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1997-98 Minnesota Timberwolves Roster and Statistics

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45-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Flip Saunders (45-37)

PTS/G: 101.1 (2nd of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 100.4 (25th of 29)
SRS: 0.17 (17th of 29) ▪ Pace: 92.6 (4th of 29)
Off Rtg: 107.8 (7th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 107.1 (23rd of 29)
Expected W-L: 43-39 (16th of 29)

Arena: Target Center ▪ Attendance: 738,572 (11th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Seattle SuperSonics

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
43 Chris Carr G 6-5 207 March 12, 1974 2 Southern Illinois University
17 Bill Curley F 6-9 220 May 29, 1972 1 Boston College
21 Kevin Garnett F 6-11 220 May 19, 1976 2
24 Tom Gugliotta F 6-10 240 December 19, 1969 5 North Carolina State University
20 Tom Hammonds F 6-9 215 March 27, 1967 8 Georgia Institute of Technology
31 Reggie Jordan G 6-4 195 January 26, 1968 3 New Mexico State University
3 Stephon Marbury G 6-2 180 February 20, 1977 1 Georgia Institute of Technology
42 Sam Mitchell F 6-6 210 September 2, 1963 8 Mercer University
44 Cherokee Parks C-F 6-11 235 October 11, 1972 2 Duke University
1 Anthony Peeler G 6-4 208 November 25, 1969 5 University of Missouri
30 Terry Porter G 6-3 195 April 8, 1963 12 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
53 Stanley Roberts C 7-0 285 February 7, 1970 5 Louisiana State University
22 Clifford Rozier C-F 6-11 245 October 31, 1972 3 University of Louisville
Doug West G-F 6-6 200 May 27, 1967 8 Villanova University
6 DeJuan Wheat G 6-0 165 October 14, 1973 R University of Louisville
4 Micheal Williams G 6-2 175 July 23, 1966 8 Baylor University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19930 3157 6844 .461 303 873 .347 1673 2253 .743 1063 2429 3492 2068 639 427 1138 1882 8290 101.1
Lg Rank 3 1 4 8 19 22 15 7 7 15 14 8 7 3 22 13 1 9 2 2
Opponent 82 19930 3076 6860 .448 432 1206 .358 1648 2220 .742 1116 2411 3527 1909 609 412 1228 1863 8232 100.4
Lg Rank 3 23 29 15 29 28 23 19 17 18 21 22 24 23 2 17 20 19 25 25

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Kevin Garnett 21 82 82 3222 635 1293 .491 3 16 .188 245 332 .738 222 564 786 348 139 150 192 224 1518
2 Stephon Marbury 20 82 81 3112 513 1237 .415 95 304 .313 329 450 .731 58 172 230 704 104 7 256 222 1450
3 Sam Mitchell 34 81 33 2239 371 800 .464 15 43 .349 243 292 .832 118 267 385 107 64 22 66 200 1000
4 Tom Gugliotta 28 41 41 1582 319 635 .502 2 17 .118 183 223 .821 106 250 356 167 61 22 109 102 823
5 Terry Porter 34 82 8 1786 259 577 .449 92 233 .395 167 195 .856 37 131 168 271 63 16 104 103 777
6 Cherokee Parks 25 79 43 1703 224 449 .499 0 1 .000 110 169 .651 140 297 437 53 36 86 66 237 558
7 Chris Carr 23 51 40 1165 190 452 .420 40 127 .315 84 99 .848 43 112 155 85 17 11 69 129 504
8 Stanley Roberts 27 74 44 1328 191 386 .495 0 0 75 156 .481 109 254 363 27 24 72 70 226 457
9 Anthony Peeler 28 30 24 991 155 348 .445 48 106 .453 32 41 .780 31 72 103 114 52 6 45 81 390
10 Tom Hammonds 30 57 2 1140 127 246 .516 0 1 .000 92 132 .697 100 171 271 36 15 17 48 127 346
11 Doug West 30 38 10 688 64 171 .374 0 2 .000 29 40 .725 23 59 82 45 11 5 21 97 157
12 Reggie Jordan 30 57 1 487 54 113 .478 0 1 .000 41 72 .569 57 40 97 50 35 9 30 63 149
13 Micheal Williams 31 25 0 161 16 48 .333 0 4 .000 32 33 .970 2 12 14 32 9 2 16 24 64
14 DeJuan Wheat 24 34 0 150 20 50 .400 8 17 .471 9 15 .600 3 8 11 25 6 1 9 12 57
15 Bill Curley 25 11 1 146 16 33 .485 0 1 .000 2 3 .667 11 17 28 4 3 1 3 28 34
16 Clifford Rozier 25 6 0 30 3 6 .500 0 0 0 1 .000 3 3 6 0 0 0 4 7 6

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Tom Gugliotta 28 41 41 38.6 7.8 15.5 .502 0.0 0.4 .118 4.5 5.4 .821 2.6 6.1 8.7 4.1 1.5 0.5 2.7 2.5 20.1
2 Kevin Garnett 21 82 82 39.3 7.7 15.8 .491 0.0 0.2 .188 3.0 4.0 .738 2.7 6.9 9.6 4.2 1.7 1.8 2.3 2.7 18.5
3 Stephon Marbury 20 82 81 38.0 6.3 15.1 .415 1.2 3.7 .313 4.0 5.5 .731 0.7 2.1 2.8 8.6 1.3 0.1 3.1 2.7 17.7
4 Anthony Peeler 28 30 24 33.0 5.2 11.6 .445 1.6 3.5 .453 1.1 1.4 .780 1.0 2.4 3.4 3.8 1.7 0.2 1.5 2.7 13.0
5 Sam Mitchell 34 81 33 27.6 4.6 9.9 .464 0.2 0.5 .349 3.0 3.6 .832 1.5 3.3 4.8 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.8 2.5 12.3
6 Chris Carr 23 51 40 22.8 3.7 8.9 .420 0.8 2.5 .315 1.6 1.9 .848 0.8 2.2 3.0 1.7 0.3 0.2 1.4 2.5 9.9
7 Terry Porter 34 82 8 21.8 3.2 7.0 .449 1.1 2.8 .395 2.0 2.4 .856 0.5 1.6 2.0 3.3 0.8 0.2 1.3 1.3 9.5
8 Cherokee Parks 25 79 43 21.6 2.8 5.7 .499 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.1 .651 1.8 3.8 5.5 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.8 3.0 7.1
9 Stanley Roberts 27 74 44 17.9 2.6 5.2 .495 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.1 .481 1.5 3.4 4.9 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.9 3.1 6.2
10 Tom Hammonds 30 57 2 20.0 2.2 4.3 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.3 .697 1.8 3.0 4.8 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.8 2.2 6.1
11 Doug West 30 38 10 18.1 1.7 4.5 .374 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.1 .725 0.6 1.6 2.2 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 2.6 4.1
12 Bill Curley 25 11 1 13.3 1.5 3.0 .485 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.3 .667 1.0 1.5 2.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 2.5 3.1
13 Reggie Jordan 30 57 1 8.5 0.9 2.0 .478 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.3 .569 1.0 0.7 1.7 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.5 1.1 2.6
14 Micheal Williams 31 25 0 6.4 0.6 1.9 .333 0.0 0.2 .000 1.3 1.3 .970 0.1 0.5 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.0 2.6
15 DeJuan Wheat 24 34 0 4.4 0.6 1.5 .400 0.2 0.5 .471 0.3 0.4 .600 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.4 1.7
16 Clifford Rozier 25 6 0 5.0 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 .000 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.2 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Tom Gugliotta 28 41 41 1582 7.3 14.5 .502 0.0 0.4 .118 4.2 5.1 .821 2.4 5.7 8.1 3.8 1.4 0.5 2.5 2.3 18.7
2 Kevin Garnett 21 82 82 3222 7.1 14.4 .491 0.0 0.2 .188 2.7 3.7 .738 2.5 6.3 8.8 3.9 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.5 17.0
3 Stephon Marbury 20 82 81 3112 5.9 14.3 .415 1.1 3.5 .313 3.8 5.2 .731 0.7 2.0 2.7 8.1 1.2 0.1 3.0 2.6 16.8
4 Sam Mitchell 34 81 33 2239 6.0 12.9 .464 0.2 0.7 .349 3.9 4.7 .832 1.9 4.3 6.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 1.1 3.2 16.1
5 Terry Porter 34 82 8 1786 5.2 11.6 .449 1.9 4.7 .395 3.4 3.9 .856 0.7 2.6 3.4 5.5 1.3 0.3 2.1 2.1 15.7
6 Chris Carr 23 51 40 1165 5.9 14.0 .420 1.2 3.9 .315 2.6 3.1 .848 1.3 3.5 4.8 2.6 0.5 0.3 2.1 4.0 15.6
7 Micheal Williams 31 25 0 161 3.6 10.7 .333 0.0 0.9 .000 7.2 7.4 .970 0.4 2.7 3.1 7.2 2.0 0.4 3.6 5.4 14.3
8 Anthony Peeler 28 30 24 991 5.6 12.6 .445 1.7 3.9 .453 1.2 1.5 .780 1.1 2.6 3.7 4.1 1.9 0.2 1.6 2.9 14.2
9 DeJuan Wheat 24 34 0 150 4.8 12.0 .400 1.9 4.1 .471 2.2 3.6 .600 0.7 1.9 2.6 6.0 1.4 0.2 2.2 2.9 13.7
10 Stanley Roberts 27 74 44 1328 5.2 10.5 .495 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.2 .481 3.0 6.9 9.8 0.7 0.7 2.0 1.9 6.1 12.4
11 Cherokee Parks 25 79 43 1703 4.7 9.5 .499 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.6 .651 3.0 6.3 9.2 1.1 0.8 1.8 1.4 5.0 11.8
12 Reggie Jordan 30 57 1 487 4.0 8.4 .478 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 5.3 .569 4.2 3.0 7.2 3.7 2.6 0.7 2.2 4.7 11.0
13 Tom Hammonds 30 57 2 1140 4.0 7.8 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 4.2 .697 3.2 5.4 8.6 1.1 0.5 0.5 1.5 4.0 10.9
14 Bill Curley 25 11 1 146 3.9 8.1 .485 0.0 0.2 .000 0.5 0.7 .667 2.7 4.2 6.9 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.7 6.9 8.4
15 Doug West 30 38 10 688 3.3 8.9 .374 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 2.1 .725 1.2 3.1 4.3 2.4 0.6 0.3 1.1 5.1 8.2
16 Clifford Rozier 25 6 0 30 3.6 7.2 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 .000 3.6 3.6 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 8.4 7.2

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Kevin Garnett 21 82 3222 20.4 .527 .492 7.9 19.7 13.9 18.2 2.2 3.3 11.8 22.5 109 103 5.3 4.2 9.6 .143
2 Sam Mitchell 34 81 2239 15.8 .539 .473 6.0 13.4 9.8 7.6 1.5 0.7 6.6 19.7 115 108 4.7 1.4 6.1 .131
3 Stephon Marbury 20 82 3112 16.3 .505 .453 2.1 6.2 4.2 36.1 1.7 0.2 15.1 24.1 105 111 4.2 1.1 5.3 .082
4 Terry Porter 34 82 1786 17.3 .586 .529 2.4 8.2 5.3 23.5 1.8 0.6 13.6 19.1 117 109 4.3 0.9 5.2 .139
5 Tom Gugliotta 28 41 1582 20.5 .561 .504 7.7 17.8 12.8 17.9 2.0 1.0 12.9 23.6 112 106 3.4 1.5 5.0 .151
6 Cherokee Parks 25 79 1703 13.6 .533 .499 9.4 19.6 14.6 4.7 1.1 3.6 11.2 15.4 109 105 2.0 1.8 3.8 .108
7 Tom Hammonds 30 57 1140 12.1 .569 .516 10.1 16.9 13.5 4.6 0.7 1.1 13.6 13.7 114 108 1.7 0.7 2.4 .102
8 Anthony Peeler 28 30 991 15.0 .533 .514 3.6 8.2 5.9 18.1 2.7 0.4 10.9 18.4 109 108 1.4 0.7 2.1 .102
9 Stanley Roberts 27 74 1328 11.9 .503 .495 9.4 21.5 15.5 3.1 0.9 3.8 13.3 17.5 98 104 0.3 1.5 1.8 .064
10 Reggie Jordan 30 57 487 15.3 .515 .478 13.4 9.2 11.3 15.1 3.7 1.3 17.2 15.9 108 104 0.6 0.5 1.2 .114
11 Chris Carr 23 51 1165 11.6 .509 .465 4.2 10.8 7.6 11.6 0.8 0.7 12.2 21.5 102 111 0.7 0.4 1.1 .046
12 Micheal Williams 31 25 161 13.9 .512 .333 1.4 8.4 4.9 28.7 2.9 0.9 20.4 21.7 103 107 0.1 0.1 0.3 .080
13 DeJuan Wheat 24 34 150 13.5 .504 .480 2.3 6.0 4.2 25.3 2.1 0.5 13.7 19.4 105 110 0.2 0.1 0.2 .072
14 Bill Curley 25 11 146 7.8 .495 .485 8.6 13.1 10.9 4.0 1.1 0.5 8.0 11.4 109 109 0.1 0.1 0.2 .068
15 Doug West 30 38 688 5.6 .416 .374 3.8 9.6 6.8 9.4 0.8 0.5 10.0 13.5 94 111 -0.2 0.2 0.1 .004
16 Clifford Rozier 25 6 30 -1.7 .466 .500 11.5 11.2 11.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 38.3 15.5 66 112 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.140

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Anthony Peeler 28 5 213 31 77 15 31 4 4 16 38 18 10 3 8 15 81 .403 .484 1.000 42.6 16.2 7.6 3.6
2 Terry Porter 34 5 188 27 63 10 25 15 18 7 25 16 5 0 4 10 79 .429 .400 .833 37.6 15.8 5.0 3.2
3 Kevin Garnett 21 5 194 36 75 0 0 7 9 17 48 20 4 12 22 17 79 .480 .778 38.8 15.8 9.6 4.0
4 Sam Mitchell 34 5 177 26 58 3 14 17 19 7 27 8 1 1 5 18 72 .448 .214 .895 35.4 14.4 5.4 1.6
5 Stephon Marbury 20 5 209 22 72 7 25 18 23 5 16 38 12 0 18 16 69 .306 .280 .783 41.8 13.8 3.2 7.6
6 Tom Hammonds 30 5 113 12 28 0 0 12 16 10 22 2 0 1 4 18 36 .429 .750 22.6 7.2 4.4 0.4
7 Micheal Williams 31 4 58 6 15 1 2 7 9 2 9 11 3 1 3 14 20 .400 .500 .778 14.5 5.0 2.3 2.8
8 Reggie Jordan 30 2 29 5 8 1 1 1 2 3 9 3 1 0 0 5 12 .625 1.000 .500 14.5 6.0 4.5 1.5
9 DeJuan Wheat 24 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
10 Stanley Roberts 27 1 8 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .500 8.0 1.0 2.0 0.0
11 Cherokee Parks 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Bill Curley 25 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Terry Porter 34 5 188 17.0 .557 .508 4.1 12.4 7.9 15.5 1.5 0.0 5.3 18.6 122 114 0.5 0.0 0.5 .134
2 Anthony Peeler 28 5 213 16.7 .514 .500 8.3 13.3 10.7 15.5 2.6 1.2 9.2 19.0 111 110 0.3 0.1 0.4 .100
3 Sam Mitchell 34 5 177 13.4 .542 .474 4.4 14.6 9.1 8.3 0.3 0.5 7.0 18.8 115 115 0.3 0.0 0.3 .088
4 Micheal Williams 31 4 58 15.9 .527 .433 3.8 15.6 9.3 32.2 2.9 1.5 13.7 17.7 116 108 0.1 0.0 0.2 .143
5 Reggie Jordan 30 2 29 24.3 .676 .688 11.5 26.7 18.5 19.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 14.3 152 108 0.1 0.0 0.2 .271
6 Tom Hammonds 30 5 113 9.7 .514 .429 9.8 13.7 11.6 3.0 0.0 0.8 10.2 16.1 109 116 0.1 0.0 0.1 .049
7 Cherokee Parks 25 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 121 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.039
8 Kevin Garnett 21 5 194 15.5 .500 .480 9.7 20.6 14.8 20.4 1.1 5.4 21.8 24.3 92 108 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.002
9 Bill Curley 25 2 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 121 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.039
10 DeJuan Wheat 24 1 3 40.3 .500 .500 0.0 43.0 19.9 0.0 18.6 0.0 0.0 31.1 102 67 0.0 0.0 0.0 .311
11 Stanley Roberts 27 1 8 -1.6 .266 .000 13.9 16.1 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.7 16.8 54 116 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.242
12 Stephon Marbury 20 5 209 10.8 .420 .354 2.7 6.8 4.6 31.0 3.2 0.0 18.0 22.4 92 111 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.022

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Tom Gugliotta $5,500,000
2 Stanley Roberts $3,750,000
3 Micheal Williams $2,775,000
4 Doug West $2,535,000
5 Stephon Marbury $2,266,320
6 Kevin Garnett $2,109,120
7 Terry Porter $2,000,000
8 Sam Mitchell $1,400,000
9 Bill Curley $1,333,800
10 Cherokee Parks $1,262,640
11 Chris Carr $900,000
12 Paul Grant $785,400
13 Shane Heal $384,000
14 Reggie Jordan $272,250
15 Clifford Rozier $272,250
16 DeJuan Wheat $242,000