The Houston Rockets (10-36, 6-15 Home) will try to slow down one of the league’s top shooting teams when they welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves (24-24, 8-14 Away) on Monday. The teams meet for their second straight game against each other.
Minnesota defeated Houston 113-104 at Target Center on Saturday, their seventh consecutive head-to-head win. Anthony Edwards led the Timberwolves with 44 points, six rebounds, and three blocks.
Alperen Sengun had 19 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists, and three blocks in defeat. The Timberwolves are seventh in the Western Conference. The Rockets are 15th in the Western Conference. Minnesota is unbeaten in the season series against Houston, triumphing in each of their three games.
Edwards is averaging 24.1 points per game to lead the T’Wolves in scoring this season. Meanwhile, Rudy Gobert is grabbing 11.5 rebounds per game, third-most in the league, and D’Angelo Russell is dishing 6.2 assists.
Jalen Green (21.7 ppg) and Kevin Porter Jr. (19.2) have supplied much of the Rockets’ offense. Porter Jr. also has tallied 5.6 assists per game. Sengun has collected 9.0 rebounds per game. Shooting 49.3% from the field, the Timberwolves are one of the league’s most accurate field goal shooting teams (3rd).
The Rockets have found success in the last 10 clashes between the teams at Toyota Center, winning six. Houston is looking to avoid an 11th successive home loss this season. In the last 10 games, Minnesota is 7-3 with an average margin of +3.0 (117.8-114.8).
Houston has lost each of the last 10 as part of the team’s 13-game losing streak, allowing 123.5 points per game on average while scoring only 110.6 (-12.9 margin). The Rockets are averaging 109.7 ppg for the full season while allowing 117.5.
TIMBERWOLVES HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Kyle Anderson: 24.8 | 17.1 | +7.7
Rudy Gobert: 6.5 | 25.6 | -19.1
Points per game:
Rudy Gobert: 4.0 | 13.3 | -9.3
Rebounds per game:
Rudy Gobert: 2.5 | 11.5 | -9.0
ROCKETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Alperen Sengun: 38.8 | 27.5 | +11.3
Points per game:
Alperen Sengun: 21.0 | 15.2 | +5.8
Rebounds per game:
Alperen Sengun: 11.4 | 9.0 | +2.4
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Minnesota Timberwolves (-210)
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