 7
8 Bobby Jackson Bench SG 16:04 4-7 0-2 0-0 7.2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 8
14 Carl Landry Bench PF 16:07 3-4 0-0 5-7 8.1 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 11
  Team                   6            
        240 40-94 4-19 13-17 104.6 20 38 64 22 14 11 2 12 97
          42.6% 21.1% 76.5%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Randy Foye
11.3p, 3.5r, 3.8a
Kirk Snyder
6.8p, 3r, 1.7a
Marko Jaric
8p, 2.9r, 4.2a
Ryan Gomes
12.4p, 5.6r, 1.5a
Al Jefferson
21.1p, 11.5r, 1.5a
Rotation  
 
Rashad McCants
15p, 2.8r, 2.3a
Corey Brewer
5.5p, 3.6r, 1.4a
Craig Smith
9.8p, 4.7r, 0.7a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chris Richard
1.7p, 2.2r, 0.4a

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rafer Alston
13.2p, 3.5r, 5.4a
Tracy McGrady
21.8p, 5.2r, 5.8a
Shane Battier
9.4p, 5.1r, 2a
Luis Scola
9.7p, 6.1r, 1.2a
Dikembe Mutombo
2.1p, 4.8r, 0.1a
Rotation  
 
Bobby Jackson
7.1p, 2.4r, 1.7a
Luther Head
7.5p, 1.7r, 1.9a
Chuck Hayes
3.1p, 5.5r, 1.1a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Carl Landry
8.8p, 5.1r, 0.5a
 
 

Today's Games

Atlanta Hawks 115
Milwaukee Bucks 96

Boston Celtics 117
Phoenix Suns 97

Cleveland Cavaliers 99
New Orleans Pelicans 100

Houston Rockets 97
Minnesota Timberwolves 86

Los Angeles Lakers 95
Charlotte Hornets 108

New Jersey Nets 124
Indiana Pacers 117

New York Knicks 103
Miami Heat 96

Philadelphia Sixers 121
Chicago Bulls 99

Sacramento Kings 107
Memphis Grizzlies 106

San Antonio Spurs 97
Los Angeles Clippers 88

Seattle SuperSonics 99
Washington Wizards 104

Toronto Raptors 89
Detroit Pistons 82