1997-98 Minnesota Timberwolves Game Log

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Record: 45-37, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Flip Saunders (45-37)

Executive: Kevin McHale

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) Net Rtg: +0.8 (16th of 29)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (16th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +6000, Over-Under 38.5

Arena: Target Center Attendance: 738,590 (11th of 29)

NBA 1998 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-3) versus Seattle SuperSonics (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	1997-10-31		GSW	W	129	113	49	90	.544	6	10	.600	25	31	.806	11	47	38	6	15	11	18	49	107	.458	4	14	.286	11	16	.688	21	48	24	7	11	12	22
2	2	1997-11-01		CHH	W	106	90	43	94	.457	2	9	.222	18	24	.750	18	52	27	11	7	11	26	31	77	.403	1	8	.125	27	29	.931	7	40	15	6	5	16	24
3	3	1997-11-04	@	POR	L	105	122	36	76	.474	4	11	.364	29	37	.784	14	31	23	10	5	17	25	44	76	.579	11	18	.611	23	29	.793	12	36	27	9	4	20	27
4	4	1997-11-07	@	VAN	W	108	97	44	83	.530	0	5	.000	20	23	.870	7	41	29	8	6	16	26	37	87	.425	1	5	.200	22	29	.759	16	44	26	6	3	18	23
5	5	1997-11-08	@	GSW	W	97	90	37	86	.430	4	9	.444	19	26	.731	11	46	28	10	7	10	20	35	100	.350	2	14	.143	18	26	.692	27	63	13	3	3	15	23
6	6	1997-11-11		SAS	L	92	93	38	79	.481	4	10	.400	12	16	.750	8	27	23	9	6	14	23	35	82	.427	1	11	.091	22	29	.759	23	54	15	6	2	19	19
7	7	1997-11-13		WAS	L	88	91	35	93	.376	4	12	.333	14	21	.667	15	43	19	10	4	16	27	37	89	.416	3	16	.188	14	27	.519	17	55	19	10	7	24	26
8	8	1997-11-15	@	SAS	W	105	94	33	87	.379	1	4	.250	38	48	.792	13	54	21	10	3	5	31	29	75	.387	4	13	.308	32	51	.627	12	54	18	2	6	14	34
9	9	1997-11-18	@	PHO	W	108	90	42	73	.575	2	8	.250	22	30	.733	9	44	22	12	3	16	19	36	82	.439	4	20	.200	14	20	.700	14	37	21	9	1	16	22
10	10	1997-11-19	@	LAL	L	93	118	37	80	.463	3	11	.273	16	29	.552	11	40	27	8	3	24	20	49	89	.551	8	23	.348	12	17	.706	6	40	38	13	4	19	22
11	11	1997-11-21		CLE	L	80	103	33	80	.413	1	11	.091	13	24	.542	15	40	24	8	2	22	23	39	75	.520	3	8	.375	22	29	.759	9	37	25	13	4	20	26
12	12	1997-11-24	@	UTA	L	124	133	40	93	.430	7	13	.538	37	51	.725	17	34	24	10	6	7	37	44	73	.603	6	9	.667	39	50	.780	6	46	33	4	9	17	39
13	13	1997-11-26		POR	L	90	96	29	72	.403	1	7	.143	31	41	.756	6	29	20	7	7	15	28	36	81	.444	3	10	.300	21	30	.700	14	45	20	9	8	18	35
14	14	1997-11-28	@	DEN	L	84	95	29	76	.382	1	9	.111	25	30	.833	10	47	17	4	7	15	32	30	81	.370	3	7	.429	32	42	.762	15	49	12	3	2	7	23
15	15	1997-11-29		VAN	W	106	87	43	87	.494	1	6	.167	19	26	.731	17	48	29	5	8	13	25	32	75	.427	3	11	.273	20	31	.645	12	35	23	5	1	17	25
16	16	1997-12-03		IND	L	90	94	34	79	.430	2	9	.222	20	23	.870	13	44	25	3	7	16	22	36	82	.439	7	16	.438	15	22	.682	7	32	24	8	6	9	21
17	17	1997-12-05		SAC	W	101	90	39	69	.565	3	8	.375	20	23	.870	7	43	19	6	8	15	21	37	90	.411	3	7	.429	13	18	.722	17	33	20	7	4	9	19
18	18	1997-12-06	@	WAS	L	103	114	40	78	.513	3	8	.375	20	28	.714	9	35	18	9	2	16	27	39	77	.506	5	12	.417	31	35	.886	10	36	26	11	4	14	23
19	19	1997-12-09		SEA	L	99	108	37	91	.407	6	15	.400	19	21	.905	17	48	24	7	7	19	25	38	79	.481	9	23	.391	23	30	.767	8	42	28	9	8	20	19
20	20	1997-12-11	@	NYK	L	103	107	37	78	.474	3	9	.333	26	34	.765	9	43	22	5	4	17	32	33	83	.398	5	16	.313	36	44	.818	13	39	18	9	4	14	27
								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	1997-12-13		PHO	W	112	101	45	77	.584	3	7	.429	19	27	.704	7	32	34	12	6	17	13	42	89	.472	8	26	.308	9	13	.692	15	40	23	9	3	21	21
22	22	1997-12-16		LAL	L	96	109	36	85	.424	1	8	.125	23	31	.742	16	51	23	6	6	16	21	40	88	.455	6	18	.333	23	29	.793	11	44	26	10	4	12	21
23	23	1997-12-17	@	PHI	W	94	90	36	84	.429	2	7	.286	20	26	.769	12	48	27	4	2	10	24	34	81	.420	4	16	.250	18	32	.563	14	50	23	5	4	13	24
24	24	1997-12-20		LAC	W	92	91	38	76	.500	2	7	.286	14	24	.583	9	40	31	8	7	15	14	36	92	.391	7	23	.304	12	13	.923	18	47	23	9	2	16	20
25	25	1997-12-22	@	SAC	L	79	89	27	82	.329	2	12	.167	23	29	.793	19	54	15	8	5	20	24	33	74	.446	2	8	.250	21	32	.656	10	44	22	11	7	18	26
26	26	1997-12-23	@	SEA	W	112	103	42	86	.488	11	17	.647	17	19	.895	15	40	30	7	2	9	24	39	73	.534	6	16	.375	19	26	.731	7	34	23	6	2	13	14
27	27	1997-12-26		NJN	W	116	96	46	93	.495	0	7	.000	24	28	.857	14	54	37	8	9	16	22	37	92	.402	7	21	.333	15	24	.625	14	41	19	7	7	19	27
28	28	1997-12-28	@	DET	W	93	89	38	83	.458	4	14	.286	13	17	.765	10	47	22	2	4	16	19	36	87	.414	4	21	.190	13	21	.619	12	41	17	9	2	10	17
29	29	1997-12-30		CHI	W	99	95	38	74	.514	1	10	.100	22	31	.710	10	39	25	11	2	15	23	36	87	.414	5	17	.294	18	21	.857	16	40	26	8	4	13	25
30	30	1998-01-02	@	BOS	L	89	93	31	73	.425	2	9	.222	25	34	.735	13	47	20	1	2	19	23	34	88	.386	4	14	.286	21	29	.724	17	50	20	14	4	10	27
31	31	1998-01-03		DEN	W	109	87	39	69	.565	2	8	.250	29	37	.784	12	39	30	9	9	17	23	33	80	.413	4	13	.308	17	22	.773	13	32	18	8	2	22	29
32	32	1998-01-07		PHO	L	77	92	28	77	.364	0	7	.000	21	31	.677	16	48	19	5	2	17	17	39	86	.453	5	18	.278	9	19	.474	9	42	31	8	3	10	22
33	33	1998-01-09		POR	W	96	91	32	76	.421	3	8	.375	29	40	.725	12	43	16	4	6	8	14	35	83	.422	6	18	.333	15	18	.833	12	42	26	5	8	14	25
34	34	1998-01-10	@	NJN	W	108	101	40	78	.513	4	10	.400	24	30	.800	15	40	23	5	3	17	20	38	84	.452	10	23	.435	15	21	.714	18	42	19	9	3	15	29
35	35	1998-01-12		GSW	W	103	87	36	80	.450	3	7	.429	28	38	.737	19	52	25	10	4	15	22	31	81	.383	5	11	.455	20	27	.741	13	38	20	7	5	14	25
36	36	1998-01-16	@	HOU	W	116	115	48	91	.527	3	12	.250	17	27	.630	13	39	30	13	5	11	20	46	87	.529	9	18	.500	14	19	.737	13	44	25	6	3	17	24
37	37	1998-01-17	@	DAL	W	113	110	43	95	.453	6	12	.500	21	25	.840	14	54	21	9	5	14	27	40	88	.455	10	22	.455	20	27	.741	10	44	21	6	5	16	22
38	38	1998-01-19		LAC	W	117	109	43	87	.494	3	8	.375	28	43	.651	17	46	30	9	5	17	16	40	92	.435	10	24	.417	19	24	.792	15	42	21	9	6	17	27
39	39	1998-01-21		BOS	W	104	95	32	67	.478	1	5	.200	39	48	.813	6	35	28	10	6	13	21	37	89	.416	6	16	.375	15	20	.750	13	38	19	6	6	16	35
40	40	1998-01-24	@	TOR	L	107	113	47	91	.516	2	7	.286	11	17	.647	15	46	32	10	7	20	22	47	104	.452	6	17	.353	13	19	.684	24	50	31	9	9	16	18
								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	1998-01-27		ATL	W	113	96	44	89	.494	4	11	.364	21	24	.875	11	44	34	6	8	11	22	36	82	.439	2	11	.182	22	27	.815	12	38	24	7	10	14	20
42	42	1998-01-29	@	VAN	W	112	106	44	88	.500	3	5	.600	21	31	.677	17	50	26	9	8	18	24	43	88	.489	3	10	.300	17	26	.654	14	40	29	12	14	16	25
43	43	1998-01-30	@	LAL	L	114	121	36	79	.456	7	13	.538	35	48	.729	13	36	20	5	5	12	35	37	76	.487	9	18	.500	38	53	.717	17	46	28	4	3	16	31
44	44	1998-02-01		MIL	L	110	118	37	78	.474	3	11	.273	33	43	.767	14	38	29	7	6	13	27	41	81	.506	3	8	.375	33	37	.892	15	35	28	11	6	13	29
45	45	1998-02-02	@	CLE	L	99	109	32	70	.457	6	16	.375	29	37	.784	8	31	18	6	3	15	26	41	81	.506	4	6	.667	23	29	.793	18	51	27	8	3	18	28
46	46	1998-02-04		NYK	W	95	88	38	79	.481	1	6	.167	18	23	.783	8	36	31	7	3	15	23	30	70	.429	7	17	.412	21	28	.750	6	35	20	6	3	16	25
47	47	1998-02-11		ORL	L	89	96	36	93	.387	7	19	.368	10	13	.769	13	41	23	10	8	11	26	34	75	.453	6	14	.429	22	35	.629	15	48	26	6	6	18	14
48	48	1998-02-13	@	DEN	W	107	80	43	78	.551	2	5	.400	19	27	.704	9	41	24	11	6	13	23	29	88	.330	2	10	.200	20	24	.833	21	47	19	6	2	19	24
49	49	1998-02-15		DAL	W	105	99	36	99	.364	3	9	.333	30	42	.714	25	59	24	7	6	11	24	37	93	.398	7	23	.304	18	26	.692	10	44	24	7	10	13	27
50	50	1998-02-17	@	MIA	L	84	110	29	83	.349	3	11	.273	23	28	.821	15	39	13	7	3	14	17	42	87	.483	9	26	.346	17	21	.810	15	48	30	6	9	13	25
51	51	1998-02-18	@	ORL	L	102	115	40	88	.455	5	15	.333	17	28	.607	16	41	22	9	2	17	26	43	81	.531	4	8	.500	25	32	.781	11	45	27	8	9	17	24
52	52	1998-02-20		HOU	W	100	95	41	93	.441	3	10	.300	15	24	.625	12	52	23	4	3	13	18	35	86	.407	10	25	.400	15	22	.682	6	39	23	6	6	14	20
53	53	1998-02-22		SAC	W	113	95	44	90	.489	3	7	.429	22	32	.688	12	46	30	7	6	8	27	30	81	.370	3	11	.273	32	43	.744	12	43	22	5	6	13	19
54	54	1998-02-24	@	SAS	L	99	105	35	86	.407	5	12	.417	24	31	.774	12	41	23	14	3	13	29	37	82	.451	3	8	.375	28	42	.667	23	60	18	7	6	20	23
55	55	1998-02-26	@	HOU	L	98	118	40	86	.465	1	10	.100	17	19	.895	15	42	16	3	3	16	16	47	94	.500	12	27	.444	12	15	.800	15	40	24	11	0	8	21
56	56	1998-02-27		LAL	L	91	104	31	84	.369	2	12	.167	27	31	.871	8	40	23	5	6	9	23	38	80	.475	4	12	.333	24	34	.706	9	44	28	4	9	11	27
57	57	1998-03-01		DET	W	115	113	47	103	.456	5	15	.333	16	23	.696	18	52	28	6	2	15	24	43	91	.473	5	11	.455	22	30	.733	14	44	25	11	5	15	21
58	58	1998-03-03		DAL	L	99	110	40	83	.482	3	13	.231	16	23	.696	15	37	31	3	4	10	19	42	90	.467	7	14	.500	19	20	.950	18	41	29	4	7	10	18
59	59	1998-03-04	@	CHH	L	102	112	39	73	.534	4	10	.400	20	27	.741	8	28	28	8	4	12	29	37	70	.529	4	9	.444	34	44	.773	17	42	18	8	7	12	21
60	60	1998-03-06		TOR	W	113	91	46	90	.511	3	9	.333	18	30	.600	18	50	31	14	7	14	17	34	78	.436	8	19	.421	15	23	.652	14	43	14	10	8	21	22
								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	1998-03-08		SEA	L	98	99	37	99	.374	6	17	.353	18	27	.667	22	50	26	5	6	11	26	33	82	.402	9	18	.500	24	36	.667	14	45	22	7	10	10	23
62	62	1998-03-11	@	GSW	W	113	84	50	94	.532	3	7	.429	10	19	.526	15	51	30	15	4	11	22	32	89	.360	0	5	.000	20	27	.741	19	52	19	5	5	19	17
63	63	1998-03-12	@	POR	L	92	95	34	86	.395	4	15	.267	20	24	.833	10	41	22	10	4	12	24	35	86	.407	4	17	.235	21	26	.808	14	51	24	5	9	15	20
64	64	1998-03-14	@	SEA	L	80	114	31	74	.419	4	16	.250	14	22	.636	12	38	18	6	4	21	17	43	83	.518	12	21	.571	16	23	.696	8	41	32	14	6	12	18
65	65	1998-03-16		UTA	L	96	102	41	89	.461	4	12	.333	10	16	.625	16	49	24	5	2	14	30	38	80	.475	3	5	.600	23	33	.697	9	42	29	7	5	11	18
66	66	1998-03-18		SAS	L	76	92	32	88	.364	2	13	.154	10	16	.625	19	44	27	6	3	9	23	33	69	.478	3	7	.429	23	25	.920	7	41	22	3	7	13	17
67	67	1998-03-20		DEN	W	104	88	40	84	.476	5	14	.357	19	24	.792	17	49	27	5	9	15	22	30	83	.361	6	13	.462	22	24	.917	17	40	18	8	3	15	22
68	68	1998-03-21		VAN	W	102	88	43	81	.531	4	9	.444	12	18	.667	11	38	33	6	9	15	14	37	84	.440	4	12	.333	10	12	.833	12	35	26	9	2	12	22
69	69	1998-03-23	@	DAL	L	87	91	37	90	.411	4	12	.333	9	12	.750	11	42	18	8	5	12	23	36	81	.444	8	15	.533	11	16	.688	12	49	19	4	6	15	17
70	70	1998-03-25	@	PHO	W	99	97	37	82	.451	8	12	.667	17	25	.680	14	41	26	8	6	11	22	37	82	.451	7	17	.412	16	18	.889	11	43	25	4	6	15	18
71	71	1998-03-27	@	LAC	W	100	98	42	86	.488	4	7	.571	12	17	.706	12	30	27	10	4	6	23	38	75	.507	4	10	.400	18	26	.692	14	44	20	5	6	18	18
72	72	1998-03-29	@	SAC	W	104	96	44	87	.506	2	5	.400	14	18	.778	13	52	31	5	6	11	17	39	94	.415	5	14	.357	13	17	.765	15	43	22	7	3	7	15
73	73	1998-04-02	@	IND	L	108	111	42	87	.483	7	15	.467	17	23	.739	13	39	22	9	7	11	18	48	89	.539	4	15	.267	11	16	.688	14	46	26	7	3	14	21
74	74	1998-04-03	@	CHI	L	93	107	37	79	.468	8	14	.571	11	18	.611	12	35	26	5	2	12	21	41	92	.446	6	23	.261	19	24	.792	23	47	24	7	3	8	17
75	75	1998-04-05	@	ATL	W	97	96	40	80	.500	4	12	.333	13	17	.765	14	44	30	9	4	20	28	34	74	.459	5	9	.556	23	34	.676	11	36	21	9	2	16	18
76	76	1998-04-07		MIA	W	92	89	39	93	.419	4	15	.267	10	14	.714	21	49	28	10	6	8	26	33	81	.407	2	12	.167	21	32	.656	15	43	17	4	4	11	13
77	77	1998-04-10		PHI	W	107	102	35	73	.479	7	17	.412	30	41	.732	7	41	26	8	7	15	27	38	88	.432	2	9	.222	24	33	.727	15	42	24	7	3	13	30
78	78	1998-04-11		UTA	W	110	103	40	78	.513	11	15	.733	19	24	.792	11	35	29	10	6	17	27	39	76	.513	2	7	.286	23	33	.697	14	41	31	9	3	20	20
79	79	1998-04-13	@	LAC	W	107	88	44	84	.524	6	14	.429	13	19	.684	7	37	28	12	9	8	16	35	83	.422	5	18	.278	13	14	.929	14	44	20	3	3	19	17
80	80	1998-04-14	@	UTA	L	109	126	36	80	.450	10	21	.476	27	35	.771	11	30	24	9	8	14	28	42	79	.532	4	8	.500	38	43	.884	13	43	30	9	4	18	25
								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	1998-04-17		HOU	W	102	95	37	86	.430	4	9	.444	24	26	.923	14	48	25	8	3	13	16	39	87	.448	5	23	.217	12	16	.750	8	35	27	9	2	10	20
82	82	1998-04-18	@	MIL	W	111	109	41	84	.488	6	17	.353	23	26	.885	13	35	27	13	3	15	21	41	84	.488	10	20	.500	17	21	.810	15	41	30	10	3	20	16

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