1996-97 Minnesota Timberwolves Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-42
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 0-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Houston Rockets 3-0
Coach: Flip Saunders (40-42)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 597,727, Avg. 14,579 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Minnesota Timberwolves Roster
1996-97 Minnesota Timberwolves Results

The Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 40 wins and 42 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.

Minnesota scored 7,882 points and surrendered 8,003.

Flip Saunders coached the team. The 1996-97 Minnesota Timberwolves lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tom Gugliotta	F	81	81	3131	1339	592	93	24	566	464	187	515	702	335	130	89	293	237	1672
Kevin Garnett	F	77	77	2995	1100	549	21	6	272	205	190	428	618	236	105	163	175	199	1309
Stephon Marbury	G	67	64	2324	871	355	288	102	337	245	54	130	184	522	67	19	210	159	1057
Sam Mitchell	F	82	5	2044	603	269	25	4	295	224	112	214	326	79	51	20	93	232	766
James Robinson	G	69	5	1309	482	196	267	102	114	78	24	88	112	126	30	8	69	125	572
Terry Porter	G	82	20	1568	449	187	200	67	166	127	31	145	176	295	54	11	128	104	568
Dean Garrett	F-C	68	47	1665	389	223	0	0	138	96	149	346	495	38	40	95	34	158	542
Doug West	G-F	68	66	1920	484	226	45	15	94	64	37	111	148	113	61	24	66	218	531
Chris Carr	G	55	10	830	271	125	88	31	73	56	31	82	113	48	24	10	37	93	337
Cherokee Parks	C-F	76	0	961	202	103	1	0	76	46	83	112	195	34	41	48	32	150	252
Stojko Vrankovic	C	53	35	766	139	78	0	0	37	25	57	111	168	14	10	67	52	121	181
Shane Heal	G	43	0	236	97	26	65	20	5	3	2	16	18	33	3	3	17	20	75
Reggie Jordan	G	10	0	31	10	8	0	0	7	4	0	4	4	1	2	0	2	2	20
Totals		831	410	19780	6436	2937	1093	371	2180	1637	957	2302	3259	1874	618	557	1208	1818	7882

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tom Gugliotta	F	81	81	38.7	44.2	25.8	82.0	2.3	6.4	8.7	4.1	1.6	1.1	3.6	2.9	20.6
Kevin Garnett	F	77	77	38.9	49.9	28.6	75.4	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	17.0
Stephon Marbury	G	67	64	34.7	40.8	35.4	72.7	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	15.8
Sam Mitchell	F	82	5	24.9	44.6	16.0	75.9	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.8	9.3
James Robinson	G	69	5	19.0	40.7	38.2	68.4	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.8	8.3
Terry Porter	G	82	20	19.1	41.6	33.5	76.5	0.4	1.8	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.3	6.9
Dean Garrett	F-C	68	47	24.5	57.3		69.6	2.2	5.1	7.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	0.5	2.3	8.0
Doug West	G-F	68	66	28.2	46.7	33.3	68.1	0.5	1.6	2.2	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.0	3.2	7.8
Chris Carr	G	55	10	15.1	46.1	35.2	76.7	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.7	6.1
Cherokee Parks	C-F	76	0	12.6	51.0	0.0	60.5	1.1	1.5	2.6	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4	2.0	3.3
Stojko Vrankovic	C	53	35	14.5	56.1		67.6	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.3	0.2	1.3	1.0	2.3	3.4
Shane Heal	G	43	0	5.5	26.8	30.8	60.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.7
Reggie Jordan	G	10	0	3.1	80.0		57.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	2.0
Averages		831	410	23.8	45.6	33.9	75.1	1.2	2.8	3.9	2.3	0.7	0.7	1.5	2.2	9.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Stephon Marbury	G	3	117	65	26	20	6	10	6	2	10	12	23	2	0	9	9	64
Tom Gugliotta	F	3	121	52	23	4	3	10	6	2	14	16	13	7	2	6	13	55
Kevin Garnett	F	3	125	51	24	1	1	3	3	14	14	28	11	4	3	4	6	52
Dean Garrett	F-C	3	118	29	15	0	0	10	8	19	16	35	4	2	3	1	11	38
Doug West	G-F	3	87	22	12	2	0	9	9	0	4	4	6	2	1	1	11	33
Sam Mitchell	F	3	47	13	6	0	0	8	5	2	5	7	1	1	1	1	9	17
Terry Porter	G	3	46	13	5	9	3	4	3	1	2	3	9	2	2	2	2	16
James Robinson	G	2	31	12	5	10	4	0	0	1	2	3	3	2	0	1	4	14
Shane Heal	G	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Cherokee Parks	C-F	1	11	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	1	0	0	5	4
Chris Carr	G	1	8	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
Stojko Vrankovic	C	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		28	720	266	120	50	19	54	40	41	74	116	72	23	12	26	70	299

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Stephon Marbury	G	3	39.0	40.0	30.0	60.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	21.3
Tom Gugliotta	F	3	40.3	44.2	75.0	60.0	0.7	4.7	5.3	4.3	2.3	0.7	2.0	4.3	18.3
Kevin Garnett	F	3	41.7	47.1	100.0	100.0	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	17.3
Dean Garrett	F-C	3	39.3	51.7		80.0	6.3	5.3	11.7	1.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	3.7	12.7
Doug West	G-F	3	29.0	54.5	0.0	100.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	3.7	11.0
Sam Mitchell	F	3	15.7	46.2		62.5	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	3.0	5.7
Terry Porter	G	3	15.3	38.5	33.3	75.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	5.3
James Robinson	G	2	15.5	41.7	40.0		0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	7.0
Shane Heal	G	2	1.5	100.0	100.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
Cherokee Parks	C-F	1	11.0	66.7			0.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	4.0
Chris Carr	G	1	8.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Stojko Vrankovic	C	1	6.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		831	25.7	45.1	38.0	74.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	2.6	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.5	10.7