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Houston Rockets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

November 4, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Timberwolves beat the Rockets 117-107 on 2026-11-04 on the road against the Rockets. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Fred VanVleet, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels, Jonathan Kuminga, and Ayo Dosunmu. LaMelo Ball (Timberwolves) scored 9 points (2/4) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender. Alperen Sengun (Rockets) scored 25 points (10/16) in his matchups, with Rudy Gobert as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 107

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Alperen Sengun GS	39:13	17	12	10	0	3	5	3	5-15	0-1	7-9	-7
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	35:19	11	4	2	0	3	1	1	3-4	2-3	3-4	-8
Kevin Durant GS	34:32	21	5	2	1	1	4	3	7-14	2-5	5-6	-6
Amen Thompson GS	31:30	11	8	1	0	0	3	4	3-9	0-2	5-6	-11
Fred VanVleet GS	30:27	18	3	3	0	0	3	3	6-12	4-9	2-2	-8
Tari Eason	24:05	9	6	1	2	0	0	0	4-10	1-5	0-0	-8
Reed Sheppard	20:36	14	2	2	3	0	0	2	5-12	3-8	1-1	+2
Marcus Smart	17:30	4	1	1	0	1	2	4	1-5	1-4	1-2	-7
Bogdan Bogdanović	4:46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Oscar Tshiebwe	2:03	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		107	41	22	6	8	18	20	35-82	13-37	24-30

Did not play: Steven Adams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Clint Capela (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bruce Thornton (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels GS	37:01	14	8	4	2	0	2	4	7-14	0-6	0-0	+9
Ayo Dosunmu GS	34:26	21	1	6	2	0	0	3	10-20	0-3	1-2	+10
Rudy Gobert GS	32:43	8	11	2	1	4	0	4	3-7	0-0	2-6	+11
Jonathan Kuminga GS	31:52	16	8	5	1	1	1	2	5-10	4-7	2-4	+6
LaMelo Ball GS	31:01	20	2	6	3	1	7	4	6-11	4-7	4-5	+15
Jaylen Clark	24:38	10	4	1	2	0	3	3	4-6	2-3	0-0	-1
Trey Lyles	19:41	5	2	0	0	1	0	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	+3
Bones Hyland	15:42	19	2	4	1	0	2	3	7-13	4-7	1-2	-1
Joan Beringer	12:57	4	7	0	0	1	2	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		117	45	28	12	8	17	25	46-87	15-35	10-19

Did not play: Isaiah Evans (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zyon Pullin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cody Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rocco Zikarsky (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Fred VanVleet · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 15.1 min
Marcus Smart · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 5.9 min
Bogdan Bogdanović · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.8 min
Kevin Durant · Marcus Smart · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 4.1 min
Kevin Durant · Fred VanVleet · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 4.1 min

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Rudy Gobert · LaMelo Ball · Jaden McDaniels · Jonathan Kuminga · Ayo Dosunmu Starter 20.4 min
Trey Lyles · Jaden McDaniels · Bones Hyland · Jaylen Clark · Joan Beringer 7.6 min
Rudy Gobert · LaMelo Ball · Jaden McDaniels · Jonathan Kuminga · Jaylen Clark 4.2 min
Rudy Gobert · Trey Lyles · Ayo Dosunmu · Bones Hyland · Jaylen Clark 3.8 min
Rudy Gobert · LaMelo Ball · Jonathan Kuminga · Ayo Dosunmu · Jaylen Clark 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

LaMelo Ball 9 pts (2/4) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (40 %, 2 pts) · Amen Thompson (14 %, 2 pts) · Kevin Durant (11 %, 0 pts)
Bones Hyland 11 pts (3/8) in 32 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (43 %, 1 pts) · Reed Sheppard (25 %, 4 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Alperen Sengun	Rudy Gobert: 40 poss., 4 pts (0/8) · Joan Beringer: 15 poss., 8 pts (4/4)
Kevin Durant	Jaden McDaniels: 43 poss., 14 pts (5/7) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jabari Smith Jr.	LaMelo Ball: 24 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Trey Lyles: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Amen Thompson	Jonathan Kuminga: 31 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · LaMelo Ball: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Fred VanVleet	Ayo Dosunmu: 30 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jaylen Clark: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Trey Lyles: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Reed Sheppard	Jaylen Clark: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Bones Hyland: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Marcus Smart	Bones Hyland: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Jaden McDaniels: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Ayo Dosunmu: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonathan Kuminga: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oscar Tshiebwe	Joan Beringer: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden McDaniels: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Timberwolves defense

Alperen Sengun 25 pts (10/16) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Rudy Gobert (42 %, 3 pts) · Joan Beringer (16 %, 0 pts) · Jonathan Kuminga (12 %, 6 pts)
Kevin Durant 16 pts (6/12) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Jaden McDaniels (40 %, 2 pts) · Jonathan Kuminga (20 %, 6 pts) · Trey Lyles (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaden McDaniels	Kevin Durant: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tari Eason: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ayo Dosunmu	Fred VanVleet: 27 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Tari Eason: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Rudy Gobert	Alperen Sengun: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Amen Thompson: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jonathan Kuminga	Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jaylen Clark	Reed Sheppard: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Fred VanVleet: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Lyles	Tari Eason: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bones Hyland	Marcus Smart: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Joan Beringer	Alperen Sengun: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)