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Minnesota Timberwolves

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Program History

Model Outputs

1996-1997
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 977 (#16) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 966 (#17) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.7 More → -2.1 (#18) HCA +2.7
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.433 (#17) -

1997 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1996-11-01 vs SAS W 82 - 78
1996-11-03 @ LAL L 85 - 91
1996-11-05 @ PHX W 98 - 95
1996-11-07 @ POR L 94 - 95
1996-11-10 @ LAC L 70 - 81
1996-11-12 vs POR W 100 - 97
1996-11-14 vs DAL W 100 - 90
1996-11-19 @ HOU L 93 - 122
1996-11-21 @ ORL L 86 - 90
1996-11-23 vs LAC W 98 - 96
1996-11-25 @ WAS L 98 - 105
1996-11-27 vs SEA L 98 - 106
1996-11-29 @ DEN W 108 - 103
1996-11-30 vs TOR W 79 - 70
1996-12-03 vs SAC L 89 - 96
1996-12-05 @ SEA L 86 - 117
1996-12-06 @ UTA L 95 - 106
1996-12-08 @ LAL L 86 - 110
1996-12-10 vs HOU L 94 - 96
1996-12-11 @ CHI L 86 - 103
1996-12-13 vs PHX W 108 - 105
1996-12-14 vs CLE L 93 - 101
1996-12-18 @ GSW L 96 - 123
1996-12-19 @ SAC L 105 - 112
1996-12-21 vs LAL W 103 - 88
1996-12-23 vs UTA W 107 - 98
1996-12-26 vs NYK W 88 - 80
1996-12-28 vs DEN W 103 - 96
1996-12-30 @ CLE L 96 - 108
1997-01-03 @ BOS W 94 - 84
1997-01-04 @ MIL W 97 - 91
1997-01-07 vs HOU L 95 - 104
1997-01-11 vs LAC W 95 - 93
1997-01-14 @ ATL L 93 - 95
1997-01-15 vs CHI L 102 - 112
1997-01-18 vs GSW W 108 - 93
1997-01-20 vs SAS W 96 - 83
1997-01-21 @ TOR L 106 - 118
1997-01-23 @ VAN W 95 - 76
1997-01-25 @ POR L 94 - 101
1997-01-28 vs SAC L 88 - 91
1997-01-30 @ DAL W 92 - 82
1997-01-31 @ SAS W 97 - 95
1997-02-02 vs POR W 103 - 102
1997-02-04 @ CHH L 101 - 115
1997-02-06 vs VAN W 103 - 86
1997-02-12 vs LAL L 84 - 100
1997-02-14 vs ORL W 104 - 100
1997-02-16 vs PHX W 107 - 96
1997-02-18 @ SAC L 84 - 95
1997-02-19 @ VAN W 84 - 73
1997-02-21 vs GSW W 101 - 82
1997-02-26 @ SAS W 108 - 89
1997-02-27 @ DAL - Incomplete score
1997-03-02 vs CHH L 96 - 108
1997-03-05 vs DET L 88 - 92
1997-03-07 vs DEN W 96 - 83
1997-03-09 vs UTA L 106 - 115
1997-03-11 vs PHI W 104 - 100
1997-03-13 vs SEA L 92 - 108
1997-03-14 @ PHI L 95 - 109
1997-03-16 vs BOS W 119 - 101
1997-03-18 @ IND L 97 - 115
1997-03-19 vs VAN W 95 - 72
1997-03-21 @ DET L 98 - 112
1997-03-23 vs MIA L 108 - 113
1997-03-25 @ HOU L 103 - 112
1997-03-26 @ DEN W 102 - 100
1997-03-28 @ SEA L 81 - 92
1997-03-30 @ GSW W 113 - 102
1997-04-02 vs NJN W 94 - 89
1997-04-04 vs WAS W 97 - 95
1997-04-06 vs IND L 83 - 94
1997-04-08 @ PHX L 107 - 115
1997-04-10 @ LAC W 108 - 96
1997-04-12 vs ATL L 66 - 80
1997-04-14 @ MIA W 95 - 87
1997-04-16 vs DAL L 77 - 92
1997-04-18 vs MIL W 122 - 112
1997-04-19 @ UTA L 89 - 101
1997-04-24 @ HOU L 95 - 112
1997-04-26 @ HOU L 84 - 96
1997-04-29 vs HOU L 120 - 125

1997 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Tom Gugliotta G 82 38.3 20.5 8.6 4.2 1.6 1.1 3.5 16.5 15.9 - - - 44.5 28.0 81.5 - 52.7 45.5
Kevin Garnett Kevin Garnett G 78 38.4 17.1 8.0 3.1 1.3 2.1 2.3 14.3 15.1 - - - 50.4 31.8 75.5 - 54.0 50.7
Stephon Marbury G 69 34.6 15.9 2.8 7.8 1.0 0.3 3.1 13.4 11.3 - - - 40.3 34.2 72.2 - 51.0 45.9
Sam Mitchell G 83 24.3 9.3 3.9 0.9 0.6 0.3 1.1 7.3 6.7 - - - 45.0 16.0 75.8 - 52.6 45.4
James Robinson G 69 18.2 8.3 1.6 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.9 7.0 4.4 - - - 40.7 38.4 68.4 - 54.0 51.6
Dean Garrett G 70 24.6 8.2 7.5 0.6 0.6 1.4 0.5 5.9 11.9 - - - 57.1 0 69.9 - 60.1 57.1
Doug West G 70 27.8 7.9 2.2 1.7 0.9 0.4 0.9 7.1 5.0 - - - 46.9 32.6 71.6 - 51.1 48.4
Terry Porter G 83 18.3 6.7 2.1 3.6 0.6 0.2 1.5 5.4 6.2 - - - 41.0 32.5 75.6 - 53.4 48.4
Chris Carr G 54 14.4 6.0 2.1 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.7 5.0 4.0 - - - 45.5 34.1 75.4 - 54.6 51.1
Cherokee Parks G 75 12.2 3.4 2.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 2.7 4.5 - - - 51.0 0.0 60.8 - 53.5 51.0
Stojko Vrankovic G 52 13.7 3.3 3.2 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.0 2.6 4.6 - - - 53.7 0 71.4 - 56.5 53.7
Reggie Jordan G 10 2.5 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 1.0 1.5 - - - 80.0 0 57.1 - 76.5 80.0
Shane Heal G 44 4.8 1.8 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.4 2.2 0.5 - - - 28.3 32.8 60.0 - 40.0 39.4

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG