Game #66: Wolves vs. Rockets

2012/2013 NBA Season
(22-42)	@	(35-30)
March 15th, 2013
Toyota Center - Houston, TX
7:00 PM CST
NBATV
Starting Lineups
Ricky Rubio	PG	Jeremy Lin
Luke Ridnour	SG	James Harden
Mickael Gelabale	SF	Chandler Parsons
Derrick Williams	PF	Donatas Motiejunas
Greg Stiemsma	C	Omer Asik
2012/13 Advanced Stats
92.5 (11th of 30)	Pace	96.3 (1st of 30)
101.9 (26th of 30)	ORtg	110.4 (3rd of 30)
105.4 (13th of 30)	DRtg	106.7 (20th of 30)
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Injuries:

James Harden: sore foot, probable tonight

Chase Budinger: left knee surgery, out indefinitely

Andrei Kirilenko: strained left calf, out indefintely

Malcolm Lee: right knee/hip surgery, will miss the remainder of the season

Kevin Love: right ring finger, expected to be out 2-3 months

Nikola Pekovic: strained abdominal, out indefinitely

Brandon Roy: arthroscopic right knee surgery, expected to miss the remainder of the season

Tweets:

Harden said it is always his intention to play. Asked if that meant he was playing tonight, he left with a McHalian "We'll see."

— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) March 15, 2013

Reporter: "At a point where you just rest the foot & heal?" Harden: "We're trying to make the playoffs, gotta look at the bigger picture."

— Hiren Joshi (@htown747) March 15, 2013

In two games v the Wolves, Rockets scored 23.3 less ppg, nearly 10% worse from the field and about 10% worse from 3pt versus season avgs.

— Jordan Foley (@3ptTheHardenWay) March 15, 2013

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