Minnesota 102, Denver 100

March 26, 1997

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 10,326

Officials: Eddie Rush, Sean Corbin, Ted Bernhardt

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (10) Denver (9)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (34-36) 27 29 26 20 102
DEN (19-50) 26 26 21 27 100

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 88 115.5 113.2
DEN 88 113.2 115.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .506 0.091 0.265 0.247
DEN .527 0.159 0.229 0.315

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
21 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 35:00 6-12 0-0 3-3 12.9 0.0 6 6 4 5 2 1 1 15
22 Dean Garrett Starter C 35:00 8-13 0-0 4-4 16.0 3.0 5 8 0 3 2 0 0 20
24 Tom Gugliotta Starter SF 44:00 9-19 0-0 7-10 17.0 2.0 8 10 3 4 1 1 1 25
3 Stephon Marbury Starter PG 36:00 2-10 1-3 3-4 11.8 1.0 1 2 12 4 1 1 1 8
5 Doug West Starter SG 34:00 3-7 0-0 2-2 4.2 0.0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 8
42 Sam Mitchell Bench SF 25:00 4-9 0-0 1-2 6.2 1.0 3 4 0 3 1 3 1 9
44 Cherokee Parks Bench C 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Terry Porter Bench PG 16:00 5-5 1-1 0-1 7.6 1.0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 11
26 James Robinson Bench PG 14:00 3-6 0-2 0-0 3.5 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 6
  Team                   10         1  
        240 40-81 2-6 20-26 79.2 9 25 44 23 22 8 8 9 102
          49.4% 33.3% 76.9%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 Dale Ellis Starter SG 33:00 4-10 2-4 2-2 6.0 1.0 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 12
20 LaPhonso Ellis Starter SF 46:00 12-22 1-6 7-8 21.2 2.0 7 9 2 3 1 1 1 32
50 Ervin Johnson Starter C 36:00 1-4 0-0 2-2 9.2 1.0 8 9 2 4 0 2 0 4
24 Antonio McDyess Starter PF 35:00 7-13 0-1 3-4 8.8 1.0 4 5 2 6 0 3 3 17
30 Kenny Smith Starter PG 23:00 3-6 0-1 2-2 5.2 1.0 0 1 6 1 0 0 4 8
53 Jerome Allen Bench SG 07:00 0-2 0-1 1-2 0.8 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 Anthony Goldwire Bench PG 25:00 7-10 1-1 5-5 13.6 0.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 20
21 Tom Hammonds Bench PF 19:00 0-0 0-0 1-2 2.5 1.0 3 4 0 4 1 0 0 1
6 Brooks Thompson Bench SG 16:00 2-6 1-3 0-0 1.0 0.0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 5
  Team                   9         2  
        240 36-73 5-17 23-27 84.4 8 27 44 18 20 5 6 16 100
          49.3% 29.4% 85.2%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Stephon Marbury
15.5p, 2.7r, 7.6a		 Doug West
8.4p, 2.2r, 1.5a		 Tom Gugliotta
21.3p, 8.9r, 4.1a		 Kevin Garnett
16.7p, 8r, 3.1a		 Dean Garrett
7.5p, 7.2r, 0.5a
Rotation Terry Porter
7p, 2.2r, 3.8a		  
 		 Sam Mitchell
9.5p, 4.1r, 1a		  
 		  
 
Rotation James Robinson
8.6p, 1.7r, 1.9a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Cherokee Parks
3.1p, 2.6r, 0.4a

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Kenny Smith
5.2p, 0.8r, 1.8a		 Dale Ellis
16.2p, 3.5r, 1.8a		 LaPhonso Ellis
22p, 6.7r, 2.3a		 Antonio McDyess
17.5p, 7.1r, 1.4a		 Ervin Johnson
7.2p, 10.6r, 0.9a
Rotation Anthony Goldwire
6.5p, 1.4r, 3.2a		 Brooks Thompson
6.5p, 1.3r, 2.8a		  
 		 Tom Hammonds
4.7p, 4.5r, 0.6a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Jerome Allen
2.9p, 1.3r, 2a		  
 		  
 		  
 

Minnesota Timberwolves Leaders

MPG Kevin Garnett 39.1
FG% Reggie Jordan 1.000
3P% James Robinson .381
FT% Tom Gugliotta .822
ORPG Kevin Garnett 2.5
DRPG Tom Gugliotta 6.5
RPG Tom Gugliotta 8.9
SPG Tom Gugliotta 1.6
APG Stephon Marbury 7.6
BPG Kevin Garnett 2.2
PPG Tom Gugliotta 21.3

Denver Nuggets Leaders

MPG Mark Jackson 38.5
FG% Vincent Askew .667
3P% Anthony Goldwire .500
FT% Vincent Askew 1.000
ORPG Ervin Johnson 2.8
DRPG Ervin Johnson 7.8
RPG Ervin Johnson 10.6
SPG Bryant Stith 1.2
APG Mark Jackson 12.3
BPG Aaron Williams 3.0
PPG LaPhonso Ellis 22.0

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