Minnesota 86, Denver 107

April 24, 2004

Opening Round - Minnesota wins 4-1

Ball Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 19,713

Officials: Bill Kennedy, Dan Crawford, Tom Washington

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (7) Denver (10)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (58-24) 18 23 25 20 86
DEN (43-39) 30 24 31 22 107

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 91 94.7 117.9
DEN 91 117.9 94.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .468 0.154 0.194 0.182
DEN .500 0.121 0.377 0.126

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
19 Sam Cassell Starter PG 32:00 4-11 2-4 0-0 2.8 0 2 2 4 5 0 1 3 10
21 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 44:00 10-18 0-0 4-7 19.6 2 9 11 8 4 0 1 4 24
23 Trenton Hassell Starter SF 22:00 3-5 0-0 1-2 9.8 1 3 4 3 2 1 1 0 7
40 Ervin Johnson Starter C 18:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 3.0 2 5 7 0 2 1 0 2 0
8 Latrell Sprewell Starter SG 42:00 8-16 3-8 6-7 17.1 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 1 25
32 Fred Hoiberg Bench SG 18:00 0-3 0-2 1-1 0.1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
35 Mark Madsen Bench C 09:00 0-0 0-0 1-2 5.5 1 3 4 0 2 1 2 0 1
15 Darrick Martin Bench PG 09:00 1-4 1-2 0-0 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
3 Oliver Miller Bench C 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
34 Michael Olowokandi Bench C 11:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 2
10 Wally Szczerbiak Bench SF 28:00 4-12 2-4 1-2 -2.0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 11
20 Gary Trent Bench PF 05:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 1.5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
  Team                   7         2  
        240 32-77 8-20 14-21 69.1 7 29 43 21 24 5 8 16 86
          41.6% 40.0% 66.7%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
15 Carmelo Anthony Starter SF 38:00 9-20 2-3 4-4 17.0 2 8 10 4 1 1 0 3 24
23 Marcus Camby Starter PF 36:00 5-11 1-1 1-2 20.5 8 8 16 5 5 0 1 0 12
31 Maybyner Nene Starter C 24:00 7-8 0-0 0-1 9.9 0 3 3 4 4 1 0 3 14
1 Voshon Lenard Starter SG 31:00 3-11 2-4 1-2 2.2 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 9
24 Andre Miller Starter PG 37:00 7-17 0-1 5-5 14.4 5 2 7 6 3 1 0 2 19
11 Chris Andersen Bench C 10:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 1.5 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
20 Jon Barry Bench SG 14:00 0-4 0-2 0-0 1.5 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
32 Ryan Bowen Bench PF 02:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 Earl Boykins Bench PG 20:00 5-11 0-0 0-0 11.5 3 3 6 5 1 1 0 1 10
51 Michael Doleac Bench C 02:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
56 Francisco Elson Bench C 18:00 3-4 0-0 1-2 5.8 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 7
7 Rodney White Bench SF 08:00 3-4 0-0 0-0 4.8 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 6
  Team                   10         1  
        240 45-95 5-11 12-16 107.5 20 33 63 29 22 7 3 12 107
          47.4% 45.5% 75.0%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sam Cassell
19.8p, 3.3r, 7.3a		 Latrell Sprewell
16.8p, 3.8r, 3.5a		 Trenton Hassell
5p, 3.2r, 1.6a		 Kevin Garnett
24.2p, 13.9r, 5a		 Ervin Johnson
1.9p, 3.5r, 0.4a
Rotation  
 		 Fred Hoiberg
6.7p, 3.4r, 1.4a		 Wally Szczerbiak
10.2p, 3.1r, 1.2a		  
 		 Michael Olowokandi
6.5p, 5.7r, 0.6a
Lim PT Darrick Martin
3.4p, 0.4r, 1.4a		  
 		  
 		 Gary Trent
5.6p, 3.2r, 0.7a		 Mark Madsen
3.6p, 3.8r, 0.4a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Oliver Miller
2.5p, 2.7r, 0.8a

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Andre Miller
14.8p, 4.5r, 6.1a		 Voshon Lenard
14.2p, 2.7r, 2.1a		 Carmelo Anthony
21p, 6.1r, 2.8a		 Marcus Camby
8.6p, 10.1r, 1.8a		 Maybyner Nene
11.8p, 6.5r, 2.2a
Rotation Earl Boykins
10.2p, 1.7r, 3.6a		 Jon Barry
6.2p, 2.2r, 2.6a		  
 		  
 		 Francisco Elson
3.5p, 3.3r, 0.5a
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Chris Andersen
3.4p, 4.2r, 0.5a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Rodney White
7.5p, 2.3r, 0.8a		 Ryan Bowen
0.9p, 1.7r, 0.3a		 Michael Doleac
4.5p, 3.7r, 0.6a

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