On April 22, the Rockets challenged the Timberwolves away. Anderson returned from injury. Prince Barmotte is still undecided. In the first quarter of the game, Tacker missed three points in a row and Timings shot a penalty shot to give the Timberwolves a lead of 14:9. Paul was obviously anxious and had a fierce exchange with Capella on the bench for a long time. The two sides attacked and defended each other. At the end of halftime, the Rockets fell behind by one point.
In the third quarter, the Timberwolves, Butler, Teague, and Wiggins continued to attack the inside. After repeated attempts, the Rockets had to shrink their defenses. Downs and Gihon had a three-pointer shot and the Rockets' shooting percentage dropped. More often than not, the team members played alone. Anderson, who had just returned, was obviously rusty. Several passing mistakes caused the Timberwolves to take the opportunity to open the difference, and the Rockets trailed 24:35 in a single quarter.
In the fourth quarter, when the game was played for two minutes, the Rockets had already fallen behind 17 points. D'Antoni quickly sent Harden back to the game. Anderson scored three points in a row. Harden also had a layup and the difference returned to around 10 points. After that, the Rockets suddenly fell into chaos. Harden threw out three nonsenses and made another mistake. Tim Egger made a three-pointer layup and continued to win. The points difference came to 18 minutes and the Rockets quickly called for a timeout. At 3 minutes and 23 seconds, Paul made six departures.
Capella struggling to shoot offensive rebounds, Gordon layup. In retrospect, Rose threw a three-pointer and stopped the Rockets. In the remaining two minutes of the game, the Rockets trailed 16 points. At the last minute, Rockets Zhou Qi played, the Rockets 105:121 Timberwolves, the series score came to 2:1, the two sides are still in Minnesota in the next battle.
