Timberwolves
Minnesota
Western Conference
Northwest
4
14
18
1074
951
10
3
30
97
45
46
27
19
70
29
14
43
5
23
12
14
26
112
4
33
02
6
2025
1112
55
38
27
71
49
06
55
03
66
34
23
2433
6060
12
01
8
1924
712
37
59
36
61
67
15
82
11
45
22
62
1731
6060
3
0
0
20
11
55
3
2
67
4
0
4
0
6
3
2
24
60
3
2
67
25
12
48
8
7
88
9
6
15
3
6
4
3
33
60
1
0
0
19
7
37
5
3
60
6
1
7
1
4
2
6
17
60
2
1
50
24
12
50
9
6
67
7
5
12
1
5
2
2
31
60
1
0
0
9
3
33
2
1
50
3
2
5
0
2
1
1
7
25
Corey
Brewer
Corey Brewer
True
40
5
12
42
1
1
100
4
4
100
2
5
7
6
2
3
3
3
15
2
none
Thaddeus
Young
Thaddeus Young
True
38
9
20
45
0
2
0
1
4
25
2
3
5
1
2
0
1
3
19
-14
none
Zach
LaVine
Zach LaVine
True
34
6
12
50
1
2
50
4
5
80
0
6
6
4
0
0
2
4
17
3
none
Gorgui
Dieng
Gorgui Dieng
True
31
6
9
67
0
0
0
3
3
100
3
3
6
2
3
0
2
6
15
-14
none
Andrew
Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins
True
29
5
12
42
0
2
0
1
3
33
1
2
3
3
1
0
1
5
11
-4
none
Chase
Budinger
Chase Budinger
False
27
4
9
44
1
2
50
1
1
100
2
2
4
3
2
0
4
0
10
-9
none
Shabazz
Muhammad
Shabazz Muhammad
False
26
8
15
53
0
1
0
4
5
80
2
2
4
1
0
0
0
2
20
2
none
Anthony
Bennett
Anthony Bennett
False
20
1
5
20
0
0
0
1
2
50
1
4
5
1
1
0
1
2
3
10
none
Jeff
Adrien
Jeff Adrien
False
16
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
1
2
0
1
2
14
none
Mo
Williams
Mo Williams
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Glenn
Robinson
Glenn Robinson
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Nikola
Peković
Nikola Peković
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Robbie
Hummel
Robbie Hummel
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
6
December
2014
Saturday
AT&T Center
San Antonio
Spurs
San Antonio
False
Rockets
Houston
Western Conference
Southwest
15
4
19
912
913
32
12
38
78
38
49
31
26
84
35
7
42
3
19
3
22
28
114
4
65
51
78
1420
108
8
115
85
74
87
13
100
01
55
00
47
3322
6060
118
32
27
1918
98
5
94
74
79
116
11
127
11
44
20
36
2822
6060
6
5
83
14
10
71
11
8
73
8
1
9
0
5
0
4
33
60
5
1
20
20
8
40
5
5
100
7
3
10
1
5
0
7
22
60
11
3
27
19
9
47
9
7
78
11
1
12
1
4
2
3
28
60
8
2
25
18
8
44
4
4
100
6
1
7
1
4
0
6
22
60
2
1
50
7
3
43
2
2
100
3
1
4
0
1
1
2
9
25
Trevor
Ariza
Trevor Ariza
True
43
6
15
40
5
12
42
0
0
0
1
8
9
1
1
0
3
3
17
1
none
Jason
Terry
Jason Terry
True
42
7
16
44
3
8
38
2
3
67
0
4
4
6
1
0
0
2
19
-4
none
Donatas
Motiejūnas
Donatas Motiejūnas
True
39
4
8
50
0
0
0
5
6
83
0
8
8
0
0
0
4
1
13
6
none
James
Harden
James Harden
True
36
11
17
65
3
5
60
13
14
93
0
4
4
6
0
0
8
6
38
7
none
Tarik
Black
Tarik Black
True
17
2
3
67
0
0
0
2
4
50
0
4
4
1
0
0
3
3
6
8
none
Kostas
Papanikolaou
Kostas Papanikolaou
False
26
5
6
83
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
4
1
0
1
0
4
10
-13
none
Nick
Johnson
Nick Johnson
False
22
1
5
20
0
2
0
4
4
100
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
2
6
10
none
Francisco
García
Francisco García
False
21
2
6
33
1
4
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
3
3
5
-6
none
Joey
Dorsey
Joey Dorsey
False
14
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
7
1
0
2
1
4
0
1
none
Clint
Capela
Clint Capela
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Dwight
Howard
Dwight Howard
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Troy
Daniels
Troy Daniels
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
6
December
2014
Saturday
Toyota Center
Houston
Suns
Phoenix
True
The Rockets ( 15 - 4 ) extended their winning streak to three games , knocking off the Timberwolves ( 4 - 14 ) 114 - 112 in Minneapolis on Friday . Houston , still without Dwight Howard ( knee ) , squandered a 13 - point fourth - quarter lead , as Corey Brewer and Zach LaVine scored 12 straight points to bring Minnesota within two with less than three minutes to play . Baskets by Thaddeus Young and Andrew Wiggins put the Wolves up by two , but James Harden responded with a pair of free throws on the other end to tie the game . Minnesota held a four - point advantage with 48 seconds to play , but a Donatas Motiejunas jumper brought Houston back to within two , and two Motiejunas free throws 30 seconds later knotted the game at 105 . With 15 seconds remaining , the Wolves had a chance to go ahead , but a Chase Budinger 21 - footer bounced off the rim as time expired . Playing without Harden , who fouled out near the end of the fourth quarter , in the overtime period , Houston turned to veteran Jason Terry , whose three - pointer and two free throws gave the Rockets a 112 - 110 advantage with 25 seconds remaining . Young tied the game on the ensuing Minnesota possession , but rookie Nick Johnson responded with a driving layup with less than two seconds remaining to give the Rockets the victory . Johnson finished with six points on 1 - of - 5 shooting on the night . Harden led the way for Houston , pouring in 38 points to go with six assists and eight turnovers . Harden converted 11 - of - 17 field goals and 13 - of - 14 free throw attempts . Terry added 19 points , while Trevor Ariza had 17 points and nine rebounds in 44 minutes . The Wolves , who have dropped four straight , placed seven players in double - figures , led by Shabazz Muhammad 's 20 points off the bench . LaVine added 17 points , and Young contributed 19 to go with five boards . Gorgui Dieng had 15 points and six boards before fouling out in 31 minutes . Up next , Minnesota travels to San Antonio to take on the Spurs on Saturday . Houston plays host to the Suns , also on Saturday .
The Rockets (15 - 4) extended their winning streak to three games, knocking off the Timberwolves (4 - 14) 114 - 112 in Minneapolis on Friday. Houston, still without Dwight Howard (knee), squandered a 13 - point fourth - quarter lead, as Corey Brewer and Zach LaVine scored 12 straight points to bring Minnesota within two with less than three minutes to play. Baskets by Thaddeus Young and Andrew Wiggins put the Wolves up by two, but James Harden responded with a pair of free throws on the other end to tie the game. Minnesota held a four - point advantage with 48 seconds to play, but a Donatas Motiejunas jumper brought Houston back to within two, and two Motiejunas free throws 30 seconds later knotted the game at 105. With 15 seconds remaining, the Wolves had a chance to go ahead, but a Chase Budinger 21 - footer bounced off the rim as time expired. Playing without Harden, who fouled out near the end of the fourth quarter, in the overtime period, Houston turned to veteran Jason Terry, whose three - pointer and two free throws gave the Rockets a 112 - 110 advantage with 25 seconds remaining. Young tied the game on the ensuing Minnesota possession, but rookie Nick Johnson responded with a driving layup with less than two seconds remaining to give the Rockets the victory. Johnson finished with six points on 1 - of - 5 shooting on the night. Harden led the way for Houston, pouring in 38 points to go with six assists and eight turnovers. Harden converted 11 - of - 17 field goals and 13 - of - 14 free throw attempts. Terry added 19 points, while Trevor Ariza had 17 points and nine rebounds in 44 minutes. The Wolves, who have dropped four straight, placed seven players in double - figures, led by Shabazz Muhammad's 20 points off the bench. LaVine added 17 points, and Young contributed 19 to go with five boards. Gorgui Dieng had 15 points and six boards before fouling out in 31 minutes. Up next, Minnesota travels to San Antonio to take on the Spurs on Saturday. Houston plays host to the Suns, also on Saturday.
The Rockets (15 - 4) extended their winning streak to three games, knocking off the Timberwolves (4 - 14) 114 - 112 in Minneapolis on Friday. Houston, still without Dwight Howard (knee), squandered a 13 - point fourth - quarter lead, as Corey Brewer and Zach LaVine scored 12 straight points to bring Minnesota within two with less than three minutes to play. Baskets by Thaddeus Young and Andrew Wiggins put the Wolves up by two, but James Harden responded with a pair of free throws on the other end to tie the game. Minnesota held a four - point advantage with 48 seconds to play, but a Donatas Motiejunas jumper brought Houston back to within two, and two Motiejunas free throws 30 seconds later knotted the game at 105. With 15 seconds remaining, the Wolves had a chance to go ahead, but a Chase Budinger 21 - footer bounced off the rim as time expired. Playing without Harden, who fouled out near the end of the fourth quarter, in the overtime period, Houston turned to veteran Jason Terry, whose three - pointer and two free throws gave the Rockets a 112 - 110 advantage with 25 seconds remaining. Young tied the game on the ensuing Minnesota possession, but rookie Nick Johnson responded with a driving layup with less than two seconds remaining to give the Rockets the victory. Johnson finished with six points on 1 - of - 5 shooting on the night. Harden led the way for Houston, pouring in 38 points to go with six assists and eight turnovers. Harden converted 11 - of - 17 field goals and 13 - of - 14 free throw attempts. Terry added 19 points, while Trevor Ariza had 17 points and nine rebounds in 44 minutes. The Wolves, who have dropped four straight, placed seven players in double - figures, led by Shabazz Muhammad's 20 points off the bench. LaVine added 17 points, and Young contributed 19 to go with five boards. Gorgui Dieng had 15 points and six boards before fouling out in 31 minutes. Up next, Minnesota travels to San Antonio to take on the Spurs on Saturday. Houston plays host to the Suns, also on Saturday.
<GAME> <DATE> 5 December 2014 <DAY> Friday <STADIUM> Target Center <CITY> Minneapolis <HOME> <TEAM> Timberwolves <CITY> Minnesota <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 112 <WINS-LOSSES> 4 14 <QTRS> 24 33 17 31 <TEAM-AST> 23 <3PT> 3 <TEAM-FG> 45 <TEAM-FT> 19 <TEAM-REB> 43 <TEAM-TO> 14 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 6 December 2014 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> AT&T Center <NEXT-CITY> San Antonio <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> San Antonio <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Spurs <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Rockets <CITY> Houston <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 114 <WINS-LOSSES> 15 4 <QTRS> 33 22 28 22 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 12 <TEAM-FG> 38 <TEAM-FT> 26 <TEAM-REB> 42 <TEAM-TO> 22 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 6 December 2014 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Toyota Center <NEXT-CITY> Houston <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Phoenix <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Suns <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Shabazz Muhammad <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 20 <FG> 8 15 53 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Thaddeus Young <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 38 <PTS> 19 <FG> 9 20 45 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 1 4 25 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Zach LaVine <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 17 <FG> 6 12 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 6 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gorgui Dieng <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 15 <FG> 6 9 67 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 6 <AST> 2 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 3 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Corey Brewer <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 40 <PTS> 15 <FG> 5 12 42 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 6 <STL> 2 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Andrew Wiggins <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 11 <FG> 5 12 42 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 1 3 33 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Chase Budinger <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 2 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anthony Bennett <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jeff Adrien <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Robbie Hummel <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-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> Nikola Peković <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-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> Glenn Robinson <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-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> Mo Williams <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-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> James Harden <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 38 <FG> 11 17 65 <FG3> 3 5 60 <FT> 13 14 93 <REB> 4 <AST> 6 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 8 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jason Terry <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 42 <PTS> 19 <FG> 7 16 44 <FG3> 3 8 38 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 4 <AST> 6 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Trevor Ariza <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 43 <PTS> 17 <FG> 6 15 40 <FG3> 5 12 42 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 9 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Donatas Motiejūnas <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 39 <PTS> 13 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 5 6 83 <REB> 8 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kostas Papanikolaou <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 10 <FG> 5 6 83 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nick Johnson <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 6 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tarik Black <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 3 67 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 4 50 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Francisco García <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 6 33 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Troy Daniels <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> Dwight Howard <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> Clint Capela <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-11 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none