Minnesota 95, Houston 112

April 24, 1997

Opening Round - Houston wins 3-0

Compaq Center (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: N/A

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (0) Houston (0)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Houston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (40-42) 25 23 17 30 95
HOU (57-25) 31 30 27 24 112

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 91 104.8 123.6
HOU 91 123.6 104.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .488 0.055 0.250 0.141
HOU .524 0.155 0.276 0.271

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 40:00 10-21 1-1 0-0 18.5 6 3 9 4 2 1 1 0 21
22 Dean Garrett Starter C 31:00 3-7 0-0 2-3 5.9 1 5 6 1 5 0 1 0 8
24 Tom Gugliotta Starter SF 39:00 5-12 0-0 1-2 5.5 0 3 3 4 4 1 0 1 11
3 Stephon Marbury Starter PG 35:00 10-19 4-9 4-6 18.5 0 4 4 4 2 1 0 0 28
5 Doug West Starter SG 23:00 1-4 0-0 2-2 2.0 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 4
43 Chris Carr Bench SG 08:00 0-2 0-2 0-0 0.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 Shane Heal Bench PG 02:00 2-2 2-2 0-0 5.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
42 Sam Mitchell Bench SF 16:00 2-5 0-0 3-5 3.1 1 3 4 0 3 0 1 1 7
44 Cherokee Parks Bench C 11:00 2-3 0-0 0-0 4.0 0 5 5 0 5 1 0 0 4
30 Terry Porter Bench PG 10:00 1-3 1-2 0-0 2.2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 3
26 James Robinson Bench PG 19:00 1-5 1-4 0-0 0.0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3
11 Stojko Vrankovic Bench C 06:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 -0.5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                                
        240 37-85 9-20 12-18 66.8 9 27 36 20 28 6 4 5 95
          43.5% 45.0% 66.7%                    

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Charles Barkley Starter PF 31:00 4-7 1-1 6-10 13.5 3 8 11 2 3 0 0 2 15
22 Clyde Drexler Starter SF 33:00 4-13 0-4 0-0 12.8 2 8 10 8 1 0 0 1 8
17 Mario Elie Starter SG 33:00 7-13 4-7 3-3 14.9 3 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 21
12 Matt Maloney Starter PG 29:00 5-11 4-7 0-0 11.5 0 1 1 6 2 0 0 0 14
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 35:00 7-13 0-0 4-5 13.9 5 6 11 1 4 1 2 4 18
50 Matt Bullard Bench PF 03:00 1-1 1-1 0-0 2.5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
32 Othella Harrington Bench PF 03:00 0-0 0-0 2-2 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
8 Eddie Johnson Bench SF 25:00 5-15 0-5 3-3 5.1 3 2 5 2 2 0 0 1 13
27 Charles A. Jones Bench PF 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Randy Livingston Bench SG 11:00 1-2 1-1 0-0 2.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3
2 Sedale Threatt Bench PG 10:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1.5 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0
43 Kevin Willis Bench C 25:00 5-9 0-0 5-8 14.0 0 13 13 1 2 0 0 1 15
  Team                                
        240 39-85 11-27 23-31 114.6 16 42 58 28 21 1 2 14 112
          45.9% 40.7% 74.2%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Stephon Marbury
15.8p, 2.7r, 7.8a		 Doug West
7.8p, 2.2r, 1.7a		 Tom Gugliotta
20.6p, 8.7r, 4.1a		 Kevin Garnett
17p, 8r, 3.1a		 Dean Garrett
8p, 7.3r, 0.6a
Rotation James Robinson
8.3p, 1.6r, 1.8a		  
 		 Sam Mitchell
9.3p, 4r, 1a		  
 		 Cherokee Parks
3.3p, 2.6r, 0.4a
Rotation Terry Porter
6.9p, 2.1r, 3.6a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Shane Heal
1.7p, 0.4r, 0.8a		 Chris Carr
6.1p, 2.1r, 0.9a		  
 		  
 		 Stojko Vrankovic
3.4p, 3.2r, 0.3a

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Matt Maloney
9.4p, 2r, 3.7a		 Mario Elie
11.7p, 3r, 4a		 Clyde Drexler
18p, 6r, 5.7a		 Charles Barkley
19.2p, 13.5r, 4.7a		 Hakeem Olajuwon
23.2p, 9.2r, 3a
Rotation Sedale Threatt
3.3p, 1.1r, 1.9a		 Randy Livingston
3.9p, 1.5r, 2.4a		 Eddie Johnson
8.2p, 2.7r, 1a		  
 		 Kevin Willis
11.2p, 7.5r, 0.9a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Othella Harrington
4.8p, 3.5r, 0.3a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Matt Bullard
4.5p, 1.6r, 0.9a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Charles A. Jones
0.3p, 1.1r, 0.3a		  
 

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