In the NBA regular season on February 5, Beijing time, the Rockets challenged the Timberwolves away. The Timberwolves lost 106-108 at home to the Magic two days ago and currently have a 34-15 record, ranking second in the West; The Rockets beat the Raptors 135-106 in their last game and are currently 23-25 and 11th in the West.
Game Overview: In the first quarter, the Rockets shot only 40%, the team made 4 turnovers, and the Timberwolves scored 14 points in the restricted area, and the Rockets trailed by 8 points 23-31 after the first quarter, and it is worth mentioning that no one on either side scored more than 5 points after the first quarter. Less than two minutes into the second quarter, the Timberwolves led by 12 points at 36-24, after which the Rockets began to fight back, and with 1 minute and 25 seconds left in the quarter, Shin Kyung broke through and hit 2 points, and the Rockets chased the score to 44-44, and after Gobert and Edwards scored 2 points each, the Timberwolves ended the first half with a 48-44 lead.
With three and a half points in the third quarter, the Timberwolves extended the margin to double digits again at 58-48, but that wasn't the end of the game, and by four minutes left in the quarter, the Rockets had lost 15 points in the quarter, at which point the score was 54-7......3After the third quarter, the Rockets trailed by 16 points at 64-80, and at the beginning of the final quarter, Amen assisted Whitmore to hit a three-pointer, but the Timberwolves responded in time, with 4 minutes and 56 seconds left in the game, Towns hit 2 points, and the Rockets trailed by 25 points at 75-100.
Rockets player stats and plus/minus:
Shen Jing had 15 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block, shooting 7-of-14 from the field, 1-of-1 from three-point range, 0-of-2 from the free throw line, and a plus/minus of -14
VanVleet had 11 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 4 blocks, shooting 4-of-11 from the field, 2-of-6 from three-point range, and 1-of-1 from the free throw line, with a team-low plus/minus of -27.
Green had 8 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block, shooting 3-of-15 from the field, 0-of-5 from three-point range, and 2-of-3 from the free throw line, with a plus/minus of -19
Smith had 3 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, shooting 1-of-4 from the field and 1-of-2 from three-point range, with a plus/minus of -14
Dillon had 7 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, shooting 2-of-7 from the field, 1-of-3 from three-point range, 2-of-2 from the free throw line, and a plus/minus of -18
Amen had 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, shooting 2-of-7 from the field and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line, with a plus/minus of -11
Whitmore had 14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, shooting 4-of-13 from the field, 3-of-8 from three-point range, and 3-of-6 from the free-throw line, with a plus/minus of -16
Holiday had 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, shooting 1-of-3 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free throw line, with a plus/minus of +4
Green had 4 points and 2 rebounds, shooting 1-of-3 from the field, 1-of-2 from three-point range, and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line, with a plus/minus of -8
Tate had 2 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, shooting 1-of-3 from the field and a plus/minus of -6
Landale had four points, Samuels had four points, Hinton had five points and Bullock had 0 points and two boards.
At the end of the fourth quarter, the Rockets lost to the Timberwolves 90-111, and their record of 23-26 remained 11th in the West, 0 behind the 10th-place Jazz (24-26).5 wins, 0 ahead of the Warriors behind them (21-25).5 wins.