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NBA : ATS Matchup
Thursday 1/18/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
MINNESOTA
 
HOUSTON
+5  

-5  
+175

-210

224.5
 
98
Final
116

MINNESOTA (29 - 17) at HOUSTON (30 - 12)
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505MINNESOTA222.5224
506HOUSTON-4.5-4.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
MINNESOTA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games29-17-11.822-2223-22108.755.547.7%49.7104.851.147.5%48.0
Road Games11-11-811-1011-11106.553.347.2%48.1105.751.447.2%49.6
Last 5 Games4-104-13-2114.255.249.9%52.0101.247.246.5%46.4
MINNESOTA Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)108.755.541-8547.7%8-2335.3%19-2479.5%501023189124
vs opponents surrendering105.653.239-8545.9%10-2936.2%17-2276.8%511023208145
Team Stats (Road Games)106.553.340-8447.2%8-2234.3%20-2482.4%48921189134
Stats Against (All Games)104.851.140-8447.5%10-2936.2%15-1978.3%481024216165
vs opponents averaging10552.839-8545.8%10-2836.2%17-2275.8%521022208145
Stats Against (Road Games)105.751.440-8547.2%10-3034.6%15-1978.5%501024217165

HOUSTON - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games30-12-0.720-2121-20114.660.546.0%51.8107.153.947.0%50.3
Home Games15-6-8.88-1214-7117.861.947.0%52.2110.255.347.9%49.8
Last 5 Games3-2-1.73-22-3110.457.242.9%54.0107.052.049.4%48.8
HOUSTON Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)114.660.539-8646.0%16-4436.1%20-2579.6%521022219145
vs opponents surrendering105.753.339-8545.7%10-2936.2%17-2276.8%511022208145
Team Stats (Home Games)117.861.940-8547.0%16-4436.5%22-2877.5%521023229155
Stats Against (All Games)107.153.940-8547.0%11-2937.2%16-2174.9%50823218145
vs opponents averaging105.152.839-8545.8%10-2836.1%17-2276.6%511023218145
Stats Against (Home Games)110.255.341-8547.9%10-2836.7%18-2475.1%50823228144
Average power rating of opponents played: MINNESOTA 95.1,  HOUSTON 95.4
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
MINNESOTA - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
12/10/2017DALLAS97-92W-8L207.5U36-7250.0%501837-8145.7%3710
12/12/2017PHILADELPHIA112-118L-4.5L215O44-10840.7%561040-8050.0%6124
12/14/2017SACRAMENTO119-96W-11.5W201.5O46-8256.1%46936-8741.4%4614
12/16/2017PHOENIX106-108L-12L217.5U40-9542.1%46633-7245.8%5923
12/18/2017PORTLAND108-107W-4L207.5O42-9146.2%461046-8454.8%4517
12/20/2017@ DENVER112-104W-1W215O43-8749.4%40836-7250.0%4621
12/23/2017@ PHOENIX115-106W-8W217O42-8450.0%541440-8646.5%4713
12/25/2017@ LA LAKERS121-104W-6.5W216O49-8458.3%501540-9243.5%4512
12/27/2017DENVER128-125W-4.5L211.5O47-9052.2%50642-9146.2%559
12/28/2017@ MILWAUKEE96-102L4L212.5U34-7147.9%401641-7554.7%3916
12/31/2017@ INDIANA107-90W-3W208U41-8647.7%51733-8538.8%5416
1/1/2018LA LAKERS114-96W-10W214U40-8149.4%471734-7644.7%4824
1/3/2018@ BROOKLYN97-98L-6L211U36-8045.0%44837-7251.4%4219
1/5/2018@ BOSTON84-91L3L209.5U28-7636.8%521238-9440.4%6310
1/6/2018NEW ORLEANS116-98W-1.5W218U44-9048.9%51933-7842.3%4415
1/8/2018CLEVELAND127-99W-1W223O52-10052.0%63537-8444.0%4013
1/10/2018OKLAHOMA CITY104-88W-4W212.5U39-8048.7%541432-7940.5%4819
1/12/2018NEW YORK118-108W-8.5W208.5O49-9551.6%521245-8354.2%4116
1/14/2018PORTLAND120-103W-6W213O43-8053.7%451139-7949.4%4117
1/16/2018@ ORLANDO102-108L-8.5L218.5U43-9843.9%46740-9044.4%6216
1/18/2018@ HOUSTON              
1/20/2018TORONTO              
1/22/2018@ LA CLIPPERS              
1/24/2018@ PORTLAND              
1/25/2018@ GOLDEN STATE              
1/27/2018BROOKLYN              
1/29/2018@ ATLANTA              
1/30/2018@ TORONTO              
2/1/2018MILWAUKEE              
2/3/2018NEW ORLEANS              

HOUSTON - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
12/9/2017@ PORTLAND124-117W-8.5L217O40-7553.3%441245-8851.1%4515
12/11/2017NEW ORLEANS130-123W-14L227O48-8854.5%42949-8557.6%4818
12/13/2017CHARLOTTE108-96W-12T220U39-8844.3%491036-8741.4%6412
12/15/2017SAN ANTONIO124-109W-8W214O43-9147.3%581346-9448.9%4917
12/16/2017MILWAUKEE115-111W-10.5L221.5O35-7646.1%481538-8246.3%5114
12/18/2017UTAH120-99W-12W216O40-7751.9%551442-9146.2%366
12/20/2017LA LAKERS116-122L-15L226O37-9041.1%591440-8547.1%6210
12/22/2017LA CLIPPERS118-128L-12.5L219.5O36-7846.2%521743-9147.3%518
12/25/2017@ OKLAHOMA CITY107-112L2.5L219.5U35-8143.2%471343-7954.4%4614
12/28/2017@ BOSTON98-99L-1.5L215.5U30-8037.5%531637-8245.1%5616
12/29/2017@ WASHINGTON103-121L-2L224P38-8942.7%431447-8853.4%5516
12/31/2017LA LAKERS148-142W-15L225.5O49-10646.2%581153-10550.5%6914
1/3/2018@ ORLANDO116-98W-7.5W217U42-8947.2%571535-9138.5%5312
1/4/2018GOLDEN STATE114-124L4L231O42-8947.2%471048-8755.2%5312
1/6/2018@ DETROIT101-108L-6.5L212.5U38-9042.2%481338-7550.7%4911
1/8/2018@ CHICAGO116-107W-6W220O39-8645.3%581640-8646.5%4411
1/10/2018PORTLAND121-112W-7W217O45-10045.0%581340-8348.2%5512
1/12/2018@ PHOENIX112-95W-7.5W232U39-9441.5%581137-8046.2%4519
1/15/2018@ LA CLIPPERS102-113L-4.5L230U38-9440.4%481244-7955.7%5118
1/18/2018MINNESOTA              
1/20/2018GOLDEN STATE              
1/22/2018MIAMI              
1/24/2018@ DALLAS              
1/26/2018@ NEW ORLEANS              
1/28/2018PHOENIX              
1/30/2018ORLANDO              
2/1/2018@ SAN ANTONIO              
2/3/2018@ CLEVELAND              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
MINNESOTA: It's playoffs or bust for Minnesota this season, which sounds crazy for a team that has not made the postseason since 2004. The West is stacked, but head coach Tom Thibodeau made the moves he did with the express purpose of ending the longest active playoff drought in the league. Jimmy Butler was brought in from the Bulls via trade to speed up to the team's development. He is the prototype for a Thibodeau player'intense, demanding and defensive-minded. His ability to make shots late in games should also help a team that struggled mightily to close out opponents last season, and his familiarity with Thibodeau should help the younger players on the team absorb more of the coach's teachings. If the second unit can prevent huge drop-offs from what is expected to be a formidable starting five, the Wolves should finally be able to remind their long-suffering fans that the season does not end in mid-April.
HOUSTON: After being eliminated by the Spurs in the conference semifinals, the Rockets made a bold move by trading for Chris Paul to give Houston another All-Star to play with Harden and try to narrow the gap in the Western Conference. It will be interesting to see how head coach Mike D'Antoni's offense runs with both Paul and Harden in it. Paul gets a fresh start in Houston after being dogged by criticism in recent years for failing to get the Clippers out of the second round of the playoffs. The Rockets expect him to be the piece that gets them into the conference finals after coming up just short last year. The defense should be better after not only adding Paul, but also P.J. Tucker to a unit that lost defensive specialist Patrick Beverley in the trade with the Clippers.
PREVIEW
Harden likely to play when Rockets host T-Wolves
 

HOUSTON -- With an NBA investigation hanging over their collective heads, the Houston Rockets on Wednesday received a needed dose of positive news involving All-NBA guard James Harden.

Harden, sidelined for seven games with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, will be listed as questionable when the Rockets host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night at Toyota Center.

Harden, who leads the league in scoring (32.3 points) and ranks third in assists (9.1), sustained the injury in the fourth quarter of a double-overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 31. The Rockets (30-12) went 4-3 without Harden.

Harden earned a reputation for durability prior to this setback, missing a total of two games over the previous three seasons. As a precaution, he will play under a minutes restriction.

"I look back at it as something that I needed," Harden said of the break. "Mentally, physically, just to get my mind right. Obviously, my body as well.

"I'm just happy to be back out here with the staff and the team preparing for a game."

Early Wednesday evening, the NBA announced that Rockets forwards Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green will each serve two-game suspensions for their roles in a postgame confrontation inside the Clippers locker room Monday night. The league ruled that Ariza and Green aggressively sought a confrontation with injured Clippers guard Austin Rivers following a 113-102 road loss. Chris Paul and Harden were not penalized for their reported participation in the incident.

Having thrived just out of the spotlight for most of this season, the Timberwolves (29-17) had not only claimed momentum with their recent stretch of excellent play, they'd also garnered attention after winning 12 of 15 games and five in succession heading into Orlando on Tuesday.

Awash in kudos, Minnesota laid an egg against the Magic, losing 108-102 to a team that hadn't won since the calendar flipped to 2018. Orlando had tasted victory only once over its prior 17 games, and the surging Timberwolves produced an effort befitting a team playing down to the level of its competition. That fact rankled Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler.

"I think we were comfortable," Butler said. "We didn't do what we were supposed to do. We didn't play hard, we didn't rebound, we didn't guard, we didn't execute, we didn't do anything. We were going through the motions out there. And when you do that in this league you get beat by anybody."

With Minnesota having last qualified for the postseason in 2003-04, Butler was acquired from the Bulls during the offseason to deliver the production and leadership required to end that drought. Barring the unforeseen, the Timberwolves will do precisely that as they lead the Northwest Division comfortably and own the best record in the West (23-6).

What the setback in Orlando offered was needed perspective. The Timberwolves haven't accomplished anything yet, and no number of accolades can shortcut the process required to achieve the goals set in front of a franchise seeking to reverse their history of repeated failures.

"We've got a lot of steps to get to where we want to get to," Butler said.


Last Updated: 3/28/2024 6:51:01 PM EST.


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