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2000-01 Minnesota Timberwolves Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Flip Saunders (47-35)

Points Per Game: 97.3 (7th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 96.0 (14th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (15th of 29)

Arena: Target Center ▪ Attendance: 717,371 (11th of 29)

SRS: 1.81 (12th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.8 (12th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 105.2 (11th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.7 (16th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus San Antonio Spurs

2000-01 Minnesota Timberwolves:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 William Avery G 6-2 197 August 8, 1979 1 Duke University
4 Chauncey Billups G 6-3 202 September 25, 1976 3 University of Colorado
7 Terrell Brandon G 5-11 180 May 20, 1970 9 University of Oregon
11 Todd Day G-F 6-6 188 January 7, 1970 7 University of Arkansas
3 LaPhonso Ellis F 6-8 240 May 5, 1970 8 University of Notre Dame
21 Kevin Garnett F 6-11 220 May 19, 1976 5
22 Dean Garrett C 6-10 225 November 27, 1966 4 Indiana University
20 Tom Hammonds F 6-9 215 March 27, 1967 11 Georgia Institute of Technology
6 Sam Jacobson G-F 6-4 215 July 22, 1975 2 University of Minnesota
13 Felipe Lopez G 6-5 199 December 19, 1974 2 St. John's University
42 Sam Mitchell F 6-6 210 September 2, 1963 11 Mercer University
8 Rasho Nesterovic C 7-0 248 May 30, 1976 2
44 Anthony Peeler G 6-4 208 November 25, 1969 8 University of Missouri
35 Reggie Slater F 6-7 215 August 27, 1970 5 University of Wyoming
10 Wally Szczerbiak F 6-7 244 March 5, 1977 1 Miami University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19830 3148 6871 .458 322 901 .357 1364 1737 .785 1002 2470 3472 2083 682 456 1136 1900 7982 97.3
Opponent 82 19830 2977 6588 .452 350 996 .351 1567 2164 .724 967 2505 3472 1834 583 357 1246 1655 7871 96.0

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 24 81 81 3202 704 1475 .477 19 66 .288 357 467 .764 219 702 921 401 111 145 230 204 1784
2 Terrell Brandon 30 78 78 2821 511 1134 .451 33 91 .363 195 224 .871 60 238 298 583 161 21 155 138 1250
3 Wally Szczerbiak 23 82 82 2856 469 920 .510 26 77 .338 181 208 .870 133 314 447 260 59 33 138 226 1145
4 Anthony Peeler 31 75 41 2126 308 732 .421 100 256 .391 75 87 .862 44 148 192 192 91 18 105 166 791
5 LaPhonso Ellis 30 82 5 1948 298 642 .464 7 22 .318 169 214 .790 199 295 494 93 67 74 108 290 772
6 Chauncey Billups 24 77 33 1790 248 587 .422 73 194 .376 144 171 .842 32 126 158 260 51 11 111 178 713
7 Rasho Nesterovic 24 73 39 1233 147 319 .461 0 1 .000 34 65 .523 99 187 286 45 25 63 55 189 328
8 Sam Mitchell 37 82 4 983 118 289 .408 9 43 .209 40 55 .727 28 95 123 57 26 10 36 117 285
9 Reggie Slater 30 55 16 686 90 175 .514 0 0 74 110 .673 78 108 186 26 18 9 43 126 254
10 Dean Garrett 34 70 21 831 75 156 .481 0 0 27 39 .692 65 152 217 24 26 49 25 93 177
11 Felipe Lopez 26 23 10 457 69 152 .454 13 23 .565 19 33 .576 25 49 74 34 21 12 27 46 170
12 William Avery 21 55 0 463 55 144 .382 16 59 .271 28 36 .778 5 24 29 75 13 4 45 48 154
13 Todd Day 31 31 0 345 44 118 .373 26 69 .377 18 23 .783 10 27 37 28 10 7 24 52 132
14 Sam Jacobson 25 14 0 59 9 18 .500 0 0 2 3 .667 3 3 6 4 3 0 0 19 20
15 Tom Hammonds 33 7 0 30 3 10 .300 0 0 1 2 .500 2 2 4 1 0 0 3 8 7

Per Game

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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 24 81 81 39.5 8.7 18.2 .477 0.2 0.8 .288 4.4 5.8 .764 2.7 8.7 11.4 5.0 1.4 1.8 2.8 2.5 22.0
2 Terrell Brandon 30 78 78 36.2 6.6 14.5 .451 0.4 1.2 .363 2.5 2.9 .871 0.8 3.1 3.8 7.5 2.1 0.3 2.0 1.8 16.0
3 Wally Szczerbiak 23 82 82 34.8 5.7 11.2 .510 0.3 0.9 .338 2.2 2.5 .870 1.6 3.8 5.5 3.2 0.7 0.4 1.7 2.8 14.0
4 Anthony Peeler 31 75 41 28.3 4.1 9.8 .421 1.3 3.4 .391 1.0 1.2 .862 0.6 2.0 2.6 2.6 1.2 0.2 1.4 2.2 10.5
5 LaPhonso Ellis 30 82 5 23.8 3.6 7.8 .464 0.1 0.3 .318 2.1 2.6 .790 2.4 3.6 6.0 1.1 0.8 0.9 1.3 3.5 9.4
6 Chauncey Billups 24 77 33 23.2 3.2 7.6 .422 0.9 2.5 .376 1.9 2.2 .842 0.4 1.6 2.1 3.4 0.7 0.1 1.4 2.3 9.3
7 Felipe Lopez 26 23 10 19.9 3.0 6.6 .454 0.6 1.0 .565 0.8 1.4 .576 1.1 2.1 3.2 1.5 0.9 0.5 1.2 2.0 7.4
8 Reggie Slater 30 55 16 12.5 1.6 3.2 .514 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.0 .673 1.4 2.0 3.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.8 2.3 4.6
9 Rasho Nesterovic 24 73 39 16.9 2.0 4.4 .461 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.9 .523 1.4 2.6 3.9 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.8 2.6 4.5
10 Todd Day 31 31 0 11.1 1.4 3.8 .373 0.8 2.2 .377 0.6 0.7 .783 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.8 1.7 4.3
11 Sam Mitchell 37 82 4 12.0 1.4 3.5 .408 0.1 0.5 .209 0.5 0.7 .727 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.4 3.5
12 William Avery 21 55 0 8.4 1.0 2.6 .382 0.3 1.1 .271 0.5 0.7 .778 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.9 2.8
13 Dean Garrett 34 70 21 11.9 1.1 2.2 .481 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .692 0.9 2.2 3.1 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.4 1.3 2.5
14 Sam Jacobson 25 14 0 4.2 0.6 1.3 .500 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 .667 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.4
15 Tom Hammonds 33 7 0 4.3 0.4 1.4 .300 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .500 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.1 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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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 24 81 81 3202 7.9 16.6 .477 0.2 0.7 .288 4.0 5.3 .764 2.5 7.9 10.4 4.5 1.2 1.6 2.6 2.3 20.1
2 Terrell Brandon 30 78 78 2821 6.5 14.5 .451 0.4 1.2 .363 2.5 2.9 .871 0.8 3.0 3.8 7.4 2.1 0.3 2.0 1.8 16.0
3 Wally Szczerbiak 23 82 82 2856 5.9 11.6 .510 0.3 1.0 .338 2.3 2.6 .870 1.7 4.0 5.6 3.3 0.7 0.4 1.7 2.8 14.4
4 LaPhonso Ellis 30 82 5 1948 5.5 11.9 .464 0.1 0.4 .318 3.1 4.0 .790 3.7 5.5 9.1 1.7 1.2 1.4 2.0 5.4 14.3
5 Chauncey Billups 24 77 33 1790 5.0 11.8 .422 1.5 3.9 .376 2.9 3.4 .842 0.6 2.5 3.2 5.2 1.0 0.2 2.2 3.6 14.3
6 Todd Day 31 31 0 345 4.6 12.3 .373 2.7 7.2 .377 1.9 2.4 .783 1.0 2.8 3.9 2.9 1.0 0.7 2.5 5.4 13.8
7 Anthony Peeler 31 75 41 2126 5.2 12.4 .421 1.7 4.3 .391 1.3 1.5 .862 0.7 2.5 3.3 3.3 1.5 0.3 1.8 2.8 13.4
8 Felipe Lopez 26 23 10 457 5.4 12.0 .454 1.0 1.8 .565 1.5 2.6 .576 2.0 3.9 5.8 2.7 1.7 0.9 2.1 3.6 13.4
9 Reggie Slater 30 55 16 686 4.7 9.2 .514 0.0 0.0 3.9 5.8 .673 4.1 5.7 9.8 1.4 0.9 0.5 2.3 6.6 13.3
10 Sam Jacobson 25 14 0 59 5.5 11.0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.8 .667 1.8 1.8 3.7 2.4 1.8 0.0 0.0 11.6 12.2
11 William Avery 21 55 0 463 4.3 11.2 .382 1.2 4.6 .271 2.2 2.8 .778 0.4 1.9 2.3 5.8 1.0 0.3 3.5 3.7 12.0
12 Sam Mitchell 37 82 4 983 4.3 10.6 .408 0.3 1.6 .209 1.5 2.0 .727 1.0 3.5 4.5 2.1 1.0 0.4 1.3 4.3 10.4
13 Rasho Nesterovic 24 73 39 1233 4.3 9.3 .461 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.9 .523 2.9 5.5 8.4 1.3 0.7 1.8 1.6 5.5 9.6
14 Tom Hammonds 33 7 0 30 3.6 12.0 .300 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.4 .500 2.4 2.4 4.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 3.6 9.6 8.4
15 Dean Garrett 34 70 21 831 3.2 6.8 .481 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.7 .692 2.8 6.6 9.4 1.0 1.1 2.1 1.1 4.0 7.7

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Kevin Garnett 24 81 3202 23.9 .531 .484 7.7 25.3 16.4 21.8 1.8 3.2 12.0 27.0 108 99 7.0 4.8 11.8
2 Terrell Brandon 30 78 2821 20.0 .507 .465 2.4 9.7 6.0 33.7 3.0 0.5 11.2 22.2 109 104 5.8 2.7 8.5
3 Wally Szczerbiak 23 82 2856 15.8 .566 .524 5.3 12.7 8.9 14.5 1.1 0.8 12.0 18.2 112 106 5.7 1.7 7.4
4 LaPhonso Ellis 30 82 1948 16.0 .524 .470 11.6 17.5 14.5 7.5 1.8 2.7 12.8 19.6 107 102 2.9 2.3 5.2
5 Chauncey Billups 24 77 1790 14.1 .538 .485 2.0 8.1 5.0 22.2 1.5 0.4 14.4 19.5 107 107 2.7 0.9 3.7
6 Anthony Peeler 31 75 2126 12.6 .513 .489 2.3 8.0 5.2 13.9 2.2 0.6 12.0 18.6 102 106 1.6 1.5 3.2
7 Dean Garrett 34 70 831 12.5 .511 .481 8.8 21.1 14.9 4.1 1.6 4.2 12.6 10.8 107 100 0.7 1.2 1.9
8 Reggie Slater 30 55 686 14.1 .568 .514 12.9 18.2 15.5 5.7 1.4 0.9 16.1 17.6 110 104 1.2 0.7 1.8
9 Rasho Nesterovic 24 73 1233 10.4 .472 .461 9.1 17.5 13.2 5.4 1.1 3.6 13.7 14.8 97 103 0.2 1.3 1.5
10 Felipe Lopez 26 23 457 13.9 .510 .497 6.2 12.4 9.2 11.6 2.4 1.9 14.0 19.1 100 103 0.3 0.5 0.7
11 Sam Mitchell 37 82 983 8.2 .455 .424 3.2 11.2 7.1 8.6 1.4 0.7 10.3 16.1 95 106 0.0 0.6 0.6
12 Todd Day 31 31 345 10.1 .515 .483 3.3 9.0 6.1 12.2 1.5 1.4 15.8 19.9 98 106 0.1 0.2 0.3
13 Sam Jacobson 25 14 59 10.7 .518 .500 5.8 5.9 5.8 10.6 2.7 0.0 0.0 14.8 120 105 0.1 0.0 0.2
14 William Avery 21 55 463 9.0 .482 .438 1.2 6.0 3.6 24.0 1.5 0.6 22.0 20.0 91 108 -0.2 0.2 0.0
15 Tom Hammonds 33 7 30 -4.9 .322 .300 7.5 7.7 7.6 4.8 0.0 0.0 21.6 20.9 64 110 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Playoffs

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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 Kevin Garnett 24 4 165 27 58 0 3 30 36 10 48 17 4 6 6 13 84 .466 .000 .833 41.3 21.0 12.0 4.3
2 Terrell Brandon 30 4 153 27 62 4 9 3 3 2 17 25 4 2 8 10 61 .435 .444 1.000 38.3 15.3 4.3 6.3
3 Wally Szczerbiak 23 4 143 18 37 0 1 20 25 4 18 10 5 3 12 6 56 .486 .000 .800 35.8 14.0 4.5 2.5
4 Anthony Peeler 31 4 137 14 53 6 17 0 0 3 14 7 7 1 6 10 34 .264 .353 34.3 8.5 3.5 1.8
5 LaPhonso Ellis 30 4 77 9 23 0 1 6 8 7 14 0 1 3 5 13 24 .391 .000 .750 19.3 6.0 3.5 0.0
6 Felipe Lopez 26 4 55 7 22 1 5 2 3 4 11 5 4 0 2 5 17 .318 .200 .667 13.8 4.3 2.8 1.3
7 Dean Garrett 34 3 41 4 12 0 0 5 6 2 9 0 1 1 0 6 13 .333 .833 13.7 4.3 3.0 0.0
8 Reggie Slater 30 4 52 6 16 0 0 1 2 5 14 0 2 3 3 15 13 .375 .500 13.0 3.3 3.5 0.0
9 Rasho Nesterovic 24 4 49 5 13 0 0 0 0 5 12 3 1 3 3 9 10 .385 12.3 2.5 3.0 0.8
10 William Avery 21 2 12 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 .500 .500 6.0 3.5 0.5 1.0
11 Sam Mitchell 37 4 50 2 10 0 1 2 2 1 7 3 1 0 1 5 6 .200 .000 1.000 12.5 1.5 1.8 0.8
12 Chauncey Billups 24 3 26 1 6 0 1 1 1 1 5 2 0 0 1 5 3 .167 .000 1.000 8.7 1.0 1.7 0.7

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Kevin Garnett 24 4 165 24.9 .569 .466 6.6 26.6 16.3 21.6 1.3 2.9 7.5 22.8 120 98 0.6 0.3 0.9
2 Wally Szczerbiak 23 4 143 15.0 .583 .486 3.1 11.3 7.1 13.6 1.9 1.7 20.0 19.8 101 102 0.1 0.2 0.3
3 Terrell Brandon 30 4 153 15.3 .482 .468 1.4 11.3 6.2 35.2 1.4 1.1 11.2 22.0 99 103 0.1 0.2 0.2
4 William Avery 21 2 12 28.3 .583 .583 0.0 9.6 4.7 42.7 0.0 6.7 0.0 23.6 127 103 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Dean Garrett 34 3 41 10.9 .444 .333 5.3 19.7 12.3 0.0 1.3 2.0 0.0 16.9 103 100 0.0 0.1 0.1
6 Felipe Lopez 26 4 55 11.8 .364 .341 7.9 14.7 11.2 17.7 4.0 0.0 7.9 21.7 84 98 -0.1 0.1 0.0
7 LaPhonso Ellis 30 4 77 7.2 .452 .391 9.9 10.5 10.2 0.0 0.7 3.1 15.9 19.3 87 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0
8 Sam Mitchell 37 4 50 2.3 .276 .200 2.2 13.9 7.9 10.0 1.1 0.0 8.4 11.2 70 104 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Rasho Nesterovic 24 4 49 8.0 .385 .385 11.1 16.5 13.7 11.4 1.1 4.9 18.8 15.4 81 99 -0.1 0.1 0.0
10 Reggie Slater 30 4 52 5.7 .385 .375 10.5 20.0 15.1 0.0 2.1 4.7 15.1 18.0 77 96 -0.1 0.1 0.0
11 Chauncey Billups 24 3 26 -1.2 .233 .167 4.2 17.8 10.8 12.8 0.0 0.0 13.4 13.5 62 105 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Anthony Peeler 31 4 137 3.8 .321 .321 2.4 9.3 5.7 9.5 2.8 0.6 10.2 20.3 68 101 -0.5 0.2 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Kevin Garnett $19,610,000
2 Terrell Brandon $8,330,000
3 Dean Garrett $2,880,000
4 Anthony Peeler $2,740,000
5 Sam Mitchell $2,370,000
6 Chauncey Billups $2,250,000
7 Wally Szczerbiak $2,162,280
8 William Avery $1,286,160
9 LaPhonso Ellis $1,200,000
10 Tom Hammonds $1,130,000
11 Rasho Nesterovic $1,123,560
12 Felipe Lopez $831,120
13 Sam Jacobson $768,500
14 Todd Day $736,000
15 Reggie Slater $673,500
16 Andrae Patterson $498,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)