Minnesota's Ricky Rubio matches his career-high with 17 assists against Houston

Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio racked up 10 points, a career-high 17 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal in 35 minutes of action as the Wolves beat the Houston Rockets 119-105 on Wednesday.

What It Means:

This has been a rough season for Rubio, and while his 31.6 minutes per game are right in line with his career-average, he is posting career-lows in both points (7.4) and rebounds (4.0), while his 7.6 assists per game are the second-fewest of his career.

Rubio's 19.2 nERD was the third-highest mark on the team in the win, per numberFire Live, though his season-long nERD sits at an unexciting 0.1, ranking 144th in the NBA and 6th among Timberwolves.