Minnesota Timberwolves Opening Day Rosters

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2000-2001 Minnesota Timberwolves Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
William Avery PG 6-2 197 Aug 8, 1979 21 Duke 1 1999 1st Rnd, #14, Minnesota Timberwolves
Chauncey Billups PG 6-3 210 Sep 25, 1976 24 Colorado 3 1997 1st Rnd, #3, Boston Celtics
Terrell Brandon PG 5-11 180 May 20, 1970 30 Oregon 9 1991 1st Rnd, #11, Cleveland Cavaliers
Todd Day GF 6-6 188 Jan 7, 1970 30 Arkansas 7 1992 1st Rnd, #8, Milwaukee Bucks
LaPhonso Ellis PF 6-8 240 May 5, 1970 30 Notre Dame 8 1992 1st Rnd, #5, Denver Nuggets
Kevin Garnett C/PF 6-11 240 May 19, 1976 24 Farragut Career Academy (Illinois) 5 1995 1st Rnd, #5, Minnesota Timberwolves
Dean Garrett F-C 6-10 225 Nov 27, 1966 33 Indiana 7 1988 2nd Rnd, #38, Phoenix Suns
Tom Hammonds PF 6-9 215 Mar 27, 1967 33 Georgia Tech 11 1989 1st Rnd, #9, Washington Wizards
Sam Jacobson SG 6-4 215 Jul 22, 1975 25 Minnesota 2 1998 1st Rnd, #26, Los Angeles Lakers
Sam Mitchell SF 6-6 210 Sep 2, 1963 37 Mercer 13 1985 3rd Rnd, #54, Houston Rockets
Rasho Nesterovic C 7-0 255 May 30, 1976 24 Virtus Bologna (Italy) 2 1998 1st Rnd, #17, Minnesota Timberwolves
Andrae Patterson F-C 6-9 255 Nov 12, 1975 24 Indiana 2 1998 2nd Rnd, #46, Minnesota Timberwolves
Anthony Peeler SG 6-4 208 Nov 25, 1969 30 Missouri 8 1992 1st Rnd, #15, Los Angeles Lakers
Reggie Slater SF 6-7 215 Aug 27, 1970 30 Wyoming 5 1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Wally Szczerbiak SF 6-7 240 Mar 5, 1977 23 Miami (OH) 1 1999 1st Rnd, #6, Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota 106, Houston 98

October 31, 2000

Regular Season

Compaq Center (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 11,327

Officials: Bennie Adams, Steve Javie, Luis Grillo

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (5) Houston (12)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Houston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (1-0) 35 30 19 22 106
HOU (0-1) 25 19 23 31 98

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 95 111.3 102.9
HOU 95 102.9 111.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .523 0.157 0.295 0.159
HOU .473 0.189 0.289 0.378

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Chauncey Billups Starter SG 37:00 6-13 3-5 0-0 6.8 0.0 2 2 5 4 0 0 3 15
7 Terrell Brandon Starter PG 38:00 6-12 2-2 8-9 19.1 0.0 4 4 9 5 3 0 3 22
21 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 37:00 12-27 0-2 4-5 17.1 2.0 9 11 5 3 1 1 3 28
8 Rasho Nesterovic Starter C 35:00 8-11 0-0 0-0 15.0 6.0 7 13 0 4 0 0 2 16
10 Wally Szczerbiak Starter SF 23:00 2-8 0-0 0-0 3.0 2.0 2 4 5 3 0 0 2 4
3 LaPhonso Ellis Bench PF 15:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 1.2 1.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 6
22 Dean Garrett Bench C 11:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 3.8 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
6 Sam Jacobson Bench SG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Sam Mitchell Bench SF 09:00 1-2 0-0 2-2 2.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
44 Anthony Peeler Bench SG 34:00 2-5 1-2 0-0 11.0 1.0 7 8 4 3 1 0 0 5
  Team                   5         0  
        240 43-88 6-11 14-16 107.8 13 31 49 29 25 7 1 15 106
          48.9% 54.5% 87.5%                    

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
40 Shandon Anderson Starter SG 20:00 1-2 0-0 1-2 2.0 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
3 Steve Francis Starter PG 41:00 4-15 0-1 7-8 9.0 4.0 1 5 8 3 3 0 6 15
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 18:00 2-4 0-0 0-2 5.8 0.0 6 6 1 0 1 0 1 4
2 Mo Taylor Starter PF 37:00 8-10 0-0 1-2 8.0 1.0 3 4 1 4 0 1 4 17
42 Walt Williams Starter SF 25:00 2-7 0-0 4-5 13.1 1.0 7 8 3 0 1 3 1 8
50 Matt Bullard Bench PF 08:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1.5 0.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
13 Kelvin Cato Bench C 22:00 4-5 0-0 1-2 6.2 2.0 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 9
52 Jason Collier Bench C 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Cuttino Mobley Bench SG 32:00 10-22 2-5 11-11 19.9 1.0 4 5 1 1 3 2 2 33
12 Moochie Norris Bench PG 26:00 3-8 0-2 2-6 4.5 2.0 3 5 3 3 1 0 2 8
6 Carlos Rogers Bench C 08:00 0-0 0-0 1-2 0.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Team                   12            
        240 34-74 2-9 28-40 88.2 11 27 50 18 17 9 7 18 98
          45.9% 22.2% 70.0%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Terrell Brandon
22p, 4r, 9a		 Chauncey Billups
15p, 2r, 5a		 Wally Szczerbiak
4p, 4r, 5a		 Kevin Garnett
28p, 11r, 5a		 Rasho Nesterovic
16p, 13r, 0a
Rotation  
 		 Anthony Peeler
5p, 8r, 4a		  
 		 LaPhonso Ellis
6p, 1r, 1a		 Dean Garrett
6p, 1r, 0a
Lim PT  
 		 Sam Jacobson
0p, 0r, 0a		 Sam Mitchell
4p, 0r, 0a		  
 		  
 

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Steve Francis
15p, 5r, 8a		 Shandon Anderson
3p, 1r, 1a		 Walt Williams
8p, 8r, 3a		 Mo Taylor
17p, 4r, 1a		 Hakeem Olajuwon
4p, 6r, 1a
Rotation Moochie Norris
8p, 5r, 3a		 Cuttino Mobley
33p, 5r, 1a		  
 		  
 		 Kelvin Cato
9p, 3r, 0a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Matt Bullard
0p, 1r, 0a		 Carlos Rogers
1p, 0r, 0a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Jason Collier
0p, 0r, 0a