January 4, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| MIN | 23 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 97 |
| MIL | 26 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 91 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| MIN | 91.2 | .460 | 13.5 | 24.4 | .373 | 106.4 |
| MIL | 91.2 | .388 | 12.4 | 36.5 | .294 | 99.8 |
Minnesota Timberwolves (14-18)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tom Gugliotta | 44:00 | .454 | .375 | 2.7 | 25.2 | 15.2 | 28.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 32.2 | 96 | 95 |
| Kevin Garnett | 43:00 | .624 | .533 | 8.2 | 21.5 | 15.6 | 18.6 | 1.2 | 11.9 | 14.5 | 22.3 | 118 | 90 |
| Stephon Marbury | 37:00 | .673 | .500 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 26.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 36.6 | 20.6 | 98 | 106 |
| Chris Carr | 19:00 | .250 | .250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 12.2 | 42 | 111 |
| Stojko Vrankovic | 6:00 | | | 19.5 | 15.4 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | | 0.0 | 211 | 97 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Terry Porter | 26:00 | .506 | .500 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 43.2 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.4 | 126 | 99 |
| Sam Mitchell | 26:00 | .521 | .333 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 17.2 | 105 | 107 |
| Cherokee Parks | 25:00 | .605 | .571 | 4.7 | 11.1 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 13.8 | 127 | 95 |
| James Robinson | 14:00 | .833 | .833 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.9 | 156 | 108 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .542 | .460 | 24.4 | 63.5 | 46.2 | 66.7 | 7.7 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 100.0 | 106.4 | 99.8 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Vin Baker | 24 | 12 | 2 | 45:00 | 8 | 23 | .348 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Glenn Robinson | 18 | 9 | 3 | 40:00 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Ray Allen | 17 | 9 | 3 | 35:00 | 5 | 17 | .294 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sherman Douglas | 6 | 4 | 4 | 34:00 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Andrew Lang | 8 | 4 | 0 | 22:00 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Johnny Newman | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17:00 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Armen Gilliam | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17:00 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Chucky Brown | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16:00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Elliot Perry | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14:00 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 91 | 50 | 19 | 240 | 33 | 85 | .388 | 0 | 10 | .000 | 25 | 31 | .806 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 23 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Vin Baker | 45:00 | .431 | .348 | 12.3 | 15.6 | 13.8 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 12.6 | 30.2 | 93 | 105 |
| Glenn Robinson | 40:00 | .434 | .368 | 4.6 | 20.5 | 11.6 | 14.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 25.3 | 92 | 106 |
| Ray Allen | 35:00 | .414 | .294 | 7.9 | 20.1 | 13.3 | 15.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 27.4 | 97 | 106 |
| Sherman Douglas | 34:00 | .375 | .375 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 19.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 97 | 104 |
| Andrew Lang | 22:00 | .820 | .750 | 4.2 | 16.0 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 11.4 | 138 | 105 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Johnny Newman | 17:00 | .750 | .750 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 11.5 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 157 | 106 |
| Armen Gilliam | 17:00 | .525 | .333 | 16.3 | 27.5 | 21.3 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.6 | 16.9 | 95 | 107 |
| Chucky Brown | 16:00 | .644 | .667 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 144 | 113 |
| Elliot Perry | 14:00 | .250 | .250 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 7.4 | 46.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 15.2 | 72 | 110 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .461 | .388 | 36.5 | 75.6 | 53.8 | 57.6 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 12.4 | 100.0 | 99.8 | 106.4 |
Officials: Steve Javie, Eddie F. Rush, Blane Reichelt
Attendance: 17,218