February 20, 1998
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
|---|
| HOU | 21 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 95 |
| MIN | 22 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 100 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| HOU | 90.8 | .465 | 12.0 | 13.0 | .174 | 94.8 |
| MIN | 90.8 | .457 | 10.4 | 26.7 | .161 | 99.8 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Matt Maloney | 11 | 2 | 5 | 43:00 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Clyde Drexler | 10 | 3 | 6 | 38:00 | 5 | 19 | .263 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Bullard | 14 | 2 | 1 | 35:00 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 20 | 7 | 2 | 33:00 | 8 | 19 | .421 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 6 | .667 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Kevin Willis | 15 | 9 | 0 | 32:00 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 7 | .714 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Charles Barkley | 11 | 10 | 3 | 41:00 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Eddie Johnson | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18:00 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Elie | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Price | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10:00 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 39 | 23 | 265 | 35 | 86 | .407 | 10 | 25 | .400 | 15 | 22 | .682 | 6 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Matt Maloney | 43:00 | .799 | .833 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 20.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 164 | 107 |
| Clyde Drexler | 38:00 | .263 | .263 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 4.6 | 29.9 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 25.7 | 65 | 104 |
| Matt Bullard | 35:00 | .618 | .600 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 17.2 | 108 | 96 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 33:00 | .462 | .421 | 10.5 | 14.3 | 12.4 | 14.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 21.7 | 40.8 | 78 | 96 |
| Kevin Willis | 32:00 | .621 | .556 | 7.2 | 25.8 | 16.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.2 | 21.5 | 109 | 101 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Charles Barkley | 41:00 | .427 | .375 | 0.0 | 28.7 | 14.2 | 13.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 17.7 | 81 | 97 |
| Eddie Johnson | 18:00 | .500 | .500 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 30.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 127 | 98 |
| Mario Elie | 15:00 | .750 | .750 | 0.0 | 23.6 | 11.6 | 22.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 9.8 | 107 | 102 |
| Brent Price | 10:00 | .595 | .600 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 5.8 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.7 | 117 | 105 |
| Team Totals | 265 | .496 | .465 | 13.0 | 73.3 | 42.9 | 65.7 | 6.0 | 9.8 | 12.0 | 100.0 | 94.8 | 99.8 |
Minnesota Timberwolves (29-23)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Stephon Marbury | 48:00 | .460 | .446 | 2.5 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 39.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.6 | 32.8 | 93 | 99 |
| Kevin Garnett | 47:00 | .511 | .500 | 10.0 | 31.9 | 21.1 | 16.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 10.9 | 26.8 | 103 | 87 |
| Terry Porter | 46:00 | .554 | .500 | 2.6 | 10.0 | 6.3 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 127 | 97 |
| Stanley Roberts | 38:00 | .387 | .444 | 9.3 | 18.2 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 7.9 | 15.3 | 88 | 92 |
| Cherokee Parks | 22:00 | .410 | .250 | 5.4 | 31.4 | 18.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 103 | 94 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Tom Hammonds | 43:00 | .571 | .571 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.2 | 10.5 | 95 | 99 |
| Sam Mitchell | 19:00 | .470 | .364 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 33.2 | 103 | 99 |
| Reggie Jordan | 2:00 | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 64.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 207 | 98 |
| Team Totals | 265 | .483 | .457 | 26.7 | 87.0 | 57.1 | 56.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 10.4 | 100.0 | 99.8 | 94.8 |
Officials: Steve Javie, Ted Bernhardt, Woody Mayfield
Attendance: 19,083