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2001-02 Minnesota Timberwolves Roster and Statistics

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50-32, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Flip Saunders (50-32)

Points Per Game: 99.3 (5th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 96.0 (16th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 51-31 (6th of 29)

Arena: Target Center ▪ Attendance: 731,673 (14th of 29)

SRS: 3.58 (6th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 90.5 (13th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 109.0 (4th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.3 (15th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Dallas Mavericks

2001-02 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 2 Duke University
4 Chauncey Billups G 6-3 202 September 25, 1976 4 University of Colorado
7 Terrell Brandon G 5-11 180 May 20, 1970 10 University of Oregon
1 Maurice Evans G 6-5 220 November 8, 1978 R University of Texas at Austin
21 Kevin Garnett F 6-11 220 May 19, 1976 6
22 Dean Garrett C 6-10 225 November 27, 1966 5 Indiana University
25 Marc Jackson C 6-10 270 January 16, 1975 1 Temple University
13 Felipe Lopez G 6-5 199 December 19, 1974 3 St. John's University
42 Sam Mitchell F 6-6 210 September 2, 1963 12 Mercer University
8 Rasho Nesterovic C 7-0 248 May 30, 1976 3
14 Robert Pack G 6-2 180 February 3, 1969 10 University of Southern California
44 Anthony Peeler G 6-4 208 November 25, 1969 9 University of Missouri
32 Joe Smith F 6-10 225 July 26, 1975 6 University of Maryland
10 Wally Szczerbiak F 6-7 244 March 5, 1977 2 Miami University
20 Gary Trent F 6-8 250 September 22, 1974 6 Ohio University
3 Loren Woods F-C 7-1 245 June 21, 1978 R University of Arizona

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 19805 3175 6887 .461 396 1047 .378 1399 1754 .798 1059 2562 3621 1993 524 427 1097 1739 8145 99.3
Opponent 82 19805 2962 6654 .445 492 1321 .372 1452 1958 .742 912 2326 3238 1855 542 407 1097 1676 7868 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 25 81 81 3175 659 1401 .470 37 116 .319 359 448 .801 243 738 981 422 96 126 229 184 1714
2 Wally Szczerbiak 24 82 82 3117 609 1200 .508 87 191 .455 226 272 .831 120 271 391 257 66 21 181 188 1531
3 Chauncey Billups 25 82 54 2355 348 823 .423 124 315 .394 207 234 .885 35 191 226 450 66 17 138 169 1027
4 Joe Smith 26 72 63 1922 297 581 .511 2 3 .667 171 206 .830 152 301 453 82 39 59 86 250 767
5 Anthony Peeler 32 82 0 2060 288 684 .421 111 283 .392 50 58 .862 37 169 206 177 61 11 76 137 737
6 Rasho Nesterovic 25 82 82 2218 324 657 .493 0 1 .000 39 71 .549 200 334 534 75 45 109 94 262 687
7 Gary Trent 27 64 10 1140 193 381 .507 0 2 .000 92 144 .639 104 166 270 60 21 27 58 160 478
8 Terrell Brandon 31 32 28 962 155 365 .425 4 23 .174 83 84 .988 17 76 93 264 52 6 43 49 397
9 Sam Mitchell 38 74 10 726 98 227 .432 10 35 .286 38 49 .776 18 64 82 45 12 4 26 79 244
10 Felipe Lopez 27 67 0 581 59 156 .378 14 33 .424 37 55 .673 29 51 80 39 18 1 36 73 169
11 Loren Woods 23 60 0 516 33 96 .344 0 2 .000 44 60 .733 46 76 122 22 17 34 36 60 110
12 Marc Jackson 27 22 0 326 38 99 .384 0 1 .000 26 32 .813 31 54 85 7 6 3 18 44 102
13 William Avery 22 28 0 258 26 90 .289 6 35 .171 13 19 .684 4 20 24 36 7 0 19 17 71
14 Robert Pack 32 16 0 252 25 68 .368 1 4 .250 11 15 .733 7 16 23 49 13 0 20 32 62
15 Dean Garrett 35 29 0 152 14 40 .350 0 0 0 3 .000 13 34 47 4 5 9 7 26 28
16 Maurice Evans 23 10 0 45 9 19 .474 0 3 .000 3 4 .750 3 1 4 4 0 0 2 9 21

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 25 81 81 39.2 8.1 17.3 .470 0.5 1.4 .319 4.4 5.5 .801 3.0 9.1 12.1 5.2 1.2 1.6 2.8 2.3 21.2
2 Wally Szczerbiak 24 82 82 38.0 7.4 14.6 .508 1.1 2.3 .455 2.8 3.3 .831 1.5 3.3 4.8 3.1 0.8 0.3 2.2 2.3 18.7
3 Chauncey Billups 25 82 54 28.7 4.2 10.0 .423 1.5 3.8 .394 2.5 2.9 .885 0.4 2.3 2.8 5.5 0.8 0.2 1.7 2.1 12.5
4 Terrell Brandon 31 32 28 30.1 4.8 11.4 .425 0.1 0.7 .174 2.6 2.6 .988 0.5 2.4 2.9 8.3 1.6 0.2 1.3 1.5 12.4
5 Joe Smith 26 72 63 26.7 4.1 8.1 .511 0.0 0.0 .667 2.4 2.9 .830 2.1 4.2 6.3 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.2 3.5 10.7
6 Anthony Peeler 32 82 0 25.1 3.5 8.3 .421 1.4 3.5 .392 0.6 0.7 .862 0.5 2.1 2.5 2.2 0.7 0.1 0.9 1.7 9.0
7 Rasho Nesterovic 25 82 82 27.0 4.0 8.0 .493 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.9 .549 2.4 4.1 6.5 0.9 0.5 1.3 1.1 3.2 8.4
8 Gary Trent 27 64 10 17.8 3.0 6.0 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.3 .639 1.6 2.6 4.2 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.9 2.5 7.5
9 Marc Jackson 27 22 0 14.8 1.7 4.5 .384 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.5 .813 1.4 2.5 3.9 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.8 2.0 4.6
10 Robert Pack 32 16 0 15.8 1.6 4.3 .368 0.1 0.3 .250 0.7 0.9 .733 0.4 1.0 1.4 3.1 0.8 0.0 1.3 2.0 3.9
11 Sam Mitchell 38 74 10 9.8 1.3 3.1 .432 0.1 0.5 .286 0.5 0.7 .776 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.1 3.3
12 William Avery 22 28 0 9.2 0.9 3.2 .289 0.2 1.3 .171 0.5 0.7 .684 0.1 0.7 0.9 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.6 2.5
13 Felipe Lopez 27 67 0 8.7 0.9 2.3 .378 0.2 0.5 .424 0.6 0.8 .673 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.1 2.5
14 Maurice Evans 23 10 0 4.5 0.9 1.9 .474 0.0 0.3 .000 0.3 0.4 .750 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 2.1
15 Loren Woods 23 60 0 8.6 0.6 1.6 .344 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.0 .733 0.8 1.3 2.0 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.8
16 Dean Garrett 35 29 0 5.2 0.5 1.4 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 1.2 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.9 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 25 81 81 3175 7.5 15.9 .470 0.4 1.3 .319 4.1 5.1 .801 2.8 8.4 11.1 4.8 1.1 1.4 2.6 2.1 19.4
2 Wally Szczerbiak 24 82 82 3117 7.0 13.9 .508 1.0 2.2 .455 2.6 3.1 .831 1.4 3.1 4.5 3.0 0.8 0.2 2.1 2.2 17.7
3 Maurice Evans 23 10 0 45 7.2 15.2 .474 0.0 2.4 .000 2.4 3.2 .750 2.4 0.8 3.2 3.2 0.0 0.0 1.6 7.2 16.8
4 Chauncey Billups 25 82 54 2355 5.3 12.6 .423 1.9 4.8 .394 3.2 3.6 .885 0.5 2.9 3.5 6.9 1.0 0.3 2.1 2.6 15.7
5 Gary Trent 27 64 10 1140 6.1 12.0 .507 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 4.5 .639 3.3 5.2 8.5 1.9 0.7 0.9 1.8 5.1 15.1
6 Terrell Brandon 31 32 28 962 5.8 13.7 .425 0.1 0.9 .174 3.1 3.1 .988 0.6 2.8 3.5 9.9 1.9 0.2 1.6 1.8 14.9
7 Joe Smith 26 72 63 1922 5.6 10.9 .511 0.0 0.1 .667 3.2 3.9 .830 2.8 5.6 8.5 1.5 0.7 1.1 1.6 4.7 14.4
8 Anthony Peeler 32 82 0 2060 5.0 12.0 .421 1.9 4.9 .392 0.9 1.0 .862 0.6 3.0 3.6 3.1 1.1 0.2 1.3 2.4 12.9
9 Sam Mitchell 38 74 10 726 4.9 11.3 .432 0.5 1.7 .286 1.9 2.4 .776 0.9 3.2 4.1 2.2 0.6 0.2 1.3 3.9 12.1
10 Marc Jackson 27 22 0 326 4.2 10.9 .384 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.5 .813 3.4 6.0 9.4 0.8 0.7 0.3 2.0 4.9 11.3
11 Rasho Nesterovic 25 82 82 2218 5.3 10.7 .493 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.2 .549 3.2 5.4 8.7 1.2 0.7 1.8 1.5 4.3 11.2
12 Felipe Lopez 27 67 0 581 3.7 9.7 .378 0.9 2.0 .424 2.3 3.4 .673 1.8 3.2 5.0 2.4 1.1 0.1 2.2 4.5 10.5
13 William Avery 22 28 0 258 3.6 12.6 .289 0.8 4.9 .171 1.8 2.7 .684 0.6 2.8 3.3 5.0 1.0 0.0 2.7 2.4 9.9
14 Robert Pack 32 16 0 252 3.6 9.7 .368 0.1 0.6 .250 1.6 2.1 .733 1.0 2.3 3.3 7.0 1.9 0.0 2.9 4.6 8.9
15 Loren Woods 23 60 0 516 2.3 6.7 .344 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 4.2 .733 3.2 5.3 8.5 1.5 1.2 2.4 2.5 4.2 7.7
16 Dean Garrett 35 29 0 152 3.3 9.5 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 .000 3.1 8.1 11.1 0.9 1.2 2.1 1.7 6.2 6.6

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 25 81 3175 23.8 .536 .484 9.0 26.5 17.8 22.4 1.6 2.9 12.5 26.0 111 101 7.9 4.9 12.8
2 Wally Szczerbiak 24 82 3117 17.1 .580 .544 4.5 9.9 7.2 13.6 1.1 0.5 12.1 21.8 113 108 7.0 1.7 8.7
3 Chauncey Billups 25 82 2355 17.6 .555 .498 1.7 9.2 5.5 29.2 1.5 0.5 13.0 20.4 116 108 6.1 1.5 7.6
4 Joe Smith 26 72 1922 16.0 .571 .513 9.3 17.9 13.6 6.6 1.1 2.3 11.4 17.8 116 105 4.1 2.0 6.1
5 Rasho Nesterovic 25 82 2218 12.9 .499 .493 10.6 17.2 13.9 5.2 1.1 3.7 12.0 16.0 104 104 1.6 2.5 4.1
6 Anthony Peeler 32 82 2060 12.2 .519 .502 2.1 9.4 5.8 13.0 1.6 0.4 9.7 17.3 108 108 2.4 1.3 3.8
7 Terrell Brandon 31 32 962 21.2 .494 .430 2.1 9.0 5.6 42.8 2.9 0.5 9.7 20.9 117 105 2.8 0.9 3.7
8 Gary Trent 27 64 1140 15.4 .538 .507 10.7 16.6 13.7 8.3 1.0 1.8 11.5 19.9 110 105 1.9 1.1 3.0
9 Sam Mitchell 38 74 726 9.4 .491 .454 2.9 10.1 6.5 9.3 0.9 0.4 9.5 17.1 103 109 0.5 0.4 0.9
10 Loren Woods 23 60 516 9.9 .449 .344 10.4 16.8 13.7 5.8 1.7 4.9 22.7 13.9 91 101 -0.2 0.7 0.5
11 Marc Jackson 27 22 326 9.2 .451 .384 11.1 18.9 15.1 3.1 1.0 0.7 13.7 18.2 96 106 0.0 0.3 0.3
12 Felipe Lopez 27 67 581 7.8 .469 .423 5.8 10.0 8.0 9.6 1.6 0.1 16.7 16.8 95 107 -0.1 0.4 0.3
13 Maurice Evans 23 10 45 11.5 .506 .474 7.8 2.5 5.1 14.8 0.0 0.0 8.8 22.9 108 113 0.1 0.0 0.1
14 Robert Pack 32 16 252 9.1 .416 .375 3.3 7.2 5.3 27.7 2.7 0.0 21.1 17.0 92 106 -0.1 0.2 0.1
15 Dean Garrett 35 29 152 7.1 .339 .350 10.0 25.5 17.9 3.7 1.7 4.4 14.5 14.4 78 99 -0.2 0.3 0.0
16 William Avery 22 28 258 5.4 .361 .322 1.8 8.8 5.4 19.9 1.4 0.0 16.2 20.6 81 108 -0.5 0.1 -0.4

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 25 3 130 24 56 1 2 23 32 16 56 15 5 5 12 11 72 .429 .500 .719 43.3 24.0 18.7 5.0
2 Chauncey Billups 25 3 134 23 51 6 15 14 20 1 15 17 3 1 9 14 66 .451 .400 .700 44.7 22.0 5.0 5.7
3 Wally Szczerbiak 24 3 131 21 44 2 9 16 18 9 21 6 2 0 8 8 60 .477 .222 .889 43.7 20.0 7.0 2.0
4 Rasho Nesterovic 25 3 92 15 31 0 0 4 9 6 20 3 1 0 4 10 34 .484 .444 30.7 11.3 6.7 1.0
5 Anthony Peeler 32 3 67 9 20 5 9 4 6 1 13 2 4 0 6 5 27 .450 .556 .667 22.3 9.0 4.3 0.7
6 Gary Trent 27 3 48 8 16 0 0 3 6 5 9 1 0 0 3 8 19 .500 .500 16.0 6.3 3.0 0.3
7 Joe Smith 26 3 43 3 7 0 0 7 8 4 11 0 0 1 1 8 13 .429 .875 14.3 4.3 3.7 0.0
8 Sam Mitchell 38 3 34 3 9 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 1 1 0 5 8 .333 1.000 11.3 2.7 0.7 1.0
9 Felipe Lopez 27 3 30 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 4 .250 .500 .500 10.0 1.3 0.3 0.3
10 Robert Pack 32 3 10 1 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 .200 .000 1.000 3.3 1.0 0.0 0.0
11 Marc Jackson 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 25 3 130 25.5 .514 .438 12.5 34.1 22.8 20.4 1.9 3.0 14.6 27.1 108 109 0.3 0.0 0.3
2 Chauncey Billups 25 3 134 16.6 .552 .510 0.8 11.6 5.9 21.9 1.1 0.6 13.1 22.0 111 118 0.3 -0.1 0.2
3 Wally Szczerbiak 24 3 131 16.5 .578 .500 7.0 10.1 8.5 7.8 0.8 0.0 13.4 19.6 115 120 0.3 -0.1 0.2
4 Joe Smith 26 3 43 12.6 .618 .429 9.4 18.0 13.5 0.0 0.0 1.8 8.7 11.5 134 118 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Marc Jackson 27 1 1 -17.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 123 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Sam Mitchell 38 3 34 8.2 .405 .333 0.0 6.5 3.1 13.3 1.5 2.3 0.0 12.5 105 117 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Rasho Nesterovic 25 3 92 11.5 .486 .484 6.6 16.9 11.5 5.6 0.5 0.0 10.3 18.2 101 119 0.1 -0.1 0.0
8 Felipe Lopez 27 3 30 0.8 .410 .375 3.4 0.0 1.8 4.7 1.7 0.0 17.0 8.4 88 120 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Anthony Peeler 32 3 67 13.6 .596 .575 1.5 19.8 10.3 4.8 3.0 0.0 20.9 18.3 99 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Gary Trent 27 3 48 10.3 .510 .500 10.6 9.2 9.9 3.6 0.0 0.0 13.9 19.3 101 121 0.0 -0.1 0.0
11 Robert Pack 32 3 10 -15.4 .276 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.5 27.6 54 123 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Kevin Garnett $22,400,000
2 Terrell Brandon $9,300,000
3 Joe Smith $4,538,000
4 Marc Jackson $3,250,000
5 Dean Garrett $3,240,000
6 Anthony Peeler $2,978,500
7 Chauncey Billups $2,475,000
8 Wally Szczerbiak $2,313,240
9 Tom Hammonds $1,800,000
10 Rasho Nesterovic $1,725,788
11 William Avery $1,375,920
12 Robert Pack *$1,000,000
13 Sam Mitchell $1,000,000
14 Gary Trent $715,850
15 Felipe Lopez $565,850
16 Maurice Evans $332,817
17 Loren Woods $332,817
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)