Minnesota Timberwolves Opening Day Rosters

2001-2002 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 22 Duke 2 1999 1st Rnd, #14, Minnesota Timberwolves
Chauncey Billups PG 6-3 210 Sep 25, 1976 25 Colorado 4 1997 1st Rnd, #3, Boston Celtics
Terrell Brandon PG 5-11 180 May 20, 1970 31 Oregon 10 1991 1st Rnd, #11, Cleveland Cavaliers
Maurice Evans SG/SF 6-5 220 Nov 8, 1978 22 Texas 0 2001 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Kevin Garnett C/PF 6-11 240 May 19, 1976 25 Farragut Career Academy (Illinois) 6 1995 1st Rnd, #5, Minnesota Timberwolves
Dean Garrett F-C 6-10 225 Nov 27, 1966 34 Indiana 8 1988 2nd Rnd, #38, Phoenix Suns
Tom Hammonds PF 6-9 215 Mar 27, 1967 34 Georgia Tech 12 1989 1st Rnd, #9, Washington Wizards
Felipe Lopez G-F 6-5 199 Dec 19, 1974 26 St. John's 3 1998 1st Rnd, #24, San Antonio Spurs
Sam Mitchell SF 6-6 210 Sep 2, 1963 38 Mercer 14 1985 3rd Rnd, #54, Houston Rockets
Rasho Nesterovic C 7-0 255 May 30, 1976 25 Virtus Bologna (Italy) 3 1998 1st Rnd, #17, Minnesota Timberwolves
Anthony Peeler SG 6-4 208 Nov 25, 1969 31 Missouri 9 1992 1st Rnd, #15, Los Angeles Lakers
Joe Smith PF 6-10 225 Jul 26, 1975 26 Maryland 6 1995 1st Rnd, #1, Golden State Warriors
Wally Szczerbiak SF 6-7 240 Mar 5, 1977 24 Miami (OH) 2 1999 1st Rnd, #6, Minnesota Timberwolves
Gary Trent PF 6-8 250 Sep 22, 1974 27 Ohio 6 1995 1st Rnd, #11, Milwaukee Bucks
Loren Woods C 7-1 245 Jun 21, 1978 23 Arizona 0 2001 2nd Rnd, #45, Minnesota Timberwolves

Philadelphia 74, Minnesota 83

October 30, 2001

Regular Season

Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Attendance: 18,697

Officials: Ron Garretson, Mike Callahan, David Jones

Team Rebounds: Philadelphia (15) Minnesota (10)

Technicals: Philadelphia (0) Minnesota (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
PHL (0-1) 23 10 23 18 74
MIN (1-0) 17 29 18 19 83

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
PHL 80 92.0 103.2
MIN 80 103.2 92.0

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
PHL .410 0.224 0.366 0.208
MIN .438 0.124 0.351 0.148

Philadelphia Sixers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
11 Raja Bell Starter SG 35:00 2-6 1-3 0-0 6.2 0.0 5 5 5 2 0 0 2 5
12 Speedy Claxton Starter PG 40:00 7-15 1-1 5-5 9.4 1.0 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 20
44 Derrick Coleman Starter PF 39:00 5-15 1-3 4-9 2.6 2.0 9 11 1 5 1 0 6 15
21 Matt Harpring Starter SF 38:00 4-15 1-2 0-0 2.8 4.0 4 8 0 2 1 0 2 9
55 Dikembe Mutombo Starter C 38:00 4-9 0-0 6-9 13.6 4.0 5 9 3 4 0 3 2 14
40 Corie Blount Bench PF 17:00 4-6 0-0 0-0 9.5 3.0 2 5 1 3 1 2 1 8
7 Ira Bowman Bench SG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 Damone Brown Bench SF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Vonteego Cummings Bench PG 18:00 1-4 1-1 0-0 -1.2 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 3
52 Matt Geiger Bench C 12:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 0.0 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
  Team                   15         3  
        240 27-72 5-10 15-23 67.9 15 26 56 16 20 4 6 21 74
          37.5% 50.0% 65.2%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
7 Terrell Brandon Starter PG 24:00 3-10 0-0 0-0 7.2 1.0 1 2 7 0 1 0 1 6
21 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 38:00 5-12 0-1 2-2 14.5 2.0 5 7 5 3 3 3 3 12
8 Rasho Nesterovic Starter C 15:00 0-3 0-0 1-2 0.2 1.0 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 1
32 Joe Smith Starter SF 33:00 7-11 0-0 1-2 11.8 3.0 5 8 0 4 1 1 1 15
10 Wally Szczerbiak Starter SG 40:00 4-14 0-1 4-4 6.0 3.0 2 5 2 1 1 0 1 12
4 Chauncey Billups Bench PG 24:00 8-14 2-4 4-4 12.5 0.0 2 2 3 2 1 0 2 22
22 Dean Garrett Bench C 07:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 1.8 0.0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0
44 Anthony Peeler Bench SG 27:00 3-9 1-3 0-0 8.0 3.0 3 6 4 3 0 0 0 7
20 Gary Trent Bench PF 11:00 2-3 0-0 0-1 4.1 0.0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 4
3 Loren Woods Bench C 21:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 3.0 0.0 2 2 0 3 0 3 1 4
  Team                   10         1  
        240 34-81 3-9 12-15 71.1 13 24 47 24 21 9 9 11 83
          42.0% 33.3% 80.0%                    

Philadelphia Sixers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Speedy Claxton
20p, 1r, 4a
Raja Bell
5p, 5r, 5a
Matt Harpring
9p, 8r, 0a
Derrick Coleman
15p, 11r, 1a
Dikembe Mutombo
14p, 9r, 3a
Rotation Vonteego Cummings
3p, 1r, 1a
 
 
 
 
Corie Blount
8p, 5r, 1a
Matt Geiger
0p, 1r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
Ira Bowman
0p, 0r, 1a
Damone Brown
0p, 0r, 0a
 
 
 
 

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Terrell Brandon
6p, 2r, 7a
Wally Szczerbiak
12p, 5r, 2a
Joe Smith
15p, 8r, 0a
Kevin Garnett
12p, 7r, 5a
Rasho Nesterovic
1p, 2r, 2a
Rotation Chauncey Billups
22p, 2r, 3a
Anthony Peeler
7p, 6r, 4a
 
 
Gary Trent
4p, 1r, 1a
Loren Woods
4p, 2r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dean Garrett
0p, 2r, 0a