1997-98 Minnesota Timberwolves Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 45-37
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Seattle Supersonics 3-2
Coach: Flip Saunders (45-37)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 738,572, Avg. 18,014 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Minnesota Timberwolves Roster
1997-98 Minnesota Timberwolves Results

The Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

The Timberwolves scored 8,290 points and allowed 8,232. Kevin Garnett netted a team-high 1,518 points for Minnesota, and Stephon Marbury contributed 16 or more per game also. Kevin Garnett accounted for 786 rebounds. Stephon Marbury dished out 704 assists for the squad.

On defense, Kevin Garnett added 139 steals and blocked a team-best 150 shots.

Flip Saunders coached the team. The 1997-98 Minnesota Timberwolves lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kevin Garnett	F	82	82	3222	1293	635	16	3	332	245	222	564	786	348	139	150	192	224	1518
Stephon Marbury	G	82	81	3112	1237	513	304	95	450	329	58	172	230	704	104	7	256	222	1450
Sam Mitchell	F	81	33	2239	800	371	43	15	292	243	118	267	385	107	64	22	66	200	1000
Tom Gugliotta	F	41	41	1582	635	319	17	2	223	183	106	250	356	167	61	22	109	102	823
Terry Porter	G	82	8	1786	577	259	233	92	195	167	37	131	168	271	63	16	104	103	777
Cherokee Parks	C-F	79	43	1703	449	224	1	0	169	110	140	297	437	53	36	86	66	237	558
Chris Carr	G	51	40	1165	452	190	127	40	99	84	43	112	155	85	17	11	69	129	504
Stanley Roberts	C	74	44	1328	386	191	0	0	156	75	109	254	363	27	24	72	70	226	457
Anthony Peeler	G	30	24	991	348	155	106	48	41	32	31	72	103	114	52	6	45	81	390
Tom Hammonds	F	57	2	1140	246	127	1	0	132	92	100	171	271	36	15	17	48	127	346
Doug West	G-F	38	10	688	171	64	2	0	40	29	23	59	82	45	11	5	21	97	157
Reggie Jordan	G	57	1	487	113	54	1	0	72	41	57	40	97	50	35	9	30	63	149
Michael Williams	G	25	0	161	48	16	4	0	33	32	2	12	14	32	9	2	16	24	64
Dejuan Wheat	G	34	0	150	50	20	17	8	15	9	3	8	11	25	6	1	9	12	57
Bill Curley	F	11	1	146	33	16	1	0	3	2	11	17	28	4	3	1	3	28	34
Clifford Rozier	C-F	6	0	30	6	3	0	0	1	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	4	7	6
Totals		830	410	19930	6844	3157	873	303	2253	1673	1063	2429	3492	2068	639	427	1108	1882	8290

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kevin Garnett	F	82	82	39.3	49.1	18.8	73.8	2.7	6.9	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.7	18.5
Stephon Marbury	G	82	81	38.0	41.5	31.3	73.1	0.7	2.1	2.8	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.7	17.7
Sam Mitchell	F	81	33	27.6	46.4	34.9	83.2	1.5	3.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.5	12.3
Tom Gugliotta	F	41	41	38.6	50.2	11.8	82.1	2.6	6.1	8.7	4.1	1.5	0.5	2.7	2.5	20.1
Terry Porter	G	82	8	21.8	44.9	39.5	85.6	0.5	1.6	2.0	3.3	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.3	9.5
Cherokee Parks	C-F	79	43	21.6	49.9	0.0	65.1	1.8	3.8	5.5	0.7	0.5	1.1	0.8	3.0	7.1
Chris Carr	G	51	40	22.8	42.0	31.5	84.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.2	1.4	2.5	9.9
Stanley Roberts	C	74	44	17.9	49.5		48.1	1.5	3.4	4.9	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.9	3.1	6.2
Anthony Peeler	G	30	24	33.0	44.5	45.3	78.0	1.0	2.4	3.4	3.8	1.7	0.2	1.5	2.7	13.0
Tom Hammonds	F	57	2	20.0	51.6	0.0	69.7	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.2	6.1
Doug West	G-F	38	10	18.1	37.4	0.0	72.5	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	2.6	4.1
Reggie Jordan	G	57	1	8.5	47.8	0.0	56.9	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.1	2.6
Michael Williams	G	25	0	6.4	33.3	0.0	97.0	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	2.6
Dejuan Wheat	G	34	0	4.4	40.0	47.1	60.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	1.7
Bill Curley	F	11	1	13.3	48.5	0.0	66.7	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	2.5	3.1
Clifford Rozier	C-F	6	0	5.0	50.0		0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.2	1.0
Averages		830	410	24.0	46.1	34.7	74.3	1.3	2.9	4.2	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.3	10.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Anthony Peeler	G	5	213	77	31	31	15	4	4	16	22	38	18	10	3	8	15	81
Kevin Garnett	F	5	194	75	36	0	0	9	7	17	31	48	20	4	12	22	17	79
Terry Porter	G	5	188	63	27	25	10	18	15	7	18	25	16	5	0	4	10	79
Sam Mitchell	F	5	177	58	26	14	3	19	17	7	20	27	8	1	1	5	18	72
Stephon Marbury	G	5	209	72	22	25	7	23	18	5	11	16	38	12	0	18	16	69
Tom Hammonds	F	5	113	28	12	0	0	16	12	10	12	22	2	0	1	4	18	36
Michael Williams	G	4	58	15	6	2	1	9	7	2	7	9	11	3	1	3	14	20
Reggie Jordan	G	2	29	8	5	1	1	2	1	3	6	9	3	1	0	0	5	12
Dejuan Wheat	G	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Stanley Roberts	C	1	8	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
Cherokee Parks	C-F	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Curley	F	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		41	1200	399	166	98	37	102	82	68	129	197	116	37	18	65	113	451

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Anthony Peeler	G	5	42.6	40.3	48.4	100.0	3.2	4.4	7.6	3.6	2.0	0.6	1.6	3.0	16.2
Kevin Garnett	F	5	38.8	48.0		77.8	3.4	6.2	9.6	4.0	0.8	2.4	4.4	3.4	15.8
Terry Porter	G	5	37.6	42.9	40.0	83.3	1.4	3.6	5.0	3.2	1.0	0.0	0.8	2.0	15.8
Sam Mitchell	F	5	35.4	44.8	21.4	89.5	1.4	4.0	5.4	1.6	0.2	0.2	1.0	3.6	14.4
Stephon Marbury	G	5	41.8	30.6	28.0	78.3	1.0	2.2	3.2	7.6	2.4	0.0	3.6	3.2	13.8
Tom Hammonds	F	5	22.6	42.9		75.0	2.0	2.4	4.4	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.8	3.6	7.2
Michael Williams	G	4	14.5	40.0	50.0	77.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.8	3.5	5.0
Reggie Jordan	G	2	14.5	62.5	100.0	50.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	6.0
Dejuan Wheat	G	1	3.0	50.0			0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Stanley Roberts	C	1	8.0	0.0		50.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0
Cherokee Parks	C-F	1	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Curley	F	2	3.5				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		830	29.3	41.6	37.8	80.4	1.7	3.1	4.8	2.8	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.8	11.0