Socuting report: At Minnesota

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

Rockets (11-11) update: They have won 17 of the last 20 regular-season meetings, including the last six and last season’s first-round playoff series in five games. … The Rockets begin a three-game road trip with losses in five of their previous seven road games. … Rockets guard James Harden has scored at least 30 points in six of his last eight games and is averaging 35.3 points on 48-percent shooting in that stretch. … In the last 11 games, Rockets center Clint Capela has averaged 20.3 points on 71.2-percent shooting. He averaged 18.8 points on 78.9-percent shooting and 10 rebounds against the Timberwolves last season. … Guard Eric Gordon averaged 24.4 points on 47.6percent shooting in his last five games after averaging 11 points on 30.4-percent shooting in the previous six games. … Guard Brandon Knight (knee rehab) and center Zhou Qi (sore right calf) are out.

Timberwolves (11-12) update: They have won seven of their last 10 games. … Minnesota’s 39-point rout of the Spurs on Wednesday was the third-largest margin of victory in franchise history. … In his last five games, guard Derrick Rose is averaging 20.2 points on 62.3-percent shooting, including 62.5 percent from long range. … KarlAnthony Towns’ 12 rebounds per game ranks ninth in the NBA. … Forward Robert Covington, acquired Nov. 12 in the trade that sent Jimmy Butler to Philadelphia, is averaging 14.6 points with the Timberwolves. … The Timberwolves have the fourth-ranked defense in the NBA since the trade of Butler for Covington and Dario Saric. They had the 29th-ranked defense prior to the deal … Guard Jerryd Bayless (sprained left knee) is out.

Statistically speaking: 10 — wins in 14 games in which James Harden and Chris Paul have both played. Rockets are 1-7 in games when either has been out.