Timberwolves
Minnesota
Western Conference
Northwest
2
5
7
332
784
12
6
50
81
36
44
30
23
77
32
9
41
6
22
6
13
17
101
4
30
30
100
2222
119
5
26
15
58
511
31
542
33
65
02
24
2623
6060
45
12
27
2215
79
4
913
611
67
79
41
120
00
47
22
34
2131
6060
3
3
100
22
11
50
2
1
50
5
3
8
3
6
0
2
26
60
0
0
0
22
9
41
6
5
83
11
1
12
3
5
2
4
23
60
4
1
25
22
7
32
9
6
67
7
4
11
0
4
2
3
21
60
5
2
40
15
9
60
13
11
85
9
1
10
0
7
2
4
31
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Zach
LaVine
Zach LaVine
True
34
2
9
22
0
2
0
4
4
100
0
3
3
9
0
0
3
4
8
-5
none
Andrew
Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins
True
31
6
13
46
1
2
50
2
2
100
0
1
1
0
0
1
4
4
15
-5
none
Nikola
Peković
Nikola Peković
True
28
4
10
40
0
0
0
3
3
100
4
9
13
0
2
1
1
0
11
-9
double
Thaddeus
Young
Thaddeus Young
True
27
2
10
20
1
1
100
1
2
50
1
2
3
1
1
1
0
3
6
-11
none
Kevin
Martin
Kevin Martin
True
22
4
7
57
1
1
100
3
4
75
1
4
5
1
1
0
1
1
12
-2
none
Corey
Brewer
Corey Brewer
False
24
7
7
100
1
1
100
3
5
60
0
4
4
2
1
0
1
1
18
-10
none
Shabazz
Muhammad
Shabazz Muhammad
False
14
3
6
50
0
0
0
3
6
50
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
9
-11
none
Gorgui
Dieng
Gorgui Dieng
False
13
3
7
43
0
1
0
2
2
100
1
2
3
2
0
2
1
1
8
-12
none
Mo
Williams
Mo Williams
False
13
0
5
0
0
0
0
2
2
100
0
2
2
6
0
0
2
2
2
-7
none
Ronny
Turiaf
Ronny Turiaf
False
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
none
Anthony
Bennett
Anthony Bennett
False
8
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
0
0
1
0
0
2
-3
none
Robbie
Hummel
Robbie Hummel
False
8
3
4
75
2
3
67
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
8
5
none
Chase
Budinger
Chase Budinger
False
3
1
2
50
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
none
14
November
2014
Friday
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans
Pelicans
New Orleans
False
Rockets
Houston
Western Conference
Southwest
7
1
8
905
906
28
13
46
89
43
48
19
14
74
27
13
40
7
25
7
13
29
113
4
57
31
54
1925
1010
52
64
54
84
69
22
91
12
74
03
34
2825
6060
610
45
7
2223
1211
54
54
32
59
75
54
129
31
77
13
33
3129
6060
5
3
60
19
10
53
6
5
83
6
2
8
1
7
0
3
28
60
7
1
14
25
10
40
4
4
100
9
2
11
2
4
3
4
25
60
6
4
67
22
12
55
5
3
60
7
5
12
3
7
1
3
31
60
10
5
50
23
11
48
4
2
50
5
4
9
1
7
3
3
29
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
James
Harden
James Harden
True
39
8
23
35
2
8
25
5
5
100
1
3
4
10
3
0
1
3
23
13
double
Trevor
Ariza
Trevor Ariza
True
33
7
12
58
3
6
50
2
2
100
1
4
5
1
2
0
2
2
19
13
none
Dwight
Howard
Dwight Howard
True
33
9
16
56
0
0
0
4
5
80
2
8
10
2
0
4
0
3
22
8
double
Donatas
Motiejūnas
Donatas Motiejūnas
True
30
4
9
44
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
3
7
4
1
2
3
4
8
19
none
Isaiah
Canaan
Isaiah Canaan
True
26
2
7
29
0
3
0
1
2
50
0
2
2
1
0
0
3
2
5
-7
none
Kostas
Papanikolaou
Kostas Papanikolaou
False
24
4
8
50
4
4
100
2
3
67
0
0
0
4
0
0
1
5
14
9
none
Jason
Terry
Jason Terry
False
23
3
3
100
3
3
100
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
1
1
1
4
9
14
none
Tarik
Black
Tarik Black
False
16
5
6
83
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
6
0
0
0
1
3
10
4
none
Troy
Daniels
Troy Daniels
False
5
1
4
25
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
-5
none
Nick
Johnson
Nick Johnson
False
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-4
none
Joey
Dorsey
Joey Dorsey
False
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
-4
none
Francisco
García
Francisco García
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
14
November
2014
Friday
Toyota Center
Houston
76ers
Philadelphia
True
The Houston Rockets ( 7 - 1 ) defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves ( 2 - 5 ) 113 - 101 on Wednesday in Mexico City . Despite the Rockets playing so well this season , the inexperienced Timberwolves held tough and gave the Rockets a good fight . The Rockets had a big third quarter where they outscored the Timberwolves 31 - 21 to gain the advantage in an otherwise evenly played game . Minnesota has now dropped three games in a row , while Houston rebounded with a victory after their first loss of the season to the Warriors on Saturday . Even without starting point guard Patrick Beverley and power forward Terrence Jones , the Rockets ' big three were able to have enough production to get the victory . James Harden recorded a double - double , scoring 23 points ( 8 - 23 FG , 2 - 8 3Pt ) and adding 10 assists . Harden has only scored below 20 points once this season , as he makes his case for league MVP . Dwight Howard added a double - double of his own , posting 22 points and 10 rebounds . He 's now recorded six double - doubles in seven games and is averaging 20 points and 12 rebounds on the year . Trevor Ariza also had his shot falling in this game , going 7 - for - 12 from the field and 3 - for - 6 from the three - point line to score 19 points . He 's shooting 48 percent from beyond the arc this season . The Timberwolves were led by Corey Brewer , who came off the bench to go a perfect 7 - for - 7 from the field and 1 - for - 1 from the three - point line . He scored 18 points in 24 minutes . It was his highest scoring output of the season after only reaching double digits once this season before Wednesday . Rookie Andrew Wiggins was able to score 15 points , but did n't do much else for the Wolves , as he only recorded one rebound and a block . He 's starting to get more comfortable with his offensive game now that he 's seven games into the season . Nikola Pekovic notched his fourth double - double of the season as he finished with 11 points and 13 rebounds . He 's averaging 14 points and 9 rebounds on the year . The Rockets ' next game will be at home against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday , while the Timberwolves will travel to New Orleans to play the Pelicans on Friday .
The Houston Rockets (7 - 1) defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves (2 - 5) 113 - 101 on Wednesday in Mexico City. Despite the Rockets playing so well this season, the inexperienced Timberwolves held tough and gave the Rockets a good fight. The Rockets had a big third quarter where they outscored the Timberwolves 31 - 21 to gain the advantage in an otherwise evenly played game. Minnesota has now dropped three games in a row, while Houston rebounded with a victory after their first loss of the season to the Warriors on Saturday. Even without starting point guard Patrick Beverley and power forward Terrence Jones, the Rockets' big three were able to have enough production to get the victory. James Harden recorded a double - double, scoring 23 points (8 - 23 FG, 2 - 8 3Pt) and adding 10 assists. Harden has only scored below 20 points once this season, as he makes his case for league MVP. Dwight Howard added a double - double of his own, posting 22 points and 10 rebounds. He's now recorded six double - doubles in seven games and is averaging 20 points and 12 rebounds on the year. Trevor Ariza also had his shot falling in this game, going 7 - for - 12 from the field and 3 - for - 6 from the three - point line to score 19 points. He's shooting 48 percent from beyond the arc this season. The Timberwolves were led by Corey Brewer, who came off the bench to go a perfect 7 - for - 7 from the field and 1 - for - 1 from the three - point line. He scored 18 points in 24 minutes. It was his highest scoring output of the season after only reaching double digits once this season before Wednesday. Rookie Andrew Wiggins was able to score 15 points, but didn't do much else for the Wolves, as he only recorded one rebound and a block. He's starting to get more comfortable with his offensive game now that he's seven games into the season. Nikola Pekovic notched his fourth double - double of the season as he finished with 11 points and 13 rebounds. He's averaging 14 points and 9 rebounds on the year. The Rockets' next game will be at home against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, while the Timberwolves will travel to New Orleans to play the Pelicans on Friday.
The Houston Rockets (7 - 1) defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves (2 - 5) 113 - 101 on Wednesday in Mexico City. Despite the Rockets playing so well this season, the inexperienced Timberwolves held tough and gave the Rockets a good fight. The Rockets had a big third quarter where they outscored the Timberwolves 31 - 21 to gain the advantage in an otherwise evenly played game. Minnesota has now dropped three games in a row, while Houston rebounded with a victory after their first loss of the season to the Warriors on Saturday. Even without starting point guard Patrick Beverley and power forward Terrence Jones, the Rockets' big three were able to have enough production to get the victory. James Harden recorded a double - double, scoring 23 points (8 - 23 FG, 2 - 8 3Pt) and adding 10 assists. Harden has only scored below 20 points once this season, as he makes his case for league MVP. Dwight Howard added a double - double of his own, posting 22 points and 10 rebounds. He's now recorded six double - doubles in seven games and is averaging 20 points and 12 rebounds on the year. Trevor Ariza also had his shot falling in this game, going 7 - for - 12 from the field and 3 - for - 6 from the three - point line to score 19 points. He's shooting 48 percent from beyond the arc this season. The Timberwolves were led by Corey Brewer, who came off the bench to go a perfect 7 - for - 7 from the field and 1 - for - 1 from the three - point line. He scored 18 points in 24 minutes. It was his highest scoring output of the season after only reaching double digits once this season before Wednesday. Rookie Andrew Wiggins was able to score 15 points, but didn't do much else for the Wolves, as he only recorded one rebound and a block. He's starting to get more comfortable with his offensive game now that he's seven games into the season. Nikola Pekovic notched his fourth double - double of the season as he finished with 11 points and 13 rebounds. He's averaging 14 points and 9 rebounds on the year. The Rockets' next game will be at home against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, while the Timberwolves will travel to New Orleans to play the Pelicans on Friday.
<GAME> <DATE> 12 November 2014 <DAY> Wednesday <STADIUM> Target Center <CITY> Minneapolis <HOME> <TEAM> Timberwolves <CITY> Minnesota <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 101 <WINS-LOSSES> 2 5 <QTRS> 26 23 21 31 <TEAM-AST> 22 <3PT> 6 <TEAM-FG> 36 <TEAM-FT> 23 <TEAM-REB> 41 <TEAM-TO> 13 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 14 November 2014 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Smoothie King Center <NEXT-CITY> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Pelicans <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Rockets <CITY> Houston <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 113 <WINS-LOSSES> 7 1 <QTRS> 28 25 31 29 <TEAM-AST> 25 <3PT> 13 <TEAM-FG> 43 <TEAM-FT> 14 <TEAM-REB> 40 <TEAM-TO> 13 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 14 November 2014 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Toyota Center <NEXT-CITY> Houston <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Philadelphia <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> 76ers <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Corey Brewer <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 18 <FG> 7 7 100 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 3 5 60 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Andrew Wiggins <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 15 <FG> 6 13 46 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kevin Martin <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 12 <FG> 4 7 57 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nikola Peković <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 11 <FG> 4 10 40 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 13 <AST> 0 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 9 <OREB> 4 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Shabazz Muhammad <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 6 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 3 6 50 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Robbie Hummel <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 4 75 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gorgui Dieng <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 13 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Zach LaVine <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 8 <FG> 2 9 22 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 9 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Thaddeus Young <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 10 20 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Chase Budinger <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anthony Bennett <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mo Williams <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 13 <PTS> 2 <FG> 0 5 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 6 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ronny Turiaf <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 9 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Harden <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 39 <PTS> 23 <FG> 8 23 35 <FG3> 2 8 25 <FT> 5 5 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 10 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Dwight Howard <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 22 <FG> 9 16 56 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 10 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 4 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Trevor Ariza <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 19 <FG> 7 12 58 <FG3> 3 6 50 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kostas Papanikolaou <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 14 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 4 4 100 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 0 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tarik Black <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 10 <FG> 5 6 83 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 4 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jason Terry <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 3 100 <FG3> 3 3 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Donatas Motiejūnas <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 8 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 7 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 4 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Isaiah Canaan <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Troy Daniels <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Francisco García <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Joey Dorsey <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-10 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nick Johnson <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none