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Karl-Anthony Towns tries to get past Christian Wood in an earlier clash between the Wolves and Rockets.
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets will tip their season at a clash for the Western Conference on Wednesday.
The game (8:00 p.m. ET start time) will be on AT&T SportsNet Southwest for those who want to the Rockets Market, and televised Bally Sports North for those living in the Timberwolves Market. It’s also streamed live on the NBA League Pass for anyone outside of the market.
Here is a full breakdown of how to watch a live stream of Rockets vs Timberwolves with your options based on where you live:
DirecTV Stream (formerly AT&T TV) offers four different channel packages: « Entertainment », « Choice », « Ultimate » and « Premier ». AT&T SportsNet Southwest and Bally Sports North (both live in local markets) are included in Choice and above.
Once you have signed up for DirecTV Stream, you can watch Rockets vs Timberwolves live on the DirecTV Stream app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung TV and any device with an Android TV (like a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android -Tablet. Or you can watch it on your computer through the DirecTV Stream website.
If you can’t watch live, DirecTV Stream also offers 20 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the option to upgrade to 500 hours).
> You can watch a live stream from AT&T SportsNet Southwest (live in local markets) and over 100 other live TV channels (TNT not included) on FuboTV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once you signed up for FuboTV, you can watch Rockets vs Timberwolves live on the FuboTV app available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X / S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (e.g. Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch it on your computer via the FuboTV website.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV also offers 250 hours of cloud DVR space as well as a 72 hour review function that lets you watch most of the games within on-demand for three days after completion, even if you don’t record them.
Note: This is ultimately the same as the regular NBA League Pass (more on this below), but this option allows you to play games in the Watch the Amazon app, which tends to be available on more devices than the NBA app
Amazon Prime subscribers (Prime comes with a free 30-day trial) can watch any NBA game outside of the market through Prime Channels . You can try both Amazon Prime and the NBA League Pass channel for free with a free trial:
Once you’ve signed up for the Prime NBA League Pass channel, non-market viewers can watch Rockets vs. Watch Timberwolves live or on demand on the Amazon Video app available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, any device with Android TV (like a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), Xbox One or Series X / S, PlayStation 4 or 5, various Smart TVs, Xiaomi, Echo Show or Echo Spot, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
Again, this is largely the same as the Amazon above Prime option, with the big difference that you are watching on the NBA platforms and not on those of Amazon:
After signing up for the NBA League Pass, non-market viewers can watch the Rockets vs Timberwolves watch live or on-demand in the NBA app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or 5, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, Android tablet or other compatible device is available.
Minnesota has a deep, young team battling a Houston team in rebuilding after swapping star James Harden for Brooklyn last season.
The Wolves have stars Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards and D’Angelo Russell . According to NBA.com’s Steve Aschburner, the three former high first-round picks have only played eight games together in the past season. « I’m hungry to build a winner, » said Chris Finch, Wolves head coach, Chris Hine from the Star Tribune. “I really love where we are on the pitch with our talent. Organizationally, it feels like we have a lot of energy in the building. Synergy with (Wolve Vice President) Sachin (Gupta). New possession that gives us a shot in the arm. Glen (Taylor) seems to have had a swing in his crotch in my short time with him, which is really fun to watch, and he was great. «
Veteran Guard Patrick Beverley joined the team on a swap after that he had helped the Los Angeles Clippers reach the Western Conference finals. He has to suspend this game due to a league suspension from this playoff series.
The Wolves also have Malik Beasley, Jaden McDaniels, Taurean Prince, Josh Okogie and Naz Reid as players.
Houston added his List in Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun to add a few draft picks for the first round – both of which will contribute this season. The Rockets also have a Jae’Sean Tate who has had a promising rookie season. Christian Wood and Kevin Porter Jr. hit the Rockets offensive, and Danuel House Jr. can hit a threesome.
« His athleticism is surprising, » Rockets head coach Stephen Silas said of Green’s Michael Shapiro via Sports Illustrated. “You see it on TV and you think you know what you’re up against. But you don’t do it until you are personal and he does something that makes everyone just say, wow. ”
Finch knows the Rockets organization because he was previously an assistant trainer there. Gupta was also there in the front office.
« Houston was a very unique environment for me because I went to the Houston organization which was just full of people like Sachin and really smart people who love the sport of basketball », said Finch Hine. « No egos, just to work, just to generate ideas out of nowhere, how to look at the game differently and improve it. »
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