In an entertaining tilt, the Wolves spent the whole night behind, and couldn't make a final push. They lost to the Rockets in Houston 116-111.
The Wolves fell behind early in this one and stayed there, despite keeping the game within shouting distance, they were never able to make a decisive run and ultimately fell to the Rockets 116-111 in Houston.
One of the stories of this one was the Wolves starting back court of Ricky Rubio and Zach LaVine getting badly outplayed by their Rockets counterparts Patrick Beverly and James Harden. Harden scored an easy 29 points and added 14 assists while Beverly, who the Wolves decided to help off of for most of the night took advantage with five threes for 18 points and added 10 assists of his own.