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Minnesota Timberwolves

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Program History

Model Outputs

1997-1998
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 → 1118 (#9) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1024 (#15) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.0 More → +0.0 (#17) HCA +3.0
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.504 (#17) -

1998 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1997-10-31 vs GSW W 129 - 113
1997-11-01 vs CHH W 106 - 90
1997-11-04 @ POR L 105 - 122
1997-11-07 @ VAN W 108 - 97
1997-11-08 @ GSW W 97 - 90
1997-11-11 vs SAS L 92 - 93
1997-11-13 vs WAS L 88 - 91
1997-11-15 @ SAS W 105 - 94
1997-11-18 @ PHX W 108 - 90
1997-11-19 @ LAL L 93 - 118
1997-11-21 vs CLE L 80 - 103
1997-11-24 @ UTA L 124 - 133
1997-11-26 vs POR L 90 - 96
1997-11-28 @ DEN L 84 - 95
1997-12-03 vs IND L 90 - 94
1997-12-05 vs SAC W 101 - 90
1997-12-06 @ WAS L 103 - 114
1997-12-09 vs SEA L 99 - 108
1997-12-11 @ NYK L 103 - 107
1997-12-13 vs PHX W 112 - 101
1997-12-16 vs LAL L 96 - 109
1997-12-17 @ PHI W 94 - 90
1997-12-20 vs LAC W 92 - 91
1997-12-22 @ SAC L 79 - 89
1997-12-23 @ SEA W 112 - 103
1997-12-26 vs NJN W 116 - 96
1997-12-28 @ DET W 93 - 89
1998-01-02 @ BOS L 89 - 93
1998-01-03 vs DEN W 109 - 87
1998-01-07 vs PHX L 77 - 92
1998-01-09 vs POR W 96 - 91
1998-01-10 @ NJN W 108 - 101
1998-01-12 vs GSW W 103 - 87
1998-01-16 @ HOU W 116 - 115
1998-01-17 @ DAL W 113 - 110
1998-01-19 vs LAC W 117 - 109
1998-01-21 vs BOS W 104 - 95
1998-01-24 @ TOR L 107 - 113
1998-01-27 vs ATL W 113 - 96
1998-01-29 @ VAN W 112 - 106
1998-01-30 @ LAL L 114 - 121
1998-02-01 vs MIL L 110 - 118
1998-02-02 @ CLE L 99 - 109
1998-02-11 vs ORL L 89 - 96
1998-02-13 @ DEN W 107 - 80
1998-02-15 vs DAL W 105 - 99
1998-02-17 @ MIA L 84 - 110
1998-02-18 @ ORL L 102 - 115
1998-02-20 vs HOU W 100 - 95
1998-02-22 vs SAC W 113 - 95
1998-02-24 @ SAS L 99 - 105
1998-02-26 @ HOU L 98 - 118
1998-02-27 vs LAL L 91 - 104
1998-03-01 vs DET - Incomplete score
1998-03-03 vs DAL L 99 - 110
1998-03-04 @ CHH L 102 - 112
1998-03-06 vs TOR W 113 - 91
1998-03-08 vs SEA L 98 - 99
1998-03-11 @ GSW W 113 - 84
1998-03-12 @ POR L 92 - 95
1998-03-14 @ SEA L 80 - 114
1998-03-18 vs SAS L 76 - 92
1998-03-20 vs DEN W 104 - 88
1998-03-21 vs VAN W 102 - 88
1998-03-25 @ PHX W 99 - 97
1998-03-27 @ LAC W 100 - 98
1998-03-29 @ SAC W 104 - 96
1998-04-02 @ IND L 108 - 111
1998-04-03 @ CHI L 93 - 107
1998-04-05 @ ATL W 97 - 96
1998-04-07 vs MIA W 92 - 89
1998-04-10 vs PHI W 107 - 102
1998-04-11 vs UTA W 110 - 103
1998-04-13 @ LAC W 107 - 88
1998-04-14 @ UTA L 109 - 126
1998-04-17 vs HOU W 102 - 95
1998-04-18 @ MIL W 111 - 109
1998-04-24 @ SEA L 83 - 108
1998-04-26 @ SEA W 98 - 93
1998-04-28 vs SEA W 98 - 90
1998-04-30 vs SEA L 88 - 92
1998-05-02 @ SEA L 84 - 97

1998 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 39 37.9 19.9 8.7 4.1 1.5 0.5 2.7 15.5 16.5 - - - 49.8 11.8 81.6 - 55.6 49.9
Kevin Garnett Kevin Garnett G 82 38.8 18.5 9.5 4.2 1.7 1.9 2.4 15.9 17.5 - - - 48.8 20.0 73.9 - 52.5 49.0
Stephon Marbury G 82 37.6 17.4 2.8 8.6 1.3 0.1 3.2 14.8 12.1 - - - 41.1 31.7 73.5 - 50.5 45.2
Anthony Peeler G 33 33.9 13.2 3.9 3.7 1.6 0.2 1.5 11.9 9.3 - - - 43.8 46.4 79.5 - 53.0 51.1
Sam Mitchell G 81 27.6 12.5 4.7 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.8 10.0 8.7 - - - 45.8 30.4 83.7 - 53.6 46.9
Terry Porter G 82 22.3 10.0 2.3 3.3 0.8 0.2 1.2 7.4 8.0 - - - 44.9 40.7 85.2 - 58.9 53.1
Chris Carr G 49 22.4 9.8 3.0 1.7 0.3 0.2 1.3 8.8 4.9 - - - 41.3 32.0 84.8 - 50.5 45.8
Cherokee Parks G 75 20.9 6.9 5.5 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.8 5.6 8.3 - - - 50.2 0.0 64.9 - 53.5 50.2
Tom Hammonds G 57 19.8 6.3 4.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.8 4.4 6.9 - - - 51.8 0 71.9 - 57.5 51.8
Stanley Roberts G 70 17.4 6.1 4.9 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.9 5.2 6.6 - - - 48.9 0 48.4 - 49.8 48.9
Doug West G 35 17.1 4.1 2.1 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 4.5 2.8 - - - 37.2 0.0 72.5 - 41.8 37.2
Micheal Williams G 28 7.1 2.9 0.8 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.6 2.2 2.9 - - - 34.9 16.7 92.5 - 50.9 35.7
Bill Curley G 12 11.9 2.8 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 2.8 2.8 - - - 48.5 0.0 66.7 - 49.5 48.5
Reggie Jordan G 56 8.5 2.8 1.9 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.5 2.1 3.8 - - - 49.2 50.0 55.6 - 52.4 49.6
DeJuan Wheat G 33 4.0 1.8 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.6 1.3 - - - 40.4 47.1 60.0 - 50.3 48.1
Clifford Rozier F 6 4.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.3 - - - 50.0 0 0.0 - 46.6 50.0

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