Scouting report: at Minnesota

When/where: 7 p.m. Wednesday; Target Center. TV/radio: ATTSW, ESPN; 740 AM, 790 AM, 850 AM (Spanish), 101.7 FM (Spanish).

Rockets (33-23) update: They are 7-3 in their last 10 games and winners of four of their last five. …The Rockets have had leads of at least 20 points in five consecutive games and averaged 120.4 points in the span. … The Rockets have won 17 of the past 21 meetings with the Timberwolves. … On Monday, the Rockets hit 23 3-pointers, setting a franchise record of 11 games with 20 or more made 3s. … Guard James Harden has scored 30 or more points in each of the past 30 games, which is one game shy of tying Wilt Chamberlain for the second-longest streak in NBA history. Four times this season Harden has scored 10-plus points within the final three minutes of regulation. … Over his last 12 games, guard Eric Gordon is averaging 11.1 first-half points and 17.7 overall. … Over the past three games, guard Chris Paul has 31 assists, six steals and five turnovers. … The Rockets are 9-0 when Paul has 10-plus assists this season, after going 15-1 in 2017-18. Paul, who is averaging 2.12 steals, needs eight more to surpass Karl Malone (2,085) for the 10th-most in NBA history. … Over his last 17 games, forward P.J. Tucker is shooting 26.3 percent from 3 and has made more than two 3s in a game only twice. … Guard Gerald Green has hit the second-most 3-pointers (116) of any reserve in the NBA this season. Timberwolves (25-30) update: The Timberwolves are 26-33 against the Rockets in Minnesota. … Center KarlAnthony Towns had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and the Timberwolves erased a 14-point halftime deficit by limiting Houston to 29 second-half points in rallying for a 103- 91 victory on Dec. 3 at Target Center. … Towns is averaging 23.8 points and 14 rebounds over his past five meetings with the Rockets. … In Minnesota’s past 10 games, Towns is averaging 60.4 percent on field goals and 45 percent (18-for-40) on 3s, and forward Dario Saric is averaging 44.9 percent and 50 percent (18-for-36) on 3s. Statistically speaking: 5. Consecutive games the Rockets have had leads of at least 20 points. They managed to lose a 26-point advantage to Oklahoma City, but unlike the elite defense of the Thunder, the Wolves are in the bottom-third in defensive rating and defensive rebounding percentage. A large lead would seem safe to last in Minnesota.