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.

The Timberwolves scored 7,882 points and surrendered 8,003. Tom Gugliotta netted a team-high 1,672 points for Minnesota, while Kevin Garnett and Stephon Marbury averaged 15 or more per game, too. Tom Gugliotta contributed 702 rebounds. Stephon Marbury dished out 522 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Tom Gugliotta added 130 steals, and Kevin Garnett blocked 163 shots.

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