Houston 119, Minnesota 100

April 23, 2018

Opening Round - Houston wins 4-1

Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Attendance: 18,978

Officials: Kevin Scott, James Capers, Mark Ayotte, David Guthrie

Team Rebounds: Houston (5) Minnesota (10)

Technicals: Houston (0) Minnesota (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (65-17) 21 29 50 19 119
MIN (47-35) 21 28 20 31 100

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 98 121.7 102.3
MIN 98 102.3 121.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .522 0.061 0.217 0.250
MIN .512 0.164 0.208 0.167

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
1 Trevor Ariza Starter PF 33:00 4-10 3-8 4-4 9.5 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 0 15
15 Clint Capela Starter C 31:54 6-11 0-0 2-4 23.8 7 10 17 3 2 0 4 1 14
13 James Harden Starter SG 33:15 12-26 5-11 7-7 21.9 0 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 36
3 Chris Paul Starter PG 33:53 9-17 3-5 4-4 25.0 1 5 6 6 1 5 0 1 25
17 P.J. Tucker Starter SF 24:27 1-3 1-2 0-0 4.2 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 3
33 Ryan Anderson Bench PF 17:04 0-3 0-3 0-0 -1.5 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
28 Tarik Black Bench C 02:02 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Eric Gordon Bench SG 29:48 6-14 4-10 2-2 10.5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 18
14 Gerald Green Bench SF 16:29 0-3 0-3 2-2 -0.2 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 2 2
55 Aaron Jackson Bench SG 02:02 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Joe Johnson Bench SF 02:02 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
42 Maybyner Nene Bench C 14:04 1-3 0-0 2-3 5.1 1 4 5 2 1 0 0 1 4
  Team                   5         1  
        240 40-92 16-43 23-26 99.8 10 36 51 20 17 11 6 7 119
          43.5% 37.2% 88.5%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
23 Jimmy Butler Starter SG 38:06 7-17 1-4 4-5 14.6 2 7 9 5 2 0 0 1 19
67 Taj Gibson Starter PF 20:16 1-1 0-0 0-0 3.2 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
0 Jeff Teague Starter PG 28:04 1-7 0-3 0-0 -2.5 0 1 1 5 4 0 0 3 2
32 Karl-Anthony Towns Starter C 31:53 9-15 0-2 4-6 16.5 5 10 15 2 3 0 0 5 22
22 Andrew Wiggins Starter SF 29:14 5-14 1-5 3-4 3.2 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 14
88 Nemanja Bjelica Bench PF 16:15 2-4 2-2 1-2 6.2 1 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 7
30 Aaron Brooks Bench PG 02:02 2-2 0-0 0-2 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
11 Jamal Crawford Bench SG 23:36 4-10 1-2 1-2 6.8 0 2 2 4 3 3 0 2 10
5 Gorgui Dieng Bench C 16:07 1-2 1-2 0-0 6.2 0 5 5 1 2 0 1 0 3
13 Marcus Georges-Hunt Bench SF 02:02 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Derrick Rose Bench PG 32:25 7-11 2-2 1-2 11.5 0 6 6 4 2 0 0 4 17
  Team                   10         0  
        240 39-84 8-22 14-23 97.9 10 38 58 23 22 4 1 16 100
          46.4% 36.4% 60.9%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Chris Paul
18.6p, 5.4r, 7.9a		 James Harden
30.4p, 5.4r, 8.8a		 P.J. Tucker
6.1p, 5.6r, 0.9a		 Trevor Ariza
11.7p, 4.4r, 1.6a		 Clint Capela
13.9p, 10.8r, 0.9a
Rotation  
 		 Eric Gordon
18p, 2.5r, 2.2a		 Gerald Green
12.1p, 3.2r, 0.6a		 Ryan Anderson
9.3p, 5r, 0.9a		 Maybyner Nene
6.5p, 3.4r, 0.9a
Lim PT  
 		 Aaron Jackson
8p, 3r, 1a		 Joe Johnson
6.8p, 3.1r, 1.5a		  
 		 Tarik Black
3.5p, 3.2r, 0.3a

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jeff Teague
14.2p, 3r, 7a		 Jimmy Butler
22.2p, 5.3r, 4.9a		 Andrew Wiggins
17.7p, 4.4r, 2a		 Taj Gibson
12.2p, 7.1r, 1.2a		 Karl-Anthony Towns
21.3p, 12.3r, 2.4a
Rotation Derrick Rose
8.4p, 1.4r, 1.5a		 Jamal Crawford
10.3p, 1.2r, 2.3a		  
 		 Nemanja Bjelica
6.8p, 4.1r, 1.3a		 Gorgui Dieng
5.9p, 4.6r, 0.9a
Lim PT Aaron Brooks
2.3p, 0.5r, 0.6a		  
 		 Marcus Georges-Hunt
1.4p, 0.4r, 0.2a		  
 		  
 

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