POSTGAME NOTES
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 117 (6-3), HOUSTON ROCKETS 107 (7-2)
November 4, 2026
TIMBERWOLVES NOTES
Player Notes
• Ayo Dosunmu led the Wolves tonight with 21 points on 10-of-20 on shooting, a team-high-tying six assists and two steals, marking his second 20+ points game of the season (40th career) and first 20+ point/5+ assist game of the season (21st career). Dosunmu tallied 20+ points for the seventh time in a Wolves uniform and the Timberwolves move to 6-1 (.857).
• LaMelo Ball finished the night with 20 points on 6-of-11 from the field including 4-of-7 from deep, a team-high-tying six assists and a season-high three steals. Tonight marked Ball’s second straight and fourth 20+ point game of the season (169th career). Tonight also marked his third 20+ point/5+ assist game of the season (150th career). Minnesota moves to 4-0 this season when he scores 20 or more points.
• With his season-high three steals, tonight marks Ball’s sixth game of the season with multiple steals. Ball is now one of four NBA players with six such games this season (Bam Adebayo, Scottie Barnes and Zion Williamson).
• Ball scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter of tonight’s game against the Rockets, his first 10+ point fourth quarter of the season (47th career). His 12 points in the final frame tonight are the most points scored by a Timberwolves player in the fourth quarter of a game this season.
• With four three-pointers on the night, Ball has tallied 30 made threes on the season (nine games), the second-fastest in team history to connect on 30+ treys to begin a Wolves career (Malik Beasley, eight games in 2019-20).
• In 15:42 minutes off the bench, Bones Hyland notched a season-high 19 points on 7-of-13 on shooting, including 4-of-7 from deep, two rebounds and four assist. With 2:15 to go in the third, Hyland dished out his third dime of the night and recorded his 700th career assist.
• Jonathan Kuminga finished the evening with 16 points on 5-of-10 on shooting, including a career-high-tying 4-of-7 from deep, eight rebounds and five assists, recording his first 15+ point/5+ rebound/5+ assist game in a Wolves jersey, and the eighth of his career.
• Rudy Gobert ended the night with eight points, a team-high 11 rebounds and a game-high four blocks. Gobert has totaled eight blocks this season and the Timberwolves are now 96-49 (.662) when he has multiple blocks. The only NBA player over this span (since 2022-23) with more team wins when he records multiple blocks is Brook Lopez (123).
• With a block at 10:35 in the first quarter, Gobert (currently at 493) broke a tie with Gorgui Dieng (489) for sole possession of the third most blocks in Timberwolves history.
Team Notes
• The Timberwolves defeated the Rockets 117-107 and have now scored 100+ points in 31 straight games against the Rockets, tied for the fourth longest active streak by any NBA team against a single opponent.
• Minnesota is the only team in the NBA with at least 110 points scored in every game this season. Last year, the Timberwolves tied the NBA record with 110+ points in 17 straight games.
• Minnesota scored 33 points off of 22 Houston turnovers tonight, a season-high for the Wolves. With 20+ points off turnovers in four straight games, the Wolves hold the longest such active streak in the NBA.
• The Timberwolves entered the fourth quarter trailing 84-82 and outscored the Rockets in the final frame 35-23. Over the last five seasons, the Timberwolves have the fifth most wins in the NBA when trailing at the end of third quarters.
NBA, Most Wins When Trailing at End of 3rd Quarter – Last 5 Seasons
Ranking/Team Number of Wins
1. Cleveland Cavaliers 43
2. Chicago Bulls 38
Orlando Magic 38
4. Denver Nuggets 37
5. Minnesota Timberwolves 34
• For the first time this season all five Minnesota starters (Ball, Dosunmu, Gobert, Kuminga, Jaden McDaniels) recorded a steal. The Wolves finished the evening with 12 steals and eight blocks. The Timberwolves had 12 stocks (steals+blocks) in the first half, their most in any of half of a game since the team’s 110-108 overtime victory over Houston on March 25, 2026.
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
