December 28, 1997
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| MIN | 19 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 93 |
| DET | 26 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 89 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| MIN | 91.7 | .482 | 13.4 | 25.6 | .157 | 101.4 |
| DET | 91.7 | .437 | 9.4 | 24.5 | .149 | 97.0 |
Minnesota Timberwolves (14-14)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tom Gugliotta | 41:00 | .472 | .467 | 6.0 | 26.3 | 17.3 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 20.0 | 94 | 95 |
| Stephon Marbury | 38:00 | .535 | .500 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 5.7 | 39.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 26.3 | 103 | 98 |
| Kevin Garnett | 37:00 | .600 | .600 | 3.3 | 18.5 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 28.6 | 17.4 | 90 | 95 |
| Cherokee Parks | 21:00 | .595 | .600 | 0.0 | 18.7 | 10.4 | 22.0 | 2.5 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 135 | 87 |
| Chris Carr | 20:00 | .551 | .500 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 120 | 104 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tom Hammonds | 22:00 | .820 | .750 | 28.0 | 22.3 | 24.8 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 12.3 | 154 | 96 |
| Doug West | 20:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 11.5 | 12 | 102 |
| Sam Mitchell | 18:00 | .500 | .500 | 6.8 | 16.3 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 35.7 | 89 | 98 |
| Terry Porter | 13:00 | .451 | .333 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 24.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.4 | 109 | 102 |
| Stanley Roberts | 6:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | | 103 |
| Micheal Williams | 4:00 | .347 | .000 | 0.0 | 24.5 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.5 | 85 | 94 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .514 | .482 | 25.6 | 75.5 | 53.4 | 57.9 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 13.4 | 100.0 | 101.4 | 97.0 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Grant Hill | 27 | 6 | 6 | 42:00 | 12 | 17 | .706 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Bison Dele | 19 | 16 | 0 | 40:00 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 6 | .500 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 12 | 3 | 4 | 37:00 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Joe Dumars | 16 | 3 | 4 | 36:00 | 7 | 17 | .412 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Grant Long | 2 | 4 | 0 | 31:00 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Jerry Stackhouse | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19:00 | 1 | 9 | .111 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jerome Williams | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18:00 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Malik Sealy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:00 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Montross | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 89 | 41 | 17 | 240 | 36 | 87 | .414 | 4 | 21 | .190 | 13 | 21 | .619 | 12 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Grant Hill | 42:00 | .703 | .706 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 7.8 | 30.8 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 13.5 | 23.9 | 126 | 94 |
| Bison Dele | 40:00 | .510 | .500 | 12.2 | 33.8 | 21.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 9.7 | 23.3 | 102 | 100 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 37:00 | .505 | .500 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 16.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 15.7 | 108 | 106 |
| Joe Dumars | 36:00 | .459 | .441 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 4.5 | 20.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 24.4 | 92 | 102 |
| Grant Long | 31:00 | .258 | .000 | 3.2 | 11.9 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 75 | 104 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Jerry Stackhouse | 19:00 | .111 | .111 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 15.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 23.8 | 39 | 109 |
| Jerome Williams | 18:00 | .325 | .273 | 21.8 | 6.8 | 15.2 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.9 | 89 | 103 |
| Malik Sealy | 10:00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 24.6 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 104 |
| Eric Montross | 7:00 | .798 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.7 | 18.6 | 93 | 110 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .462 | .437 | 24.5 | 74.4 | 46.6 | 47.2 | 9.8 | 3.0 | 9.4 | 100.0 | 97.0 | 101.4 |
Officials: Hue Hollins, Bruce Alexander, Mike Callahan
Attendance: 19,450