Powered by James Harden's 22 points, the Rockets showered 50 third-quarter points onto the Timberwolves on Monday. Chris Paul scored 15 in the quarter, Eric Gordon added 8 points from the bench and PJ Tucker netted a trey. But Ryan Anderson was nowhere to be found in the third quarter - or throughout the game - in a 119-100 win over Minnesota.
"If you're open, shoot it, if you're not we've got plenty of guys," coach Mike D'Antoni said. "He hasn't played for a month or two and to get started in the playoffs is not easy so we'll see.