Houston Rockets – Minnesota Timberwolves · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 25 March 2026

HOU108–110MIN

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 93% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes

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↑ MIN winsHOU wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MIN leads and falls when HOU does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jaden McDaniels decided it, the Minnesota Timberwolves player with the most points (25, with 2 rebounds and 0 assists; -6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Terrence Shannon Jr's (+9). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Minnesota Timberwolves 110-108 Houston Rockets (March 25, 2026) was hit by Julius Randle: a jump shot with 8.8 s left in overtime, putting the Minnesota Timberwolves up 110-108. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Minnesota Timberwolves 110-108 Houston Rockets (March 25, 2026) was a 15-0 run by the Minnesota Timberwolves in overtime (from 2:45 to 8.8 s), from 95-108 to 110-108. The Houston Rockets' best was a 14-0 run between the fourth quarter and overtime, from 94-95 to 108-95.

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Play: Julius Randle makes 9-foot pullup jump shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Julius Randle decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 8.8 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 4 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Randle decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

25 March 2026 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401810913:778; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · HOU

Smith · Thompson · Sengun · Durant · Sheppard

Closing lineup · MIN

Randle · DiVincenzo · Hyland · Anderson · Shannon

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HOU

Jabari Smith Jr.

48′ · -3

Amen Thompson

45′ · -3

Alperen Sengun

43′ · -2

Kevin Durant

43′ · +5

Reed Sheppard

28′ · +5

Tari Eason

21′ · +3

Clint Capela

10′ · 0

Jae'Sean Tate

8′ · -5

Aaron Holiday

12′ · -2

Dorian Finney-Smith

6′ · -5

Josh Okogie

1′ · -3

MIN

Julius Randle

42′ · +7

Jaden McDaniels

37′ · -6

Donte DiVincenzo

36′ · +3

Mike Conley

29′ · +2

Rudy Gobert

28′ · 0

Naz Reid

31′ · -8

Bones Hyland

30′ · -1

Kyle Anderson

30′ · +4

Terrence Shannon Jr.

2′ · +9

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. HOU and MIN.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Houston Rockets

Sengun, Smith, Thompson, Sheppard, and Durant played 14.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Sengun, Smith, Eason, Thompson, and Durant played 6.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Finney-Smith, Holiday, Sengun, Smith, and Thompson played 6.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

Minnesota Timberwolves

DiVincenzo, McDaniels, Conley, Gobert, and Randle played 11.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
DiVincenzo, Reid, Hyland, Anderson, and Randle played 7.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Reid, McDaniels, Hyland, Gobert, and Anderson played 5.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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Houston Rockets

Tate, Sengun, Smith, Thompson, and Durant played 5.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Smith, Eason, Sheppard, Durant, and Capela played 5.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Eason, Thompson, Sheppard, Durant, and Capela played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Holiday, Sengun, Smith, Eason, and Thompson played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Tate, Sengun, Thompson, Sheppard, and Durant played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Holiday, Sengun, Smith, Thompson, and Durant played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Sengun, Smith, Eason, Sheppard, and Durant played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Holiday, Sengun, Smith, Thompson, and Sheppard played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Minnesota Timberwolves

DiVincenzo, Reid, McDaniels, Hyland, and Randle played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
DiVincenzo, Reid, Conley, Anderson, and Randle played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Reid, McDaniels, Hyland, Conley, and Gobert played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
McDaniels, Conley, Gobert, Anderson, and Randle played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
DiVincenzo, Hyland, Shannon, Anderson, and Randle played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Reid, McDaniels, Hyland, Anderson, and Randle played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
DiVincenzo, Hyland, Conley, Anderson, and Randle played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
DiVincenzo, McDaniels, Hyland, Gobert, and Randle played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Reid, McDaniels, Conley, Anderson, and Randle played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
DiVincenzo, McDaniels, Conley, Gobert, and Anderson played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Amen Thompson covered 5.41 km, more than anyone in the game.

Amen Thompson touched the ball 81 times, a game high.
Amen Thompson made 67 passes, a game high.
Alperen Sengun defended 13 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 8.
Rudy Gobert had 28 rebound chances, a game high.

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Houston Rockets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Amen Thompson	5.41	6.7	81	67

Who guarded whom

Jaden McDaniels guarded Kevin Durant for 9.1 minutes, over 47 possessions.
In that time, Kevin Durant scored 10 points and made 4 of 10 shots.
Kevin Durant guarded Jaden McDaniels for 8.9 minutes, over 37 possessions.
In that time, Jaden McDaniels scored 4 points and made 2 of 6 shots.
Donte DiVincenzo guarded Amen Thompson for 8.5 minutes, over 37 possessions.
In that time, Amen Thompson scored 6 points and made 3 of 4 shots.

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Houston Rockets defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Durant	McDaniels	8.9	37	4 (2/6)
Smith	Randle	8.4	41	7 (3/8)
Sengun	Gobert	6.4	27	6 (3/5)
Sheppard	DiVincenzo	4.6	18	3 (1/4)
Thompson	DiVincenzo	4.5	22	3 (1/2)
Sengun	Anderson	4.3	20	3 (1/1)
Smith	Reid	4.1	12	2 (1/3)
Thompson	Hyland	3.5	10	0 (0/1)
Thompson	Conley	3.5	15	2 (1/1)
Sheppard	Conley	3.1	14	0 (0/1)
Durant	Anderson	3.1	13	0 (0/4)
Sengun	Randle	3.1	15	11 (5/10)
Holiday	Hyland	2.5	13	0 (0/0)
Thompson	Randle	2.4	10	2 (1/2)
Thompson	McDaniels	2.4	9	6 (2/3)
Eason	Hyland	2.3	11	5 (2/3)
Capela	Gobert	2.1	9	2 (1/5)

Minnesota Timberwolves defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
McDaniels	Durant	9.1	47	10 (4/10)
DiVincenzo	Thompson	8.5	37	6 (3/4)
Randle	Sengun	6.0	27	4 (1/5)
Gobert	Sengun	5.4	26	15 (6/10)
Randle	Smith	5.3	28	2 (1/2)

Matchups come from the NBA's tracking (NBA.com) for this game: how long each defender guarded each attacker and what the attacker produced in that time. Only matchups of two minutes or more are shown.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2025-26 regular season, not this game.

Houston Rockets

Amen Thompson recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 9 of 399 in the league.
Reed Sheppard deflected 3.5 passes per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 12 of 399 in the league.
Alperen Sengun contested 8.7 shots per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 13 of 399 in the league.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Rudy Gobert contested 10.6 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 2 of 399 in the league.
Jaden McDaniels defended 5.6 shots at the rim per game over his 73 games, and opponents made 11 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 5 of 118 in the league.
Donte DiVincenzo recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 19 of 399 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have won 58 of their 151 games against the Houston Rockets.

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1989-90 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

18.978

105.3% of capacity

Target Center · Minneapolis

Scoring

218

combined points

13.2 below the season average (231.2)

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Julius Randle	4.52	6.0	78	44
Donte DiVincenzo	4.44	6.8	57	37
Jaden McDaniels	4.20	6.4	49	29
Naz Reid	3.62	6.7	66	45
Bones Hyland	3.57	6.7	63	50
Kyle Anderson	3.56	6.6	39	30
Mike Conley	3.48	6.8	56	48
Rudy Gobert	3.36	6.5	46	31
Terrence Shannon Jr	0.24	5.4	2	2