Game 2: Minnesota Timberwolves 82-102 Houston Rockets - 5 Talking Points

#1 Better depth for the Rockets showing

#14 Gerald Green stepped up in Game 2

With Harden not playing at his usual level, Houston needed somebody else to step up. Although Paul was leading the charge with the reserves, they were riding Gerald Green's hot shooting night as a spark.

Green put up 21 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block in 26 minutes on 7-of-17 shooting, including 5-of-12 from 3s. For the Wolves, Blejica put up 16 points in 19 minutes but a lot of his contribution came in garbage time.

Minnesota received 31 points from Jamal Crawford and Derrick Rose but obviously, that isn't sustainable as both of them only combined for 17 points in Game 2 on 7-of-18 shooting. Meanwhile, it seems to be quite obvious that the Rockets' reserves haven't even scratched the surface with respect to what they are capable of with the likes of Eric Gordon, Joe Johnson, Nene, Gerald Green, Ryan Anderson.

Note: We haven't even mentioned Luc Mbah A Moute, who's ruled out for this series.