It was bad.
The Houston Rockets came into the match having lost 13 straight games. They had lost the last 7 games to the Minnesota Timberwolves. In a cluster-muck of a playoff/play-in race in the Western Conference standings, Minnesota desperately need every single win they could muster with a hellacious schedule upcoming. They had just defeated the very same Rockets team 48 hours ago in Minneapolis, courtesy of a 44-point Anthony Edwards explosion.
The game looked lost from the tip. A quick 9-0 Houston run off five straight Minnesota misses looked to set the tone.