The Houston Rockets defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 119-114 to end their 13-game-losing streak. Jalen Green was the story of this game, scoring a career-high 42 points. Alperen Sengun had another excellent game, finishing with 21 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists. Tari Eason had the best game at the second start of his career. Eason stuffed the stat sheet with 11 points, nine rebounds, 4 steals, and three assists.
Scoring and good stats are great, but the Rockets will win more games when they out-hustle their opponents every game
All the stats above look great, but the main reason the Rockets won Monday night's game was that they out-hustled the Timberwolves and played hard throughout the game.