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2001-02 Minnesota Timberwolves Schedule and Results

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

PTS/G: 99.3 (5th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 96.0 (16th of 29)
SRS: 3.58 (6th of 29) ▪ Pace: 90.5 (13th of 29)
Off Rtg: 109.0 (4th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 105.3 (15th of 29)
Expected W-L: 51-31 (6th of 29)

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

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

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 30, 2001 Philadelphia 76ers W 83 74 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Nov 2, 2001 Memphis Grizzlies W 111 102 2 0 W 2
3 Sat, Nov 3, 2001 @ Houston Rockets W 90 88 3 0 W 3
4 Tue, Nov 6, 2001 New York Knicks W 104 94 4 0 W 4
5 Thu, Nov 8, 2001 Chicago Bulls W 127 74 5 0 W 5
6 Sat, Nov 10, 2001 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 98 82 6 0 W 6
7 Tue, Nov 13, 2001 Cleveland Cavaliers L 103 107 6 1 L 1
8 Fri, Nov 16, 2001 @ Indiana Pacers W 2OT 120 113 7 1 W 1
9 Sat, Nov 17, 2001 Orlando Magic W 103 95 8 1 W 2
10 Tue, Nov 20, 2001 @ Miami Heat W 80 73 9 1 W 3
11 Wed, Nov 21, 2001 @ Orlando Magic L 106 117 9 2 L 1
12 Sat, Nov 24, 2001 San Antonio Spurs W 99 94 10 2 W 1
13 Tue, Nov 27, 2001 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 102 112 10 3 L 1
14 Wed, Nov 28, 2001 @ Los Angeles Clippers L 75 94 10 4 L 2
15 Sat, Dec 1, 2001 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 76 102 10 5 L 3
16 Tue, Dec 4, 2001 Seattle SuperSonics W 108 83 11 5 W 1
17 Thu, Dec 6, 2001 @ Memphis Grizzlies W 105 80 12 5 W 2
18 Sat, Dec 8, 2001 Houston Rockets W 107 97 13 5 W 3
19 Tue, Dec 11, 2001 Golden State Warriors W 107 86 14 5 W 4
20 Wed, Dec 12, 2001 @ Utah Jazz W 98 87 15 5 W 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Dec 14, 2001 Sacramento Kings W 114 94 16 5 W 6
22 Sat, Dec 15, 2001 @ Dallas Mavericks L 117 125 16 6 L 1
23 Tue, Dec 18, 2001 Dallas Mavericks L 103 107 16 7 L 2
24 Wed, Dec 19, 2001 @ New Jersey Nets L OT 112 117 16 8 L 3
25 Fri, Dec 21, 2001 Charlotte Hornets W 94 89 17 8 W 1
26 Sat, Dec 22, 2001 @ Chicago Bulls W 95 74 18 8 W 2
27 Wed, Dec 26, 2001 @ Denver Nuggets W 94 91 19 8 W 3
28 Fri, Dec 28, 2001 @ Sacramento Kings L 111 125 19 9 L 1
29 Sun, Dec 30, 2001 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 95 93 20 9 W 1
30 Wed, Jan 2, 2002 Milwaukee Bucks W 95 77 21 9 W 2
31 Fri, Jan 4, 2002 Utah Jazz W 93 86 22 9 W 3
32 Sat, Jan 5, 2002 @ Atlanta Hawks W 112 96 23 9 W 4
33 Mon, Jan 7, 2002 Detroit Pistons W 109 93 24 9 W 5
34 Wed, Jan 9, 2002 Seattle SuperSonics W 111 106 25 9 W 6
35 Fri, Jan 11, 2002 Los Angeles Lakers W 120 102 26 9 W 7
36 Sat, Jan 12, 2002 @ Washington Wizards W 108 100 27 9 W 8
37 Tue, Jan 15, 2002 Los Angeles Clippers W 97 83 28 9 W 9
38 Fri, Jan 18, 2002 @ Phoenix Suns L OT 100 103 28 10 L 1
39 Sat, Jan 19, 2002 @ Golden State Warriors W 105 102 29 10 W 1
40 Mon, Jan 21, 2002 Washington Wizards W 105 101 30 10 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 23, 2002 @ Detroit Pistons L 83 104 30 11 L 1
42 Fri, Jan 25, 2002 @ Toronto Raptors L 100 107 30 12 L 2
43 Sat, Jan 26, 2002 Atlanta Hawks W 103 80 31 12 W 1
44 Tue, Jan 29, 2002 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 81 114 31 13 L 1
45 Wed, Jan 30, 2002 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 91 96 31 14 L 2
46 Fri, Feb 1, 2002 @ Boston Celtics W OT 98 95 32 14 W 1
47 Sun, Feb 3, 2002 Sacramento Kings L 107 112 32 15 L 1
48 Mon, Feb 4, 2002 @ San Antonio Spurs L 83 113 32 16 L 2
49 Wed, Feb 6, 2002 Portland Trail Blazers W 113 103 33 16 W 1
50 Wed, Feb 13, 2002 Phoenix Suns W 107 92 34 16 W 2
51 Fri, Feb 15, 2002 Denver Nuggets L 98 99 34 17 L 1
52 Sun, Feb 17, 2002 Miami Heat W 93 80 35 17 W 1
53 Tue, Feb 19, 2002 @ Dallas Mavericks W 117 100 36 17 W 2
54 Thu, Feb 21, 2002 @ Houston Rockets L 83 89 36 18 L 1
55 Sat, Feb 23, 2002 @ San Antonio Spurs W 112 88 37 18 W 1
56 Mon, Feb 25, 2002 @ Charlotte Hornets W 97 92 38 18 W 2
57 Wed, Feb 27, 2002 Los Angeles Lakers W 112 101 39 18 W 3
58 Fri, Mar 1, 2002 San Antonio Spurs L 77 85 39 19 L 1
59 Sat, Mar 2, 2002 @ Utah Jazz W 116 105 40 19 W 1
60 Tue, Mar 5, 2002 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 83 97 40 20 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 6, 2002 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 78 85 40 21 L 2
62 Fri, Mar 8, 2002 @ Phoenix Suns L 76 81 40 22 L 3
63 Mon, Mar 11, 2002 Los Angeles Clippers L 99 108 40 23 L 4
64 Wed, Mar 13, 2002 Houston Rockets L 95 96 40 24 L 5
65 Fri, Mar 15, 2002 Indiana Pacers L 85 98 40 25 L 6
66 Sun, Mar 17, 2002 Utah Jazz L 89 96 40 26 L 7
67 Tue, Mar 19, 2002 Toronto Raptors W 112 80 41 26 W 1
68 Thu, Mar 21, 2002 @ Memphis Grizzlies W 95 93 42 26 W 2
69 Sat, Mar 23, 2002 Portland Trail Blazers L 99 108 42 27 L 1
70 Tue, Mar 26, 2002 Golden State Warriors L 106 115 42 28 L 2
71 Thu, Mar 28, 2002 Dallas Mavericks W 113 111 43 28 W 1
72 Fri, Mar 29, 2002 @ New York Knicks W 98 77 44 28 W 2
73 Sun, Mar 31, 2002 New Jersey Nets W 86 85 45 28 W 3
74 Wed, Apr 3, 2002 Memphis Grizzlies W 92 81 46 28 W 4
75 Thu, Apr 4, 2002 @ Denver Nuggets L 87 88 46 29 L 1
76 Sat, Apr 6, 2002 Phoenix Suns W 108 104 47 29 W 1
77 Mon, Apr 8, 2002 @ Golden State Warriors W 100 93 48 29 W 2
78 Tue, Apr 9, 2002 @ Sacramento Kings L 103 122 48 30 L 1
79 Thu, Apr 11, 2002 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 83 96 48 31 L 2
80 Sat, Apr 13, 2002 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 101 98 49 31 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Mon, Apr 15, 2002 Boston Celtics L 90 93 49 32 L 1
82 Wed, Apr 17, 2002 Denver Nuggets W 104 90 50 32 W 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Apr 21, 2002 @ Dallas Mavericks L 94 101 0 1 L 1
2 Wed, Apr 24, 2002 @ Dallas Mavericks L 110 122 0 2 L 2
3 Sun, Apr 28, 2002 Dallas Mavericks L 102 115 0 3 L 3