Impact player: Shabazz Muhammad, Wolves
The small forward scored 20 points off the bench, including a big, late corner three-pointer after the Rockets had cut the Wolves lead to 12.
By the numbers
49-32: The Wolves' edge in rebounding.
36-26: The Wolves' edge in bench scoring.
20-7: The Wolves' edge in points on the break
32-4: Ricky Rubio's assists and turnovers in his past two games after getting 17 assists and just one turnover Wednesday.
Kent Youngblood
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