Minnesota 93, Detroit 89

December 28, 1997

Regular Season

The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, Michigan)

Attendance: 19,450

Officials: Mike Callahan, Hue Hollins, Bruce Alexander

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (11) Detroit (9)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Detroit (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (14-14) 19 21 23 30 93
DET (13-17) 26 19 22 22 89

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 92 101.4 97.0
DET 92 97.0 101.4

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .482 0.153 0.213 0.157
DET .437 0.109 0.293 0.149

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
43 Chris Carr Starter SG 20:00 4-10 2-4 2-2 3.8 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12
21 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 37:00 6-10 0-0 0-0 10.2 1 7 8 3 3 0 2 4 12
24 Tom Gugliotta Starter SF 41:00 7-15 0-0 1-2 12.2 2 11 13 2 2 0 0 2 15
3 Stephon Marbury Starter PG 38:00 7-16 2-5 3-4 14.0 0 4 4 9 1 1 0 4 19
44 Cherokee Parks Starter C 21:00 3-5 0-0 1-2 10.0 0 4 4 3 3 1 2 0 7
20 Tom Hammonds Bench PF 22:00 3-4 0-0 2-2 12.0 5 5 10 1 2 0 0 1 8
42 Sam Mitchell Bench SF 18:00 6-12 0-1 0-0 4.2 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 2 12
30 Terry Porter Bench PG 13:00 2-6 0-3 3-4 3.8 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 7
53 Stanley Roberts Bench C 06:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 Doug West Bench SF 20:00 0-4 0-1 0-0 -3.2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0
4 Micheal Williams Bench PG 04:00 0-1 0-0 1-1 0.1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
  Team                   11         2  
        240 38-83 4-14 13-17 86.6 10 37 58 22 19 2 4 16 93
          45.8% 28.6% 76.5%                    

Detroit Pistons

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Joe Dumars Starter SG 36:00 7-17 1-7 1-1 8.1 0 3 3 4 2 2 0 2 16
33 Grant Hill Starter SF 42:00 12-17 0-0 3-5 23.9 0 6 6 6 2 4 1 3 27
10 Lindsey Hunter Starter PG 37:00 4-11 3-9 1-2 7.5 1 2 3 4 4 1 0 1 12
43 Grant Long Starter PF 31:00 0-3 0-1 2-2 1.2 1 3 4 0 4 1 0 0 2
8 Bison Dele Starter C 40:00 8-16 0-0 3-6 16.5 5 11 16 0 1 0 1 2 19
00 Eric Montross Bench C 07:00 1-1 0-0 1-2 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
14 Malik Sealy Bench PF 10:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
42 Jerry Stackhouse Bench SG 19:00 1-9 0-4 0-0 -2.5 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 2
13 Jerome Williams Bench PF 18:00 3-11 0-0 2-3 4.9 4 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 8
  Team                   9            
        240 36-87 4-21 13-21 75.1 12 29 50 17 17 9 2 10 89
          41.4% 19.0% 61.9%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Stephon Marbury
18.6p, 2.7r, 8.7a
Chris Carr
12.1p, 3.4r, 1.9a
Tom Gugliotta
20.1p, 9r, 4.1a
Kevin Garnett
17.6p, 9.1r, 4a
Cherokee Parks
7.1p, 5.8r, 0.7a
Rotation Terry Porter
4.8p, 1.5r, 2.6a
 
 
Doug West
4.4p, 2.2r, 0.9a
Tom Hammonds
3.5p, 3.4r, 0.5a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
Sam Mitchell
9.2p, 3.3r, 1.2a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT Micheal Williams
3.3p, 0.8r, 0.8a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stanley Roberts
4.2p, 4.5r, 0.2a

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Lindsey Hunter
14.4p, 4.4r, 3.1a
Joe Dumars
8.6p, 1.5r, 3.3a
Grant Hill
19.8p, 7.5r, 7.4a
Grant Long
3.3p, 2.9r, 0.2a
Bison Dele
18.9p, 10.3r, 1.2a
Rotation  
 
Jerry Stackhouse
16.1p, 3.4r, 3a
 
 
Jerome Williams
4.3p, 3.7r, 0.5a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Malik Sealy
10.4p, 3.1r, 1.7a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eric Montross
3.2p, 4.9r, 0.3a

Today's Games

Detroit Pistons 89
Minnesota Timberwolves 93

Los Angeles Lakers 102
Boston Celtics 108

Miami Heat 101
Indiana Pacers 90

Phoenix Suns 97
Seattle SuperSonics 106

Portland Trail Blazers 82
San Antonio Spurs 79

Sacramento Kings 92
Philadelphia Sixers 90

Vancouver Grizzlies 88
Utah Jazz 89