Final
Rockets, Wolves battle in Mexico City
Nov 12, 2014 - 2:52 PMVideo
"We are very proud to once again represent the NBA in Mexico," said Timberwolves President Chris Wright. "This is a great opportunity for the NBA and the Minnesota Timberwolves to continue the incredible growth of our international fan base. The Mexico City fans were phenomenal last year and we look forward to visiting them again this season."
The Timberwolves were scheduled to play the San Antonio Spurs in Mexico City, Mexico last season, but the game was postponed because of smoky conditions inside the arena. A generator malfunction sent smoke pouring into the building and the arena was evacuated about 45 minutes prior to tip off.
The last regular-season NBA game in Mexico was on Dec. 6, 1997, when the Rockets beat the Dallas Mavericks.
Minnesota is 2-4 on the season and went 1-2 on a recent road trip, which culminated with Saturday's 102-92 loss at Miami.
Nikola Pekovic posted 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Thaddeus Young supplied 16 points and six boards for Minnesota, which was without its young point guard Ricky Rubio for the first time this season. Rubio is dealing with an ankle injury.
"We battled," Wolves coach Flip Saunders said. "We got a couple of groups together that played hard. That was a positive to build on."
Rookie Andrew Wiggins scored 10 points in defeat.
The Rockets started the season 6-0 and came back to earth with Saturday's 98-87 loss to the Golden State Warriors. The two teams were both undefeated.
Stephen Curry scored 14 of his game-high 34 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Warriors, while James Harden paced the Rockets with 22 points and Isaiah Canaan ended with 21.
Terrence Jones (leg) missed his third straight game, Patrick Beverley (hamstring) has been held out in four of five games and Dwight Howard was a late scratch with flu-like symptoms.
"Tonight was just a tough game in general missing three of our starters," Harden said.
Jones and Beverly are still out and Howard should be back Wednesday. Howard is posting an average of 19.7 points and 11.5 rebounds.
Houston went 3-1 against Minnesota last season and has won 20 of the past 26 matchups with the T-Wolves.
- HOUSTON: 113
MINNESOTA: 101
Final
Nov 13 12:29 AM - HOUSTON: 84
MINNESOTA: 70
End of 3rd
Nov 12 11:56 PM - HOUSTON: 53
MINNESOTA: 49
Halftime
Nov 12 11:10 PM - HOUSTON: 28
MINNESOTA: 26
End of 1st
Nov 12 10:37 PM - HOUSTON: 0
MINNESOTA: 0
1st Quarter - 11:41
Nov 12 10:11 PM
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