Rockets 109, 
Timberwolves 102
8:00 PM ET, December 20, 2008
Target Center
Minneapolis, MN
| HOUSTON ROCKETS | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Shane Battier, SF | 36 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +13 | 10 |
| Luis Scola, PF | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +8 | 3 |
| Yao Ming, C | 35 | 9-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | +12 | 18 |
| Tracy McGrady, SG | 34 | 8-18 | 2-5 | 5-5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 23 |
| Aaron Brooks, PG | 31 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 7-8 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 18 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Carl Landry, PF | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -9 | 0 |
| Ron Artest, SF | 32 | 7-13 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 19 |
| Luther Head, GF | 19 | 6-7 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +5 | 16 |
| Chuck Hayes, C | 26 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +6 | 2 |
| Steve Francis, PG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Von Wafer, SG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Joey Dorsey, PF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 39-74 | 12-23 | 19-21 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 109 | |||
| 52.7% | 52.2% | 90.5% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: 12 Points in the paint: 32 Team TO ( points off ): 13 (22) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
| MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Ryan Gomes, F | 30 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| Craig Smith, PF | 35 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -13 | 14 |
| Al Jefferson, C | 45 | 15-31 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | +4 | 34 |
| Mike Miller, SG | 5 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 |
| Randy Foye, G | 33 | 11-21 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Kevin Ollie, PG | 30 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
| Rashad McCants, SG | 39 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 5-9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 16 |
| Rodney Carney, SF | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -11 | 0 |
| Kevin Love, PF | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -10 | 0 |
| Mark Madsen, PF | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 0 |
| Jason Collins, C | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Sebastian Telfair, PG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 40-89 | 5-13 | 17-27 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 102 | |||
| 44.9% | 38.5% | 63.0% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: 13 Points in the paint: 52 Team TO ( points off ): 10 (8) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: None - TEAMS (def3sec): MINNESOTA (1), HOUSTON (1) - COACHES: None
Officials: Dan Crawford , Luis Grillo , Ron Olesiak
Attendance: 12,115
Time of Game: 02:12