MINNEAPOLIS — A somewhat familiar script played out in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ second matchup against the Houston Rockets on Saturday night. They created a double-digit hole before digging their way out to victory over a directionless 10-win Rockets group lost on the tanking road to Wembyland.
Again, the Wolves struggled mightily to rebound or protect the paint. “-26 on the glass,” said Finch, both frustrated but unsurprised especially without his injured two All-Star centers in Karl-Anthony Towns or Rudy Gobert. “We got absolutely crushed there.”
The difference in this Houston Round 2 script?