Post-Game Thread: Minnesota Timberwolves (48-33) defeat Houston Rockets (51-30), 136-132 | NBA | Apr 10, 2026
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Ant taking time off unlocked so much confidence in wolves bench. Deceptively deep
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Did you watch the game?
17-6-9 2 steals boy what you mean
Finch better play TSJ more
He won’t
Is this the first time this kinda post game infographic got posted? Looks clean ngl
My one complaint is that there’s no way to hide the live score now, I was watching live on the Prime stream and it was still somehow ahead of me
I don’t like that it doesn’t show the overall percentages anymore unless I’m just not seeing it.
There’s an arrow you can hit on the bottom right of each team’s box score.
It will take some time to get used to but it looks dope as fuck.
For me it shows “This post contains content not supported on old Reddit. Click here to view the full post”
Hate it, want the old one back. New one doesn’t even load in old reddit UI and then all the info I want is scattered all over places I gotta click to see it vs. all right there in once place, no clicks.
I like that it pops a lot more compared to the normal posts
The first thing I wanna see is +/- in the box score. Takes literally 5 clicks to get to where it’s supposed to be, and then it’s not even loaded. And then if I wanna see +/ for the other team it’s another click.
Why do people like this??
Yeah, I know Redditors hate change but this is nice
I just noticed it today. I love it a lot more than the old tables
I’ll never forgive our front office for not getting another guard or someone that can shoot a fucking 3
Imagine a world where the rockets got McCain instead of okc
Rockets shot %61 still lost. Amen 17-22 fg Durant 13-18 fg and Sengun 10-13 cant get better than this for this trio and still lost. why? because of 4-16 3pt shot. not a single move or effort entire season for a guard or 3pt shooting. great management.
The Wolves had no Gobert, Randle, or Reid so Houston just attacked the paint the whole game, had Amen Thompson dunk the ball 400 times, easily won the rebounding battle, and still lost. Going against a frontcourt of SloMo and a rookie starting his second game is about as good of a matchup as the Rockets can ask for, right?
It was the second night of a back to back, I’ll give them that.
Eason cant hit the side of a barn.
I’m honestly beginning to wonder if a Lakers team led by LeBron and Luke Kennard can beat this Rockets team
Rockets won 8 in a row before this no way we’re back to this gimmick already lol
It’s probably a combo of LeBron love/KD hate that’s causing this agenda but the Lakers beating a Suns team that is resting Booker and has already clinched the 7 seed doesn’t move me at all
Knicks was a good win I’ll give them that. But watching them against the Warriors and tonight didn’t exactly inspire confidence.
Other than that it’s tanking teams.
The Lakers without Luka and Reaves ARE a lottery level team though
Everyone were talking about how shallow the Lakers are all season no way people suddenly have faith in the depth to step up without 2 of their 3 best players
I don’t think they’re that much different than the Warriors with Steph tbh.
No they aren’t
So you think the Lakers with just LeBron and no Luka/Reaves would make the playoffs in the West?
That’s an absolutely wild take if you really think they’re that level of stacked then what was the whole “Luka is carrying scrubs” MVP case about
Not tanking /=/ make the playoffs
The Lakers would be at the Warriors level atleast
Don’t forget Bronny James and Crunk Juice Ayton
At this rate the lakers are gonna take the 3 seed and play the wolves, nuggets losing to the spurs and lakers beating the suns and jazz tonight and Sunday would tie the nuggets and lakers up for the 3 seed and the tie breaker for their matchups would favor the lakers
I hope the guy that told me Houston was just as much a playoff threat as Minnesota is having a great day
Y’all got swept by PHX in the regular season and then swept them, yet you are talking about regular season
It was a 4 point game. Calm down lol
People put wayyyyyy too much stock in regular season games lol that said Houston isn’t a playoff threat like minn is
I don’t think either is a playoff threat. T-Wolves are slightly better.
Na I don’t think so either but wolves much more of a threat than rockets. Neither is winning shit tho
Neither is a threat. Lol. Rockets have like a 1% chance of winning it all. Wolves have like a 3%.
It was a game Minnesota didn’t need at all as the seeding is locked, several rotation players rested, with our teenage rookie starting, and Houston needed this win for seeding and still couldn’t win. That is bleak.
It’s one game lol. I think Timberwolves are better than the Rockets btw. But not by much.
For whatever reason the Rockets are held to by far the highest standards of the 3-6 teams here
One semi-bad loss after 8 wins in a row and it’s back to Rockets are the worst team ever
It’s that all the losses highlight the team’s inherent weaknesses that are bound to get exposed and exploited in the playoffs
In a game where the outcome is meaningless to both teams, they should try keep feeding to 1 guy on their team with hot hands to make a run for an 84 pt game.
This wasn’t really one because the rockets needed to secure a better record than the lakers in these final games to host the series, which is not looking likely now. But I like the idea
Yall may have to face the nuggets if they lose Sunday and the lakers win
Rockets got a big time choking problem
And after a great Amen game.
Ime ran a 10 man lineup and 3 players still somehow played 39 minutes… elite levels of coaching
So happy to see our B squad take down Houston in a playoff situation for them
They got KD, we got TSJ
Yikes, i’ll take hospital lakers over this rockets team tbh.
Nah Lakers aren’t gonna win
Lakers are gonna face the wolves I bet
Damnit Lakers have the tiebreaker?
Yeah
So the Rockets lose the chance for the home cout advantage in rd 1? Do the Lakers also have the tiebreaker?
HCA is gone for Houston if the Lakers win tonight which there’s a really good chance they do
Only path for Houston to host a 1st round series is winning out with the Lakers losing out including tonight
The Lakers have the tiebreaker over the Rockets, yes
Not sure if I’ve ever seen a team score 86 points in the paint and lose before tbh
OKC is going to rest starters in that 2nd round at this rate. The hospital Lakers with Bronny rotational minutes or these chucklefucks who can’t beat the half strength Timberwolves.
OKC could still face the nuggets in the second round if the lakers win out and they lose Sunday
TO BE FAIR, the wolves were making some crazy ass shots 😂
It was just an insane shot making game overall. Both sides couldn’t miss
Reaves would likely be back for second round, who knows about Luka with european steroids
I’ve seen enough trade Anthony Edwards and build around Terrance Shannon Jr
Not saying defences were good, they werent but shooting in this game was fucking insane. Houston on the 2s, Wolves on both 2s and 3s. They were making easy shots, hard shots, everything.
That’s the thing, we didn’t lol. No Gobert, Randle, Naz, or Bones and Ant had a minutes restriction. Our bench balled out though.
they sat like 5 people in their main rotation lol
Rudy Julius Naz and Bones all sat. They want to get Ant and Jaden back up to speed before the playoffs as they’ve been hurt. The real question is why does Houston keep losing to us without several starters.
We didn’t play Gobert, Randle, Naz, or Bones. A third of the roster sitting.
This wasn’t all out, we were sitting Randle, Gobert, Naz and Bones lol
This was the bench guys getting a real shot to play and getting Ant and Jaden back in game shape/rhythm
Rested Rudy, tbf
And wanted to get a few Jaden/Ant games in before the playoffs, id bet
I mean they rested half their rotation
nobody that played tonight (aside from Donte) has played much lately, so it was a mix of tuning up for playoffs and showing out in the few opportunities you get
and at least for ant/jaden, there’s a lot of *emotions to playing vs kd
All out in a game we played one Big?
Get everyone cooking and shake off the rust on ant and Jaden
We didn’t, Gobert Randle Naz and Bones were all out
Nuggets may wanna lose on Sunday
Nah, Denver is quite confident vs the Wolves this season.
This sub legit talks about the Wolves like they’re OKC/Spurs level lol
They can play well in spurts but they’re miles worse than in 2024
we played against the hospital wolves pretty early in the season.
We played the Wolves on full strength on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th game. 2nd game was an easy blowout. 3rd was injured Denver going up against full strength Wolves, and blew a 15pt lead but still won in OT. 4th game was hospital Denver with 0 forwards.
The Wolves are not this contender on the level of Spurs or OKC they are below Denver’s tier.
Nuggets have only won vs pre-Ayo Wolves (though the loss was an injured Nuggets, so nothing to glean from that either)
now I think Nuggets are far and away the stronger team, but I also think the Wolves are far and away the biggest threat to the Nuggets amongst the Lakers, Rockets, Wolves
Denver is a really good team but the Timberwolves can be a fast downhill team, which Denver does not want to see
If they can’t beat the wolves they weren’t winning anything anyway. I also think people are underestimating a healthy denver team. This matchup is tough but I feel much confident than I did last year against the wolves.
its not about winning its about sweeping your opponent to get lot of rest.
If we play the wolves i’m pretty sure it proably go 7
if we play the rockets it go to 5 max
Also if we are 3 seed okc road is a walk in a park sweep r1 and sweep r2 waiting in final fully rest.
Meanwhile if we want to go in final we need to go after wolves and spurs so probably 2 game 7 in a row and against thunder it probably go to 7 (again) + the east team which is probably another 7 game…
You wanna win fast in the playoffs to rest up before next round. They avoid tough matchups when possible
ime playing Tate in the 4th quarter is nasty work
Sad that to this point it’s been a lost year for Terrence Shannon, but glad he’s finding some rhythm before playoffs. Could be huge for the Wolves
Idec, you guys saw those Amen middies, he’s taking a leap next year STAMPED
Rockets probably happy they won’t be 3rd
They won’t be 4th either, they lost the chance at home court in the first round
I think this win guarantees the Pistons getting the 21st pick in the draft,thanks wolves
Terrance Shannon Jr the leading scorer of the Twolves like we all expected
I’m not CrayCray damnit
Twice in a row
Ant and Jaden getting rhythm back. The bench guys getting confidence. No injuries. Thats a win. Rest everyone Sunday and get ready for Denver
Secured a better record than last year too.
Guess OKC is going to be sweeping the rockets in round 2
Denver will be the 4 seed if the spurs beat them
Funny you think they’re gonna get passed the 2nd round lol
A win feels good, but I’m way more excited to see both Ant and Jaden are looking really good coming off injury
For a relatively meaningless game, this was a hella fun game.
Amen 40 piece was cool
KD, Sengun and Amen shot a combined 40-53, and a combined 0-2 from 3
watching the d’antoni rockets were fun but i need some eye bleach from the udoka rockets
KD, Sengun, Amen combined 39⁄52 shooting and still lost. Also, when did KD’s FT shooting in the clutch get so bad
Honestly KD seemed gassed at the end after looking invincible through 3. Playing 40 minutes at this stage of the season in what should have been a blowout isn’t ideal.
I don’t watch a TON of Rockets games, but I wonder if Reed Shepherd would have any future in the NBA if FVV didn’t lose his season this year
anyways they won’t see the Wolves again so I look forward to seeing the Rockets rattle off another 8 wins in a row
At least people now see that Reed Sheppard can shoot but he’s so small.
Joan Beringer is definitely going to be something he’s so good
He’s got crazy FT form. Not quite Anderson crazy, but I’m not certain he’s shooting one-handed (he also just releases absurdly quickly at the end)
Ya they are so wierd but he actually makes them quite well considering his shot diet
he shoots FTs like a 9 year old that has only ever played basketball at summer camp
He only been playing basketball for 4 yrs he got crazy potential
We’re going to lose to Bronny and 41 year LeBron aren’t we…
Bronny and Jake Laravia are gonna feast on us.
Awoo
https://streamable.com/lidhjx
AWOO BABY!!!
The AWOO Video Chronological List of Edits for the 2025-2026 season:
10/22/2025 vs Trail Blazers: A video of several Wolves players looking up for the Classic Edition jersey promo
10/26/2025 vs Pacers: Nailong in Wolves gear dancing
11/1/2025 vs Hornets: A showcase video of the Classic Wolves Uniform
11/3/2025 vs Nets: Naz Reid dancing
11/7/2025 vs Jazz: Masked Donte!
11/9/2025 vs Kings: The Wolves neon green NBA Cup court in the background
11/10/2025 vs Jazz: Randle with the step across the screen
11/14/2025 vs Kings: Clip of Chris Finch laughing at the Zach Lowe Live Show
11/17/2025 vs Mavericks: Ant winning a rock, paper, scissors game
11/19/2025 vs Wizards: Crunch running with a Chick Fil A Sandwich sign
11/29/2025 vs Celtics: Video of Tina Wilcox’s trombone cover of goosebumps
11/30/2025 vs Spurs: Jaden when he is happy
12/2/2025 vs Pelicans: Kyden Randle hitting the celly after a 3.
12/4/2025 vs Pelicans: Micah Nori doing the 67 meme.
12/6/2025 vs Clippers: Jaden hitting the reverse layup
12/12/2025 vs Warriors: Wolves fan celebrating an opponent missing a second FT for free Chick Fil A
12/14/2025 vs Kings: Chef Bones with the sauce!
12/19/2025 vs Thunder: Anta Claus shooting a present into a basket
12/21/2025 vs Bucks: Finch yelling at the refs of the Thunder game
12/23/2025 vs Knicks: Randle with the flex!
12/29/2025 vs Bulls: KG video from his return to the franchise
1/3/2026 vs Heat: Jaden and NAW dap up!
1/4/2026 vs Wizards: A wild Joe Ingles appears
1/6/2026 vs Heat: Bones petting a wolf
1/8/2026 vs Cavaliers: Ant laughing after making 4 left-handed 3-pointers in warmup
1/11/2026 vs Spurs: Naz Reid with a “Too Small” Gesture
1/13/2026 vs Bucks: Randle rubbing his hands and eyeing up Wemby
1/26/2026 vs Warriors: Randle backing Sengun down + The Minneapolis protests against ICE. Oh yeah, FUCK ICE!!!
1/28/2026 vs Mavericks: Wolves Slam Squad with Ice Out shirts
1/29/2026 vs Thunder: Joan Beringer with the rejection!
1/31/2026 vs Grizzlies: Bones hitting the Skelly Celly
2/4/2026 vs Raptors: Dancing dog wearing Wolves gear
2/9/2026 vs Hawks: Mike Conley going from the Wolves to the Bulls, to the Hornets, and back to the Wolves
2/11/2026 vs Trail Blazers: Ayo scream!!
2/20/2026 vs Mavericks: “Anthony Edwards, Worldwide”
2/24/2026 vs Trail Blazers: 50 Cent doing the 67 emote along Micah Nori
2/26/2026 vs Clippers: Jaden’s bounce pass dunk
3/1/2026 vs Nuggets: Rudy shaking hands with James Rodríguez, newest member of MN United FC
3/3/2026 vs Grizzlies: Kyle Anderson returning to the Wolves
3/5/2026 vs Raptors: Ant pulling Rudy on the cart
3/13/2026 vs Warriors: Bones dancing away
3/17/2026 vs Suns: Ayo showing the hand goggles
3/18/2026 vs Jazz: Joe Ingles doing Bones’ celly
3/22/2026 vs Celtics: Chomper blowing away the Timberwolves cheerleaders with a leaf blower
3/25/2026 vs Rockets: KG doing the Big Jelly layup
3/30/2026 vs Mavericks: Bones running across pointing back
4/7/2026 vs Pacers: Ant putting his hands on his head in shock
4/10/2026 vs Rockets: TSJ with the shout after a poster dunk
Last year’s video
2023-2024’s video
2022-2023’s video
2021-2022’s video
Sensational
They have KD but we got Jaden McDaniels
*Terrence Shannon
Rockets should be glad they lost and cant possibly nab the 3 seed. They have zero shot against a full-power Wolves squad.
Good thinking, but 3 seed is pretty impossible after Nuggets win tonight.
They purposely lost this game to dodge the TWolves! /s
They were eliminated from 3rd seed the moment denver won their game.
They were only fighting with LA but now theyre guaranteed 5th
not quite guaranteed. Lakers still need to win either tonight or Sunday.
You’re right my bad.
Thought the lakers have 52 wins already
Man remember game 1 of the season when Rockets took the reigning champions to overtime and people were really hyped about them? That shit seems so far away now
They have become experts at losing in overtime!
4⁄18 vs. 15⁄30 from 3 is the Rockets in a nutshell. Made worse that it’s volume of attempts on top of efficiency. Even worse that our main 3 were all good offensively. Seems like everyone but our 3PT shooters got the memo that there would be no defense tonight.
Rockets need good shooters like the Texans need good OLinemen.