Minnesota 116, Houston 115

January 16, 1998

Regular Season

Compaq Center (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 18,717

Officials: Ron Olesiak, Jim Clark, Woody Mayfield

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (8) Houston (8)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Houston (0)

  1 2 3 4 OT Final
MIN (20-16) 17 28 23 35 13 116
HOU (18-16) 26 20 29 28 12 115

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 98 118.3 117.2
HOU 98 117.2 118.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .544 0.112 0.333 0.187
HOU .580 0.173 0.295 0.161

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 17:00 0-5 0-1 2-2 -1.2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
21 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 42:00 8-15 0-0 1-1 12.6 4 3 7 2 2 1 2 3 17
24 Tom Gugliotta Starter SF 48:00 16-26 0-1 1-2 32.8 5 8 13 5 2 4 1 0 33
3 Stephon Marbury Starter PG 42:00 7-18 2-7 4-8 10.2 0 3 3 7 1 2 0 4 20
53 Stanley Roberts Starter C 14:00 1-3 0-0 1-2 1.5 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 3
31 Reggie Jordan Bench SG 12:00 2-2 0-0 2-4 7.0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 6
42 Sam Mitchell Bench SF 21:00 1-3 0-0 1-2 -1.0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 3
44 Cherokee Parks Bench C 34:00 6-8 0-0 5-6 12.5 2 5 7 1 6 0 1 1 17
30 Terry Porter Bench PG 30:00 6-9 1-3 0-0 20.2 0 4 4 10 0 3 0 2 13
5 Doug West Bench SF 05:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 2.5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
  Team                   8            
        265 48-91 3-12 17-27 109.1 13 26 47 30 20 13 5 11 116
          52.7% 25.0% 63.0%                    

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 40:00 9-16 0-0 11-13 19.9 2 7 9 6 3 1 0 5 29
50 Matt Bullard Starter SF 20:00 3-4 2-2 0-0 8.5 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 8
17 Mario Elie Starter SG 37:00 2-7 0-2 0-0 8.0 2 5 7 5 1 1 0 2 4
12 Matt Maloney Starter PG 38:00 7-12 3-5 0-0 10.0 1 2 3 3 3 1 0 3 17
43 Kevin Willis Starter C 47:00 13-24 0-0 1-3 23.6 4 9 13 4 4 1 2 0 27
15 Emanual Davis Bench SG 05:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 Othella Harrington Bench PF 19:00 0-2 0-0 2-2 0.2 1 4 5 0 5 0 0 1 2
8 Eddie Johnson Bench SF 34:00 10-17 4-7 0-1 12.9 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 24
20 Brent Price Bench PG 14:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.5 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 0
1 Rodrick Rhodes Bench SF 11:00 2-3 0-0 0-0 1.0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 2 4
  Team                   8            
        265 46-87 9-18 14-19 111.9 13 31 52 25 24 6 3 17 115
          52.9% 50.0% 73.7%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Stephon Marbury
18.4p, 2.7r, 8.3a		 Chris Carr
11.1p, 3.4r, 1.9a		 Tom Gugliotta
20p, 8.7r, 3.9a		 Kevin Garnett
17.3p, 9.4r, 4a		 Stanley Roberts
4.6p, 4.7r, 0.2a
Rotation Terry Porter
5.7p, 1.9r, 2.9a		 Reggie Jordan
1.2p, 1.1r, 0.5a		 Sam Mitchell
10p, 3.3r, 1.1a		  
 		 Cherokee Parks
7.2p, 5.4r, 0.6a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Doug West
4.2p, 2r, 0.9a		  
 		  
 

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Matt Maloney
7.5p, 1.8r, 2.3a		 Mario Elie
9.4p, 2.3r, 2.8a		 Matt Bullard
7.1p, 2.4r, 0.9a		 Charles Barkley
16.2p, 13.2r, 3.8a		 Kevin Willis
19.2p, 9.1r, 1.3a
Rotation Brent Price
6p, 2r, 3.2a		  
 		 Eddie Johnson
8.2p, 1.9r, 0.9a		 Othella Harrington
4.8p, 3.7r, 0.3a		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Rodrick Rhodes
5.9p, 1.3r, 2a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Emanual Davis
4.7p, 1.2r, 1.7a		  
 		  
 		  
 

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