1996-97 Minnesota Timberwolves Game Log

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Record: 40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Flip Saunders (40-42)

Executive: Kevin McHale

PTS/G: 96.1 (17th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 97.6 (17th of 29)

SRS: -1.82 (18th of 29) Pace: 90.7 (13th of 29)

Off Rtg: 105.5 (17th of 29) Def Rtg: 107.1 (15th of 29) Net Rtg: -1.6 (17th of 29)

Expected W-L: 37-45 (17th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +15000, Over-Under 26.5

Arena: Target Center Attendance: 697,727 (14th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (0-3) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1996-11-01		SAS	W	82	78	31	74	.419	3	8	.375	17	23	.739	9	36	18	6	12	18	13	31	72	.431	4	13	.308	12	18	.667	9	40	21	10	4	18	23
2	2	1996-11-03	@	LAL	L	85	91	34	82	.415	3	13	.231	14	18	.778	12	37	23	7	6	15	24	38	79	.481	4	12	.333	11	17	.647	14	47	23	6	6	22	21
3	3	1996-11-05	@	PHO	W	98	95	35	65	.538	4	8	.500	24	34	.706	7	33	22	6	6	16	23	37	81	.457	3	10	.300	18	26	.692	19	42	26	7	3	14	28
4	4	1996-11-07	@	POR	L	94	95	36	93	.387	3	11	.273	19	28	.679	13	44	16	8	10	9	26	31	80	.388	5	22	.227	28	35	.800	9	51	18	5	9	19	28
5	5	1996-11-10	@	LAC	L	70	81	23	75	.307	1	5	.200	23	30	.767	12	44	6	7	9	15	23	29	82	.354	2	7	.286	21	27	.778	16	52	14	8	2	16	26
6	6	1996-11-12		POR	W	100	97	36	79	.456	4	8	.500	24	37	.649	15	44	25	8	9	15	32	30	78	.385	9	21	.429	28	40	.700	13	41	15	7	5	14	25
7	7	1996-11-14		DAL	W	100	90	40	84	.476	1	8	.125	19	23	.826	13	48	25	11	13	20	25	33	81	.407	3	13	.231	21	33	.636	14	44	27	9	4	21	26
8	8	1996-11-16	@	NYK	L	79	82	27	73	.370	3	8	.375	22	28	.786	12	31	14	9	1	22	25	31	64	.484	4	13	.308	16	24	.667	9	40	17	11	7	27	24
9	9	1996-11-19	@	HOU	L	93	122	38	94	.404	7	21	.333	10	17	.588	14	41	29	8	6	13	19	45	81	.556	10	20	.500	22	30	.733	10	50	31	8	3	15	15
10	10	1996-11-21	@	ORL	L	86	90	34	74	.459	4	12	.333	14	21	.667	7	32	20	8	7	11	30	34	81	.420	3	19	.158	19	33	.576	18	46	16	5	5	16	14
11	11	1996-11-23		LAC	W	98	96	35	66	.530	2	9	.222	26	34	.765	14	40	22	7	8	22	32	31	70	.443	4	9	.444	30	45	.667	13	29	15	10	5	14	28
12	12	1996-11-25	@	WSB	L	98	105	36	86	.419	8	19	.421	18	23	.783	16	49	15	3	7	22	29	38	81	.469	5	11	.455	24	33	.727	7	40	27	7	5	14	22
13	13	1996-11-27		SEA	L	98	106	38	85	.447	5	18	.278	17	24	.708	11	36	27	11	8	18	26	36	72	.500	9	17	.529	25	34	.735	10	39	27	9	9	18	18
14	14	1996-11-29	@	DEN	W	108	103	39	77	.506	3	9	.333	27	39	.692	13	38	18	6	6	16	23	35	75	.467	6	20	.300	27	33	.818	10	34	24	7	6	20	29
15	15	1996-11-30		TOR	W	79	70	28	70	.400	2	7	.286	21	28	.750	11	42	17	5	6	19	24	25	69	.362	4	12	.333	16	23	.696	14	43	11	7	6	20	21
16	16	1996-12-03		SAC	L	89	96	33	82	.402	1	8	.125	22	26	.846	13	46	17	4	12	17	21	37	95	.389	4	7	.571	18	27	.667	19	47	17	11	5	9	26
17	17	1996-12-05	@	SEA	L	86	117	29	83	.349	4	21	.190	24	36	.667	20	44	19	3	3	20	26	41	80	.513	4	16	.250	31	35	.886	11	42	30	13	12	12	22
18	18	1996-12-06	@	UTA	L	95	106	32	65	.492	2	7	.286	29	35	.829	7	34	21	3	4	16	22	38	81	.469	4	12	.333	26	29	.897	14	41	27	9	1	12	26
19	19	1996-12-08	@	LAL	L	86	110	35	88	.398	3	16	.188	13	16	.813	17	43	20	11	4	24	25	41	78	.526	8	15	.533	20	26	.769	12	41	31	15	9	18	22
20	20	1996-12-10		HOU	L	94	96	39	93	.419	6	12	.500	10	16	.625	15	43	23	5	7	10	25	36	77	.468	3	18	.167	21	29	.724	8	41	23	7	8	15	21
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1996-12-11	@	CHI	L	86	103	38	82	.463	2	11	.182	8	13	.615	16	41	27	9	2	19	23	40	79	.506	5	12	.417	18	23	.783	12	40	29	11	3	14	18
22	22	1996-12-13		PHO	W	108	105	43	88	.489	7	15	.467	15	16	.938	15	37	27	9	8	13	22	40	79	.506	7	16	.438	18	21	.857	13	38	19	6	4	21	21
23	23	1996-12-14		CLE	L	93	101	30	69	.435	5	12	.417	28	34	.824	15	34	24	1	3	12	22	39	77	.506	6	14	.429	17	18	.944	12	32	24	3	4	8	25
24	24	1996-12-18	@	GSW	L	96	123	34	85	.400	2	11	.182	26	34	.765	17	37	25	11	4	13	20	48	85	.565	12	26	.462	15	21	.714	13	44	33	9	1	16	27
25	25	1996-12-19	@	SAC	L	105	112	37	79	.468	6	14	.429	25	37	.676	19	38	24	10	8	13	34	34	70	.486	3	8	.375	41	51	.804	15	41	13	7	3	16	28
26	26	1996-12-21		LAL	W	103	88	39	77	.506	6	13	.462	19	25	.760	8	34	24	9	10	14	22	31	78	.397	6	11	.545	20	28	.714	19	47	14	7	7	21	24
27	27	1996-12-23		UTA	W	107	98	39	72	.542	8	14	.571	21	26	.808	8	32	29	9	5	10	23	38	72	.528	5	15	.333	17	25	.680	11	37	27	2	1	14	20
28	28	1996-12-26		NYK	W	88	80	28	68	.412	5	14	.357	27	34	.794	6	42	18	10	9	16	16	33	83	.398	4	21	.190	10	14	.714	12	46	20	6	6	19	22
29	29	1996-12-28		DEN	W	103	96	38	91	.418	5	12	.417	22	25	.880	18	50	20	11	9	18	29	31	78	.397	5	14	.357	29	42	.690	16	43	20	10	11	21	22
30	30	1996-12-30	@	CLE	L	96	108	30	69	.435	12	22	.545	24	26	.923	9	35	19	8	7	20	31	37	70	.529	14	23	.609	20	33	.606	7	33	28	8	2	11	25
31	31	1997-01-03	@	BOS	W	94	84	33	68	.485	0	7	.000	28	37	.757	8	46	21	13	13	25	12	38	99	.384	2	9	.222	6	9	.667	17	50	20	12	1	24	28
32	32	1997-01-04	@	MIL	W	97	91	33	75	.440	3	8	.375	28	33	.848	10	43	22	7	10	15	16	33	85	.388	0	10	.000	25	31	.806	19	50	19	8	2	15	23
33	33	1997-01-07		HOU	L	95	104	37	91	.407	9	26	.346	12	13	.923	15	41	16	9	9	11	24	32	76	.421	9	19	.474	31	35	.886	15	49	18	6	7	17	13
34	34	1997-01-09	@	NJN	W	110	107	39	78	.500	8	12	.667	24	30	.800	12	40	21	7	8	19	22	40	97	.412	7	18	.389	20	28	.714	28	54	22	8	13	18	22
35	35	1997-01-11		LAC	W	95	93	32	73	.438	5	15	.333	26	36	.722	13	38	22	12	7	12	21	35	76	.461	7	16	.438	16	24	.667	17	48	14	3	9	21	28
36	36	1997-01-14	@	ATL	L	93	95	31	60	.517	4	13	.308	27	37	.730	7	36	20	6	5	19	26	33	85	.388	4	23	.174	25	29	.862	17	36	9	9	2	13	25
37	37	1997-01-15		CHI	L	102	112	41	84	.488	8	19	.421	12	17	.706	13	40	21	5	9	10	17	48	93	.516	6	16	.375	10	15	.667	18	47	32	4	5	9	14
38	38	1997-01-18		GSW	W	108	93	41	80	.513	5	11	.455	21	26	.808	13	45	28	8	2	18	19	34	72	.472	8	19	.421	17	24	.708	5	29	22	6	6	16	21
39	39	1997-01-20		SAS	W	96	83	36	79	.456	8	17	.471	16	28	.571	12	41	26	9	6	10	20	31	69	.449	4	10	.400	17	24	.708	8	39	17	6	7	17	23
40	40	1997-01-21	@	TOR	L	106	118	39	89	.438	8	22	.364	20	27	.741	18	42	25	8	8	11	18	44	79	.557	12	20	.600	18	25	.720	9	40	37	5	14	11	20
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1997-01-23	@	VAN	W	95	76	38	84	.452	4	18	.222	15	19	.789	17	53	27	14	6	20	14	32	80	.400	2	9	.222	10	13	.769	9	37	18	10	12	21	14
42	42	1997-01-25	@	POR	L	94	101	39	83	.470	5	16	.313	11	20	.550	12	37	25	9	8	13	16	39	79	.494	8	15	.533	15	19	.789	13	43	19	7	2	19	17
43	43	1997-01-28		SAC	L	88	91	37	78	.474	4	12	.333	10	14	.714	7	34	24	12	11	16	14	37	84	.440	6	16	.375	11	16	.688	17	45	20	10	5	18	17
44	44	1997-01-30	@	DAL	W	92	82	34	78	.436	3	10	.300	21	24	.875	11	45	15	6	7	13	26	31	78	.397	1	11	.091	19	26	.731	12	43	18	7	1	16	22
45	45	1997-01-31	@	SAS	W	97	95	37	84	.440	1	9	.111	22	26	.846	18	45	27	7	5	13	21	31	69	.449	7	15	.467	26	27	.963	5	31	20	10	8	14	23
46	46	1997-02-02		POR	W	103	102	35	70	.500	1	8	.125	32	45	.711	8	37	19	8	8	10	28	34	85	.400	6	17	.353	28	39	.718	15	44	16	7	3	15	34
47	47	1997-02-04	@	CHH	L	101	115	38	84	.452	3	15	.200	22	23	.957	12	36	23	4	3	12	18	46	85	.541	9	16	.563	14	17	.824	10	40	32	2	6	13	17
48	48	1997-02-06		VAN	W	103	86	37	75	.493	4	9	.444	25	36	.694	12	44	20	7	8	12	13	37	87	.425	6	21	.286	6	16	.375	17	46	23	7	6	16	28
49	49	1997-02-12		LAL	L	84	100	29	80	.363	4	16	.250	22	33	.667	13	44	19	6	7	15	15	40	86	.465	4	11	.364	16	23	.696	15	49	23	13	13	14	24
50	50	1997-02-14		ORL	W	104	100	38	77	.494	6	11	.545	22	24	.917	14	41	26	6	9	17	19	36	84	.429	7	22	.318	21	27	.778	14	37	24	8	5	12	19
51	51	1997-02-16		PHO	W	107	96	41	77	.532	4	12	.333	21	28	.750	7	42	30	8	9	15	25	34	84	.405	6	16	.375	22	30	.733	11	36	20	11	4	13	20
52	52	1997-02-18	@	SAC	L	84	95	33	83	.398	2	17	.118	16	19	.842	13	49	15	9	6	20	22	38	98	.388	4	15	.267	15	22	.682	22	57	23	9	3	16	20
53	53	1997-02-19	@	VAN	W	84	73	37	74	.500	0	7	.000	10	17	.588	10	42	28	9	4	17	18	29	76	.382	2	10	.200	13	21	.619	15	44	18	8	4	19	22
54	54	1997-02-21		GSW	W	101	82	40	85	.471	4	16	.250	17	22	.773	11	42	31	16	10	17	22	31	92	.337	5	21	.238	15	19	.789	22	53	16	9	5	22	20
55	55	1997-02-26	@	SAS	W	108	89	44	75	.587	4	11	.364	16	25	.640	7	31	32	11	7	14	21	37	86	.430	2	7	.286	13	24	.542	23	45	16	12	5	15	24
56	56	1997-02-27	@	DAL	W	107	105	40	88	.455	7	22	.318	20	27	.741	11	42	25	8	5	16	27	39	91	.429	6	16	.375	21	24	.875	19	54	23	5	5	23	31
57	57	1997-03-02		CHH	L	96	108	39	85	.459	2	16	.125	16	26	.615	10	37	26	6	4	6	24	32	67	.478	14	21	.667	30	33	.909	5	39	24	4	3	13	24
58	58	1997-03-05		DET	L	88	92	35	85	.412	5	15	.333	13	15	.867	13	46	21	4	8	11	19	35	80	.438	5	16	.313	17	20	.850	7	40	15	8	4	8	13
59	59	1997-03-07		DEN	W	96	83	36	84	.429	2	7	.286	22	33	.667	13	47	25	11	4	10	18	29	80	.363	5	30	.167	20	24	.833	12	46	18	7	8	18	31
60	60	1997-03-09		UTA	L	106	115	32	70	.457	7	20	.350	35	48	.729	11	32	15	8	7	13	23	44	78	.564	5	8	.625	22	28	.786	10	39	29	10	6	16	30
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1997-03-11		PHI	W	104	100	32	73	.438	4	13	.308	36	46	.783	10	36	17	10	5	13	20	37	77	.481	5	9	.556	21	28	.750	10	34	17	8	8	20	28
62	62	1997-03-13		SEA	L	92	108	33	71	.465	5	13	.385	21	29	.724	11	34	23	3	6	16	15	45	87	.517	7	21	.333	11	14	.786	13	39	23	9	7	11	21
63	63	1997-03-14	@	PHI	L	95	109	33	77	.429	5	16	.313	24	35	.686	15	38	22	7	6	13	20	41	81	.506	3	12	.250	24	26	.923	14	45	26	10	8	15	23
64	64	1997-03-16		BOS	W	119	101	46	83	.554	10	18	.556	17	23	.739	10	48	35	8	13	13	16	39	97	.402	11	27	.407	12	17	.706	17	44	24	5	6	12	22
65	65	1997-03-18	@	IND	L	97	115	37	78	.474	7	20	.350	16	18	.889	8	26	26	4	3	10	16	46	80	.575	4	6	.667	19	26	.731	15	41	32	3	5	11	19
66	66	1997-03-19		VAN	W	95	72	39	74	.527	4	11	.364	13	23	.565	11	51	27	6	11	21	16	25	81	.309	6	16	.375	16	19	.842	9	32	17	6	2	14	20
67	67	1997-03-21	@	DET	L	98	112	34	76	.447	5	19	.263	25	31	.806	7	40	25	3	1	12	23	39	79	.494	10	23	.435	24	33	.727	8	40	29	9	2	9	23
68	68	1997-03-23		MIA	L	108	113	38	81	.469	5	17	.294	27	35	.771	12	42	29	7	4	14	26	37	70	.529	11	21	.524	28	40	.700	5	33	21	8	1	11	28
69	69	1997-03-25	@	HOU	L	103	112	41	93	.441	5	12	.417	16	26	.615	18	48	30	3	3	10	23	39	81	.481	3	14	.214	31	34	.912	8	41	26	6	6	10	19
70	70	1997-03-26	@	DEN	W	102	100	40	81	.494	2	6	.333	20	26	.769	9	34	23	8	8	9	22	36	73	.493	5	17	.294	23	27	.852	8	35	18	5	6	16	20
71	71	1997-03-28	@	SEA	L	81	92	32	69	.464	6	17	.353	11	14	.786	9	36	24	10	6	23	21	35	84	.417	8	24	.333	14	21	.667	22	48	22	14	6	17	13
72	72	1997-03-30	@	GSW	W	113	102	43	74	.581	3	10	.300	24	30	.800	5	33	32	12	7	13	24	38	82	.463	7	16	.438	19	22	.864	13	40	26	4	2	20	25
73	73	1997-04-02		NJN	W	94	89	38	72	.528	9	16	.563	9	14	.643	6	32	27	5	8	15	18	33	77	.429	4	16	.250	19	27	.704	16	40	19	11	5	14	19
74	74	1997-04-04		WSB	W	97	95	34	73	.466	3	11	.273	26	33	.788	11	32	25	8	4	11	25	36	69	.522	3	12	.250	20	27	.741	11	40	21	7	5	17	28
75	75	1997-04-06		IND	L	83	94	32	74	.432	3	14	.214	16	21	.762	8	33	25	2	10	17	27	31	66	.470	5	8	.625	27	33	.818	8	37	22	9	5	15	22
76	76	1997-04-08	@	PHO	L	107	115	39	89	.438	6	13	.462	23	29	.793	15	44	19	6	3	15	31	40	81	.494	7	21	.333	28	37	.757	12	43	27	9	4	11	18
77	77	1997-04-10	@	LAC	W	108	96	41	79	.519	5	12	.417	21	26	.808	11	47	22	7	11	19	27	33	87	.379	8	20	.400	22	31	.710	15	38	15	12	7	15	22
78	78	1997-04-12		ATL	L	66	80	22	73	.301	3	12	.250	19	22	.864	11	43	14	2	7	16	28	23	76	.303	5	23	.217	29	34	.853	18	53	15	6	5	11	15
79	79	1997-04-14	@	MIA	W	95	87	37	69	.536	4	7	.571	17	22	.773	8	35	23	10	4	19	17	37	76	.487	6	22	.273	7	11	.636	10	33	25	11	2	17	17
80	80	1997-04-16		DAL	L	77	92	30	76	.395	2	16	.125	15	20	.750	12	37	19	5	6	12	17	34	78	.436	6	14	.429	18	19	.947	12	40	19	4	6	10	23
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1997-04-18		MIL	W	122	112	48	82	.585	8	14	.571	18	26	.692	8	28	36	7	4	13	24	38	73	.521	5	13	.385	31	39	.795	9	35	21	10	6	15	23
82	82	1997-04-19	@	UTA	L	89	101	33	75	.440	10	23	.435	13	17	.765	9	39	22	9	5	23	29	36	77	.468	4	15	.267	25	34	.735	11	41	28	16	11	15	17

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