This will be a shorter recap, with a longer one summarizing this sub-epic clash, this brawl of drunken giants, this immobile tank battle, tomorrow.
The first half really seemed as though the Rockets had found their level. A contest between these two teams is actually...fairly enjoyable? Watchable? Neither team is good, but they aren’t full of terrible players, either. When they try it looks like basketball (mostly).
From the Rockets perspective, the combination of Christian Wood and Ben MeLemore proved a bit much for the TWolves in the first half. The generally very fine TWolves commentators identified McLemore as their problem.