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Houston Rockets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

April 10, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Rockets 136-132 on 2026-04-10 on the road against the Rockets. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Timberwolves started Kyle Anderson, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, and Joan Beringer. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 9 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 18 points (7/16) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 132

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Amen Thompson GS 41:43 41 9 7 2 0 2 2 17-22 0-1 7-7 +1
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 39:38 16 6 2 0 2 1 1 5-12 2-6 4-6 -4
Kevin Durant GS 38:44 33 7 7 1 2 3 2 13-18 0-1 7-9 -3
Alperen Sengun GS 28:51 22 6 8 0 1 3 5 10-13 0-0 2-2 +7
Josh Okogie GS 27:10 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0-3 0-3 2-2 +1
Tari Eason 23:40 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0-3 0-2 0-0 -3
Reed Sheppard 18:10 12 3 3 0 0 1 2 5-12 2-6 0-0 -17
Clint Capela 8:28 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 0-0 0-2 -2
Jae'Sean Tate 7:48 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 -3
Aaron Holiday 5:48 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Totals 132 39 29 4 8 12 18 53-87 4-19 22-28

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dorian Finney-Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tristen Newton (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 136

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaden McDaniels GS 34:59 16 7 2 0 4 0 3 8-19 0-3 0-0 -1
Kyle Anderson GS 32:56 17 6 9 2 0 0 3 7-12 0-0 3-5 +5
Donte DiVincenzo GS 29:05 18 4 2 1 2 1 3 6-12 3-8 3-6 +1
Anthony Edwards GS 27:09 22 2 3 0 0 4 4 7-14 3-7 5-6 -6
Joan Beringer GS 25:41 14 4 1 2 1 0 2 5-5 0-0 4-4 -3
Terrence Shannon Jr. 27:52 23 0 1 0 0 0 2 8-13 5-7 2-2 +4
Ayo Dosunmu 26:00 15 0 4 0 0 1 1 6-10 1-2 2-2 -1
Mike Conley 24:09 9 1 4 1 0 0 2 3-3 3-3 0-0 +17
Jaylen Clark 12:09 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 +4
Totals 136 25 27 7 7 7 21 51-89 15-30 19-25

Did not play: Enrique Freeman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zyon Pullin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rocco Zikarsky (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Amen Thompson Donte DiVincenzo: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kyle Anderson: 12 poss., 12 pts (5/6)
Kevin Durant Jaden McDaniels: 39 poss., 17 pts (7/11) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jabari Smith Jr. Terrence Shannon Jr: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Anthony Edwards: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Alperen Sengun Joan Beringer: 26 poss., 14 pts (7/10) · Kyle Anderson: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Josh Okogie Anthony Edwards: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Tari Eason Ayo Dosunmu: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard Mike Conley: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Donte DiVincenzo: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Clint Capela Kyle Anderson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Joan Beringer: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Kyle Anderson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mike Conley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday Mike Conley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaden McDaniels Kevin Durant: 26 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kyle Anderson Jabari Smith Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 11 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Anthony Edwards Josh Okogie: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Amen Thompson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Donte DiVincenzo Amen Thompson: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Josh Okogie: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Joan Beringer Alperen Sengun: 29 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Clint Capela: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Terrence Shannon Jr Jabari Smith Jr.: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Ayo Dosunmu Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Tari Eason: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Mike Conley Reed Sheppard: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark Reed Sheppard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)