The Minnesota Timberwolves intend to make a comeback after
When the Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Houston Rockets on Sunday in Minneapolis, they will want to recover from a fourth-quarter meltdown.
Minnesota just came off a Friday night loss to the Orlando Magic, 108-106. The Timberwolves lost at home for just the fifth time in 23 games this season after being outscored 28–18 in the fourth quarter.
Minnesota will now attempt to reorganize against a youthful, gifted Houston squad, which is coming off a commanding 135-106 victory over the Toronto Raptors.
Rudy Gobert of the Timberwolves stated that in order to prepare for Sunday’s game, he and his teammates needed to use the lessons they learned from their most recent defeat.
Among the problems plaguing the team were an excessive number of turnovers and offensive inconsistency.
Gobert remarked, “Every time, it’s the same story.” “Of the fifteen losses, I’ve probably said the same thing ten times. Ten of these are probably the same. We will continue to lose those games unless we begin to care about those things.”
The Rockets are in a more optimistic frame of mind after dominating the Raptors 37-23 on Friday and never looking back. After three quarters, Houston was up 30 points and could rest its starters.
After scoring a career-high 25 points, youngster Cam Whitmore of the Rockets will aim to maintain his hot play. Amen Thompson, a rookie as well, scored 19 points, a career high.
Ime Udoka, the coach of Houston, commended his two rookies on their development.
“I never really questioned their talent level,” Udoka stated. “I believe it’s just an opportunity for those men. It pleases me to see people making use of it.”
With 21.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game this season, Alperen Sengun leads the Rockets. With 18.4 points, Jalen Green is second in scoring, and Fred VanVleet is third with 16.6 points.
Leading scorer for the Timberwolves with 25.5 points per game is Anthony Edwards. Gobert is in third place with 13.6 points, behind Karl-Anthony Towns, who is averaging 22.7 points.
go with 12.5 rebounds per game, a team high.
The Timberwolves and Rockets will play three times this season, with this being the second. On January 5 in Houston, Minnesota prevailed 122–95 in the first meeting.
In that initial victory over the Rockets, Edwards led the Timberwolves with 24 points on 8 of 17 shooting. Houston was led by Green’s 20 points, and Jabari Smith Jr.’s 16 points and nine rebounds were just shy of a double-double.
According to Timberwolves guard Mike Conley, Minnesota might be defeated by any opponent, hence he and his teammates could not afford to lose to themselves.
“For whatever reason, we just tend to make the game harder on ourselves,” Conley stated. “We will be playing against teams every night.”
that will give us their best effort, play quickly, and be physically strong.
“And we’re not good enough yet to have that on-and-off switch where you can just choose when to do it.”