Simply looking at the above final score would tell you that Saturday night’s Timberwolves-Rockets tilt in Houston went to at least one overtime, right?
Well, you’d be wrong, in fact.
Indeed, that was an actual, 48-minute, regulation NBA game with a combined score of 272 points between Minnesota and Houston. The Rockets shot an astonishing 58 three-pointers, converting on 22 of them to shoot 37.9 percent from beyond the arc. Ryan Anderson launched 13 attempts from deep, while James Harden attempted 11 threes and Eric Gordon 10 of his own — 34 three-point tries from three players.