The Minnesota Timberwolves play host to the Houston Rockets at Target Center on Saturday.

The Rockets (9-3) are truly one of the best teams in the NBA. While they did start with a loss in the opener, they've gone on to win nine of their 11 games since. While Russell Westbrook hasn't quite found his groove with his new team, James Harden is feeling plenty groove himself. He's leading the NBA with just under 40 points per game, despite having one of the worst shooting seasons of his career. That makes that 40-point threshold a definite possibility, which is truly amazing considering how hard it is to average 30 points per game. They do have an uphill battle in this fixture though, playing without Westbrook, Clint Capela, Eric Gordon and Danuel House. Westbrook is resting while the other three are injured and that should leave Harden to have a monster workload, which is a treat for us and a nightmare for Minnesota.

The Timberwolves (7-5) have been a very disappointing team over recent years but this season may be just what we've been waiting for. We all knew that Karl-Anthony Towns was a superstar but it's about time that Andrew Wiggins started performing up to this level. He's currently setting career-highs across the board and it's awesome to see this youngster finally living up to his top-pick potential. Unfortunately, there was a death in his family and he missed Friday's game because of it. That would make one assume that he won't play here either and his presence will surely be missed with not much else on this roster. Look for Towns to carry the load and for Jeff Teague and Jarrett Culver to look at expanded workloads as well.

Houston has dominated this series over recent years, winning seven of their last nine games over Minnesota.