1997-98 Minnesota Timberwolves Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1997-10-31		GSW	W	129	113	126.9	111.2	101.6	.344	.111	.622	49.5	77.6	5.9	16.1	.578	9.6	28.9	.278	.477	9.5	63.2	.103
2	2	1997-11-01		CHH	W	106	90	110.7	94.0	95.8	.255	.096	.507	56.5	62.8	11.5	10.1	.468	9.5	35.3	.191	.409	15.1	82.9	.351
3	3	1997-11-04	@	POR	L	105	122	113.2	131.6	92.7	.487	.145	.569	46.3	63.9	10.8	8.6	.500	15.6	36.8	.382	.651	18.4	58.6	.303
4	4	1997-11-07	@	VAN	W	108	97	108.4	97.3	99.7	.277	.060	.580	48.2	65.9	8.0	7.3	.530	14.7	20.0	.241	.431	15.3	68.0	.253
5	5	1997-11-08	@	GSW	W	97	90	102.5	95.1	94.6	.302	.105	.498	42.2	75.7	10.6	8.1	.453	9.3	23.4	.221	.360	11.9	56.5	.180
6	6	1997-11-11		SAS	L	92	93	104.9	106.0	87.7	.203	.127	.535	33.3	60.5	10.3	8.5	.506	14.0	20.5	.152	.433	16.7	45.2	.268
7	7	1997-11-13		WAS	L	88	91	86.9	89.8	91.8	.226	.129	.430	43.9	54.3	9.9	5.5	.398	13.5	28.3	.151	.433	19.2	62.2	.157
8	8	1997-11-15	@	SAS	W	105	94	107.3	96.0	97.9	.552	.046	.486	50.0	63.6	10.2	4.8	.385	4.4	23.6	.437	.413	12.6	77.4	.427
9	9	1997-11-18	@	PHO	W	108	90	117.6	98.0	91.8	.411	.110	.626	54.3	52.4	13.1	4.8	.589	15.7	28.1	.301	.463	15.0	71.4	.171
10	10	1997-11-19	@	LAL	L	93	118	87.8	111.4	105.9	.363	.138	.501	50.0	73.0	7.6	4.5	.481	20.6	24.4	.200	.596	16.5	82.9	.135
11	11	1997-11-21		CLE	L	80	103	84.0	108.2	95.2	.300	.138	.442	51.9	72.7	8.4	3.0	.419	19.5	34.9	.163	.540	18.6	73.5	.293
12	12	1997-11-24	@	UTA	L	124	133	120.7	129.5	93.0	.548	.140	.537	42.5	60.0	9.7	9.4	.468	5.7	29.8	.398	.644	15.2	73.9	.534
13	13	1997-11-26		POR	L	90	96	95.4	101.7	94.4	.569	.097	.500	39.2	69.0	7.4	9.9	.410	14.3	16.2	.431	.463	16.0	62.2	.259
14	14	1997-11-28	@	DEN	L	84	95	93.0	105.2	90.3	.395	.118	.471	49.0	58.6	4.4	9.5	.388	14.4	22.7	.329	.389	6.6	71.2	.395
15	15	1997-11-29		VAN	W	106	87	116.5	95.6	91.0	.299	.069	.538	57.8	67.4	5.5	12.5	.500	11.7	42.5	.218	.447	16.1	72.1	.267
16	16	1997-12-03		IND	L	90	94	100.9	105.3	89.2	.291	.114	.505	57.9	73.5	3.4	10.6	.443	15.2	34.2	.253	.482	8.9	81.6	.183
17	17	1997-12-05		SAC	W	101	90	117.8	105.0	85.7	.333	.116	.638	56.6	48.7	7.0	9.6	.587	15.9	30.4	.290	.428	8.4	67.9	.144
18	18	1997-12-06	@	WAS	L	103	114	109.3	121.0	94.2	.359	.103	.570	49.3	45.0	9.6	3.1	.532	15.0	25.7	.256	.539	13.2	72.2	.403
19	19	1997-12-09		SEA	L	99	108	98.4	107.4	100.6	.231	.165	.494	53.3	64.9	7.0	12.5	.440	15.9	33.3	.209	.538	17.8	79.5	.291
20	20	1997-12-11	@	NYK	L	103	107	104.5	108.6	98.6	.436	.115	.554	52.4	59.5	5.1	6.0	.494	15.5	25.7	.333	.428	12.0	72.3	.434
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1997-12-13		PHO	W	112	101	115.7	104.3	96.8	.351	.091	.630	44.4	75.6	12.4	9.5	.604	16.1	21.9	.247	.517	18.1	62.5	.101
22	22	1997-12-16		LAL	L	96	109	98.2	111.5	97.8	.365	.094	.487	53.7	63.9	6.1	8.6	.429	14.0	32.7	.271	.489	10.6	76.1	.261
23	23	1997-12-17	@	PHI	W	94	90	102.0	97.7	92.1	.310	.083	.492	49.0	75.0	4.3	3.1	.440	9.5	25.0	.238	.444	12.0	72.0	.222
24	24	1997-12-20		LAC	W	92	91	101.0	99.9	91.1	.316	.092	.531	46.0	81.6	8.8	10.1	.513	14.8	23.7	.184	.429	14.1	63.3	.130
25	25	1997-12-22	@	SAC	L	79	89	84.2	94.9	93.8	.354	.146	.417	55.1	55.6	8.5	7.6	.341	17.4	35.8	.280	.459	17.0	77.8	.284
26	26	1997-12-23	@	SEA	W	112	103	128.6	118.2	87.1	.221	.198	.593	54.1	71.4	8.0	3.5	.552	8.7	35.7	.198	.575	13.3	78.1	.260
27	27	1997-12-26		NJN	W	116	96	111.3	92.1	104.2	.301	.075	.551	56.8	80.4	7.7	12.7	.495	13.2	34.1	.258	.440	15.6	74.1	.163
28	28	1997-12-28	@	DET	W	93	89	100.3	96.0	92.7	.205	.169	.514	53.4	57.9	2.2	6.1	.482	15.0	25.6	.157	.437	9.4	75.5	.149
29	29	1997-12-30		CHI	W	99	95	110.6	106.1	89.5	.419	.135	.565	49.4	65.8	12.3	2.9	.520	14.6	29.4	.297	.443	11.9	64.4	.207
30	30	1998-01-02	@	BOS	L	89	93	97.1	101.5	91.6	.466	.123	.506	48.5	64.5	1.1	2.7	.438	17.8	28.3	.342	.409	9.0	66.7	.239
31	31	1998-01-03		DEN	W	109	87	119.2	95.2	91.4	.536	.116	.639	54.9	76.9	9.8	13.4	.580	16.6	38.7	.420	.438	19.7	67.5	.213
32	32	1998-01-07		PHO	L	77	92	84.7	101.2	90.9	.403	.091	.425	53.3	67.9	5.5	2.9	.364	15.8	32.7	.273	.483	9.6	78.0	.105
33	33	1998-01-09		POR	W	96	91	108.8	103.2	88.2	.526	.105	.513	50.6	50.0	4.5	9.2	.441	7.9	28.6	.382	.458	13.3	72.1	.181
34	34	1998-01-10	@	NJN	W	108	101	121.2	113.4	89.1	.385	.128	.592	48.8	57.5	5.6	4.9	.538	15.7	38.5	.308	.512	13.9	58.1	.179
35	35	1998-01-12		GSW	W	103	87	114.1	96.4	90.3	.475	.088	.532	57.8	69.4	11.1	5.7	.469	13.4	43.2	.350	.414	13.1	71.7	.247
36	36	1998-01-16	@	HOU	W	116	115	118.3	117.2	88.8	.297	.132	.564	47.0	62.5	13.3	7.2	.544	9.7	29.5	.187	.580	15.1	66.7	.161
37	37	1998-01-17	@	DAL	W	113	110	109.0	106.1	93.9	.263	.126	.533	55.1	48.8	8.7	7.6	.484	11.7	29.2	.221	.511	13.8	80.0	.227
38	38	1998-01-19		LAC	W	117	109	115.5	107.6	101.3	.494	.092	.552	52.3	69.8	8.9	7.4	.511	13.8	38.6	.322	.489	14.2	65.9	.207
39	39	1998-01-21		BOS	W	104	95	110.8	101.2	93.9	.716	.075	.590	47.9	87.5	10.7	8.2	.485	12.9	19.4	.582	.449	14.1	69.0	.169
40	40	1998-01-24	@	TOR	L	107	113	106.2	112.1	91.3	.187	.077	.543	47.9	68.1	9.9	8.0	.527	16.9	36.6	.121	.481	12.5	56.4	.125
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1998-01-27		ATL	W	113	96	119.6	101.6	94.5	.270	.124	.567	53.7	77.3	6.4	11.3	.517	9.9	29.7	.236	.451	13.0	73.3	.268
42	42	1998-01-29	@	VAN	W	112	106	112.1	106.1	99.9	.352	.057	.551	55.6	59.1	9.0	10.3	.517	15.0	39.5	.239	.506	13.9	70.2	.193
43	43	1998-01-30	@	LAL	L	114	121	119.1	126.4	95.7	.608	.165	.569	43.9	55.6	5.2	8.6	.500	10.7	31.0	.443	.546	13.9	57.5	.500
44	44	1998-02-01		MIL	L	110	118	120.6	129.3	91.2	.551	.141	.567	52.1	78.4	7.7	8.2	.494	11.8	41.2	.423	.525	11.8	61.5	.407
45	45	1998-02-02	@	CLE	L	99	109	107.8	118.7	91.8	.529	.229	.574	37.8	56.3	6.5	4.0	.500	14.8	19.5	.414	.531	16.1	56.1	.284
46	46	1998-02-04		NYK	W	95	88	103.6	96.0	91.7	.291	.076	.533	50.7	81.6	7.6	5.7	.487	14.4	21.6	.228	.479	16.3	82.4	.300
47	47	1998-02-11		ORL	L	89	96	96.9	104.5	91.8	.140	.204	.451	46.1	63.9	10.9	13.1	.425	10.0	28.3	.108	.493	16.6	65.1	.293
48	48	1998-02-13	@	DEN	W	107	80	116.5	87.1	91.9	.346	.064	.595	46.6	55.8	12.0	7.7	.564	12.6	25.7	.244	.341	16.2	60.4	.227
49	49	1998-02-15		DAL	W	105	99	104.5	98.5	91.0	.424	.091	.447	57.3	66.7	7.0	8.6	.379	8.6	42.4	.303	.435	11.1	77.3	.194
50	50	1998-02-17	@	MIA	L	84	110	93.3	122.2	90.0	.337	.133	.441	44.8	44.8	7.8	4.9	.367	12.8	31.3	.277	.534	11.9	61.5	.195
51	51	1998-02-18	@	ORL	L	102	115	103.0	116.1	99.1	.318	.170	.508	47.7	55.0	9.1	2.7	.483	14.5	32.0	.193	.556	15.2	69.4	.309
52	52	1998-02-20		HOU	W	100	95	98.8	93.9	91.7	.258	.108	.483	57.1	56.1	4.0	4.9	.457	11.2	26.7	.161	.465	12.8	87.0	.174
53	53	1998-02-22		SAC	W	113	95	116.5	97.9	97.0	.356	.078	.543	51.7	68.2	7.2	8.6	.506	7.1	27.9	.244	.389	11.5	73.9	.395
54	54	1998-02-24	@	SAS	L	99	105	101.3	107.4	97.8	.360	.140	.497	40.6	65.7	14.3	4.1	.436	11.5	24.5	.279	.470	16.6	55.8	.341
55	55	1998-02-26	@	HOU	L	98	118	108.2	130.3	90.6	.221	.116	.519	51.2	40.0	3.3	4.5	.471	14.5	37.5	.198	.564	7.4	64.3	.128
56	56	1998-02-27		LAL	L	91	104	96.0	109.7	94.8	.369	.143	.466	47.6	74.2	5.3	8.8	.381	8.4	18.6	.321	.500	10.4	78.0	.300
57	57	1998-03-01		DET	W	115	113	110.7	108.8	86.0	.223	.146	.508	54.2	59.6	5.8	2.5	.481	11.7	37.5	.155	.500	12.6	70.8	.242
58	58	1998-03-03		DAL	L	99	110	117.2	130.2	84.5	.277	.157	.532	47.4	77.5	3.6	5.3	.500	9.7	39.5	.193	.506	9.2	55.0	.211
59	59	1998-03-04	@	CHH	L	102	112	119.7	131.5	85.2	.370	.137	.601	40.0	71.8	9.4	6.6	.562	12.4	24.2	.274	.557	11.8	54.1	.486
60	60	1998-03-06		TOR	W	113	91	117.8	94.9	95.9	.333	.100	.547	53.8	67.4	14.6	11.9	.528	11.9	38.3	.200	.487	19.2	69.6	.192
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1998-03-08		SEA	L	98	99	107.6	108.7	82.5	.273	.172	.442	52.6	70.3	5.5	9.4	.404	9.0	41.5	.182	.457	9.3	66.7	.293
62	62	1998-03-11	@	GSW	W	113	84	115.5	85.9	97.8	.202	.074	.552	49.5	60.0	15.3	4.8	.548	9.7	31.3	.106	.360	15.8	65.5	.225
63	63	1998-03-12	@	POR	L	92	95	96.7	99.9	95.1	.279	.174	.476	44.6	64.7	10.5	5.8	.419	11.1	21.3	.233	.430	13.3	68.9	.244
64	64	1998-03-14	@	SEA	L	80	114	86.2	122.8	92.8	.297	.216	.478	48.1	58.1	6.5	6.5	.446	20.1	26.7	.189	.590	11.4	76.5	.193
65	65	1998-03-16		UTA	L	96	102	102.6	109.0	93.6	.180	.135	.500	53.8	58.5	5.3	2.7	.483	12.7	32.7	.112	.494	10.4	78.6	.288
66	66	1998-03-18		SAS	L	76	92	91.8	111.2	82.7	.182	.148	.400	51.8	84.4	7.3	4.8	.375	8.7	35.8	.114	.500	14.0	78.1	.333
67	67	1998-03-20		DEN	W	104	88	117.8	99.7	88.3	.286	.167	.550	55.1	67.5	5.7	12.9	.506	13.7	42.5	.226	.398	13.8	65.3	.265
68	68	1998-03-21		VAN	W	102	88	116.3	100.4	87.7	.222	.111	.574	52.1	76.7	6.8	12.5	.556	14.4	32.4	.148	.464	11.8	69.2	.119
69	69	1998-03-23	@	DAL	L	87	91	95.2	99.6	91.4	.133	.133	.457	46.2	48.6	8.8	7.6	.433	11.2	22.9	.100	.494	14.6	72.1	.136
70	70	1998-03-25	@	PHO	W	99	97	110.9	108.6	89.3	.305	.146	.532	48.8	70.3	9.0	9.2	.500	10.6	30.4	.207	.494	14.3	71.1	.195
71	71	1998-03-27	@	LAC	W	100	98	116.7	114.3	85.7	.198	.081	.535	40.5	64.3	11.7	6.2	.512	6.0	28.6	.140	.533	17.2	56.3	.240
72	72	1998-03-29	@	SAC	W	104	96	114.2	105.5	91.0	.207	.057	.548	54.7	70.5	5.5	7.5	.517	10.4	31.7	.161	.441	6.5	72.2	.138
73	73	1998-04-02	@	IND	L	108	111	115.3	118.5	93.7	.264	.172	.556	45.9	52.4	9.6	9.5	.523	10.2	28.9	.195	.562	12.7	65.0	.124
74	74	1998-04-03	@	CHI	L	93	107	112.4	129.3	82.8	.228	.177	.535	42.7	70.3	6.0	2.9	.519	12.1	33.3	.139	.478	7.2	50.0	.207
75	75	1998-04-05	@	ATL	W	97	96	105.7	104.6	91.8	.213	.150	.554	55.0	75.0	9.8	6.2	.525	18.6	35.9	.163	.493	15.2	73.2	.311
76	76	1998-04-07		MIA	W	92	89	109.1	105.5	84.4	.151	.161	.464	53.3	71.8	11.9	8.7	.441	7.5	42.9	.108	.420	10.4	65.1	.259
77	77	1998-04-10		PHI	W	107	102	110.4	105.2	96.9	.562	.233	.588	49.4	74.3	8.3	8.9	.527	14.1	20.6	.411	.443	11.3	69.4	.273
78	78	1998-04-11		UTA	W	110	103	117.4	109.9	93.7	.308	.192	.621	46.1	72.5	10.7	8.7	.583	16.1	28.9	.244	.526	18.1	63.2	.303
79	79	1998-04-13	@	LAC	W	107	88	117.1	96.3	91.4	.226	.167	.579	45.7	63.6	13.1	13.8	.560	8.0	18.9	.155	.452	17.6	68.2	.157
80	80	1998-04-14	@	UTA	L	109	126	112.7	130.2	96.7	.438	.263	.571	41.1	66.7	9.3	11.3	.513	12.8	26.8	.338	.557	15.5	59.4	.481
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1998-04-17		HOU	W	102	95	110.2	102.6	92.6	.302	.105	.523	57.8	67.6	8.6	4.7	.453	11.8	34.1	.279	.477	9.6	81.0	.138
82	82	1998-04-18	@	MIL	W	111	109	118.2	116.1	93.9	.310	.202	.582	46.1	65.9	13.8	4.7	.524	13.6	33.3	.274	.548	17.7	59.5	.202

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