# 2013–14 Minnesota Timberwolves season

The 2013–14 Minnesota Timberwolves season is the 25th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 2011 #2 overall pick Derrick Williams was traded to Sacramento after just under two and a half seasons with the team, with management citing fit concerns as his minutes fluctuated.

## Key dates

* June 27: The 2013 NBA draft took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
* July 1: 2013 NBA free agency began.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 9 | Trey Burke | PG | United States | Michigan |
| 1 | 26 | André Roberson | SG/SF | United States | Colorado |
| 2 | 52 | Lorenzo Brown | PG | United States | NC State |
| 2 | 59 | Bojan Dubljević | PF | Montenegro | Valencia Basket (Spain) |
On draft night, Minnesota traded the rights to Trey Burke to the Utah Jazz for players they would later select at #14 and #21 overall, UCLA swingman Shabazz Muhammad and Louisville center Gorgui Dieng.

## Pre-season

2013 pre-season game log Total: 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–1) :
Pre-season: 5–3 (home: 2–2; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 7
CSKA Moscow
L 106–108 (OT)
Derrick Williams (21)
Derrick Williams (9)
Kevin Love (5)
Target Center 9,111
0–1
2
October 9
@ Toronto
W 101–89
Kevin Love (20)
Kevin Love (9)
Ricky Rubio (7)
Air Canada Centre 17,261
1–1
3
October 10
Milwaukee
W 98–89
Othyus Jeffers (13)
Gorgui Dieng (9)
José Juan Barea (4)
The Pentagon 3,250
2–1
4
October 12
Toronto
L 97–104
Kevin Love (28)
Kevin Love (11)
Ricky Rubio (6)
Target Center 10,106
2–2
5
October 20
Boston
W 104–89
Kevin Love (22)
Kevin Love (9)
Ricky Rubio (7)
Bell Centre 20,152
3–2
6
October 23
@ Philadelphia
W 125–102
José Juan Barea (22)
Ronny Turiaf (12)
Rubio & Price (5)
Wells Fargo Center 7,938
4–2
7
October 24
@ Detroit
L 98–99
Kevin Love (19)
Kevin Love (10)
Kevin Martin (4)
Palace of Auburn Hills 10,107
4–3 :
2013–14 season schedule :

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Northwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y-Oklahoma City Thunder | 59 | 23 | .720 | – | 34‍–‍7 | 25‍–‍16 | 11–5 | 82 |
| x-Portland Trail Blazers | 54 | 28 | .659 | 5.0 | 31‍–‍10 | 23‍–‍18 | 13–3 | 82 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 40 | 42 | .488 | 19.0 | 24‍–‍17 | 16‍–‍25 | 7–9 | 82 |
| Denver Nuggets | 36 | 46 | .439 | 23.0 | 22‍–‍19 | 14‍–‍27 | 5–11 | 82 |
| Utah Jazz | 25 | 57 | .305 | 34.0 | 16‍–‍25 | 9‍–‍32 | 4–12 | 82 |
Western Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-San Antonio Spurs * | 62 | 20 | .756 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y-Oklahoma City Thunder * | 59 | 23 | .720 | 3.0 | 82 |
| 3 | y-Los Angeles Clippers * | 57 | 25 | .695 | 5.0 | 82 |
| 4 | x-Houston Rockets | 54 | 28 | .659 | 8.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 54 | 28 | .659 | 8.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x-Golden State Warriors | 51 | 31 | .622 | 11.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x-Memphis Grizzlies | 50 | 32 | .610 | 12.0 | 82 |
| 8 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 49 | 33 | .598 | 13.0 | 82 |
| 9 | Phoenix Suns | 48 | 34 | .585 | 14.0 | 82 |
| 10 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 40 | 42 | .488 | 22.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Denver Nuggets | 36 | 46 | .439 | 26.0 | 82 |
| 12 | New Orleans Pelicans | 34 | 48 | .415 | 28.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Sacramento Kings | 28 | 54 | .341 | 34.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Lakers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 35.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Utah Jazz | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37.0 | 82 |

### Game log

2013–14 game log Total: 40–42 (Home: 24–17; Road: 16–25) :
October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 30
Orlando
W 120–115 (OT)
Kevin Love (31)
Kevin Love (17)
Ricky Rubio (11)
Target Center 17,988
1–0 :
November
: 8–9 (home: 5–3; road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
November 1
Oklahoma City
W 100–81
Kevin Love (24)
Kevin Love (12)
Ricky Rubio (10)
Target Center 17,433
2–0
3
November 3
@ New York
W 109–100
Kevin Love (34)
Kevin Love (15)
Ricky Rubio (10)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
3–0
4
November 4
@ Cleveland
L 92–93
Kevin Martin (23)
Kevin Love (13)
Love & Rubio (5)
Quicken Loans Arena 17,892
3–1
5
November 6
Golden State
L 93–106
Kevin Love (25)
Kevin Love (16)
Ricky Rubio (7)
Target Center 15,559
3–2
6
November 8
Dallas
W 116–108
Love & Martin (32)
Kevin Love (15)
Kevin Love (8)
Target Center 13,677
4–2
7
November 10
@ L.A. Lakers
W 113–90
Kevin Martin (27)
Kevin Love (13)
Ricky Rubio (14)
Staples Center 18,997
5–2
8
November 11
@ L.A. Clippers
L 107–109
Kevin Martin (30)
Kevin Love (19)
Ricky Rubio (10)
Staples Center 19,060
5–3
9
November 13
Cleveland
W 124–95
Kevin Love (33)
Kevin Love (8)
Ricky Rubio (16)
Target Center 14,978
6–3
10
November 15
@ Denver
L 113–117
Kevin Love (28)
Kevin Love (10)
Ricky Rubio (12)
Pepsi Center 17,142
6–4
11
November 16
Boston
W 106–88
Kevin Love (23)
Love & Peković (12)
Ricky Rubio (7)
Target Center 15,111
7–4
12
November 19
@ Washington
L 100–104
Kevin Love (25)
Kevin Love (11)
J. J. Barea (7)
Verizon Center 14,804
7–5
13
November 20
L.A. Clippers
L 98–102
Kevin Martin (28)
Kevin Love (12)
Kevin Love (8)
Target Center 13,101
7–6
14
November 22
Brooklyn
W 111–81
Kevin Love (17)
Kevin Love (16)
Ricky Rubio (8)
Target Center 15,551
8–6
15
November 23
@ Houston
L 101–112
Kevin Love (27)
Kevin Love (15)
Ricky Rubio (8)
Toyota Center 18,196
8–7
16
November 25
@ Indiana
L 84–98
Kevin Love (20)
Kevin Love (17)
Ricky Rubio (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,426
8–8
17
November 27
Denver
L 110–117
Kevin Martin (29)
Kevin Love (15)
Ricky Rubio (11)
Target Center 14,244
8–9
18
November 30
@ Dallas
W 112–106
Kevin Martin (27)
Kevin Love (11)
Ricky Rubio (7)
American Airlines Center 20,173
9–9 :
December
: 6–7 (home: 3–2; road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
December 1
@ Oklahoma City
L 103–113
Kevin Martin (24)
Kevin Love (12)
Ricky Rubio (7)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
9–10
20
December 4
San Antonio
Game postponed. Rescheduled to April 8, 2014.
21
December 7
Miami
L 82–103
Kevin Martin (19)
Nikola Peković (12)
Ricky Rubio (6)
Target Center 19,888
9–11
22
December 10
@ Detroit
W 121–94
Kevin Love (26)
Kevin Love (16)
Ricky Rubio (9)
Palace of Auburn Hills 11,251
10–11
23
December 11
Philadelphia
W 106–99
Kevin Love (26)
Kevin Love (15)
Ricky Rubio (7)
Target Center 13,450
11–11
24
December 13
@ San Antonio
L 110–117
Kevin Love (42)
Kevin Love (14)
Ricky Rubio (8)
AT&T Center 18,581
11–12
25
December 15
@ Memphis
W 101–93
Kevin Love (30)
Corey Brewer (12)
J. J. Barea (5)
FedExForum 15,417
12–12
26
December 16
@ Boston
L 97–101
Kevin Love (27)
Kevin Love (14)
J. J. Barea (11)
TD Garden 17,071
12–13
27
December 18
Portland
W 120–109
Nikola Peković (30)
Kevin Love (15)
Kevin Love (9)
Target Center 13,776
13–13
28
December 20
@ L.A. Lakers
L 91–104
Kevin Love (25)
Kevin Love (13)
Ricky Rubio (7)
Staples Center 18,997
13–14
29
December 22
@ L.A. Clippers
L 116–120 (OT)
Kevin Love (45)
Kevin Love (19)
Ricky Rubio (12)
Staples Center 19,304
13–15
30
December 27
Washington
W 120–98
Kevin Love (25)
Kevin Love (11)
Ricky Rubio (9)
Target Center 16,473
14–15
31
December 28
@ Milwaukee
W 117–95
Kevin Love (33)
Kevin Love (15)
Ricky Rubio (8)
BMO Harris Bradley Center 14,971
15–15
32
December 30
Dallas
L 98–100
Kevin Love (36)
Kevin Love (11)
Ricky Rubio (13)
Target Center 16,111
15–16 :
January
: 8–7 (home: 4–4; road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33
January 1
New Orleans
W 124–112
Nikola Peković (22)
Ricky Rubio (8)
Ricky Rubio (9)
Target Center 14,002
16–16
34
January 4
Oklahoma City
L 111–115
Nikola Peković (31)
Kevin Love (14)
Ricky Rubio (10)
Target Center 18,065
16–17
35
January 6
@ Philadelphia
W 126–95
Kevin Love (26)
Nikola Peković (14)
Ricky Rubio (8)
Wells Fargo Center 10,736
17–17
36
January 8
Phoenix
L 103–104
Kevin Martin (20)
Kevin Love & Nikola Peković (12)
Ricky Rubio (8)
Target Center 12,202
17–18
37
January 10
Charlotte
W 119–92
Nikola Peković (26)
Kevin Love (14)
Ricky Rubio & Dante Cunningham (6)
Target Center 13,767
18–18
38
January 12
@ San Antonio
L 86–104
Nikola Peković (22)
Kevin Love (7)
Ricky Rubio (8)
AT&T Center 18,098
18–19
39
January 15
Sacramento
L 108–111
Kevin Love (27)
Kevin Love (11)
Ricky Rubio & Kevin Love (5)
Target Center 12,399
18–20
40
January 17
@ Toronto
L 89–94
Kevin Martin (18)
Kevin Love (12)
Jose Barea (5)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
18–21
41
January 18
Utah
W 98–72
Nikola Peković (27)
Nikola Peković (14)
Ricky Rubio (9)
Target Center 17,111
19–21
42
January 21
@ Utah
W 112–97
Love & Brewer (19)
Kevin Love (13)
Ricky Rubio (13)
EnergySolutions Arena 16,387
20–21
43
January 24
@ Golden State
W 121–120
Love & Martin (26)
Love & Pekovic (14)
Ricky Rubio (12)
Oracle Arena 19,596
21–21
44
January 25
@ Portland
L 104–115
Kevin Martin (30)
Kevin Love (13)
Ricky Rubio (11)
Moda Center 20,006
21–22
45
January 27
@ Chicago
W 95–86
Kevin Love (31)
Kevin Love (8)
J. J. Barea (7)
United Center 21,637
22–22
46
January 29
New Orleans
W 88–77
Kevin Love (30)
Kevin Love (14)
Ricky Rubio (6)
Target Center 11,702
23–22
47
January 31
Memphis
L 90–94
Kevin Love (28)
Kevin Love (16)
Ricky Rubio (8)
Target Center 17,429
23–23 :
February
: 5–6 (home: 3–2; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
48
February 1
@ Atlanta
L 113–120
Kevin Love (43)
Kevin Love (19)
Ricky Rubio (11)
Philips Arena 13,018
23–24
49
February 4
L.A. Lakers
W 109–99
Kevin Martin (32)
Kevin Love (17)
Ricky Rubio (13)
Target Center 12,559
24–24
50
February 5
@ Oklahoma City
L 97–106
Ricky Rubio (19)
Dante Cunningham (8)
Ricky Rubio (5)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
24–25
51
February 7
@ New Orleans
L 91–98
Kevin Love (26)
Kevin Love (19)
Ricky Rubio (6)
Smoothie King Center 16,541
24–26
52
February 8
Portland
L 110–117
Corey Brewer (26)
Ronny Turiaf (13)
Ricky Rubio (9)
Target Center 17,506
24–27
53
February 10
Houston
L 89–107
Kevin Love (31)
Kevin Love (10)
Ricky Rubio (9)
Target Center 12,002
24–28
54
February 12
Denver
W 117–90
Kevin Love (32)
Kevin Love (11)
Ricky Rubio (12)
Target Center 12,139
25–28
All-Star Break
55
February 19
Indiana
W 104–91
Kevin Love (42)
Kevin Love (16)
Ricky Rubio (17)
Target Center
26–28
56
February 22
@ Utah
W 121–104
Kevin Love (37)
Kevin Love (12)
Kevin Love (10)
EnergySolutions Arena
27–28
57
February 23
@ Portland
L 97–108
Kevin Love (31)
Kevin Love (10)
Ricky Rubio (11)
Moda Center 19,458
27–29
58
February 25
@ Phoenix
W 110–101
Kevin Love (33)
Kevin Love (13)
Ricky Rubio (11)
US Airways Center 16,273
28–29 :
March
: 8–8 (home: 5–4; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
59
March 1
@ Sacramento
W 108–97
Kevin Martin (26)
Kevin Love (10)
Ricky Rubio (8)
Sleep Train Arena 17,085
29-29
60
March 3
@ Denver
W 132–128
Kevin Love (33)
Kevin Love (19)
Ricky Rubio & Jose Barea (5)
Pepsi Center 15,240
30–29
61
March 5
New York
L 106–118
Kevin Love (19)
Kevin Love (8)
Ricky Rubio (8)
Target Center 14,294
30-30
62
March 7
Detroit
W 114–101
Kevin Love (28)
Kevin Love (14)
Ricky Rubio (9)
Target Center 16,242
31–30
63
March 9
Toronto
L 104–111
Kevin Love (26)
Love & Peković (11)
Kevin Love (9)
Target Center 13,116
31-31
64
March 11
Milwaukee
W 112–101
Kevin Love (27)
Kevin Love (10)
Ricky Rubio (10)
Target Center 12,473
32–31
65
March 14
@ Charlotte
L 93–105
Kevin Martin (19)
Kevin Love (6)
Ricky Rubio (9)
Time Warner Cable Arena 16,983
32-32
66
March 16
Sacramento
W 104–102
Kevin Martin (31)
Gorgui Dieng (11)
Ricky Rubio (9)
Target Center 13,171
33–32
67
March 19
@ Dallas
W 123–122 (OT)
Kevin Love (35)
Gorgui Dieng (11)
Ricky Rubio (15)
American Airlines Center 20,100
34–32
68
March 20
@ Houston
L 106–129
Kevin Love (29)
Gorgui Dieng (21)
Ricky Rubio (8)
Toyota Center 18,315
34–33
69
March 23
Phoenix
L 120–127
Kevin Love (36)
Kevin Love (14)
Love & Rubio (9)
Target Center 17,866
34-34
70
March 24
@ Memphis
L 92–109
Kevin Love (16)
Gorgui Dieng (17)
Alexey Shved (5)
FedExForum 17,784
34–35
71
March 26
Atlanta
W 107–83
Brewer & Martin (18)
Gorgui Dieng (15)
Ricky Rubio (10)
Target Center 11,632
35-35
72
March 28
L.A. Lakers
W 143–107
Nikola Peković (26)
Kevin Love (10)
Kevin Love (10)
Target Center 16,442
36–35
73
March 30
@ Brooklyn
L 99–114
Martin & Brewer (21)
Gorgui Dieng (11)
Ricky Rubio (12)
Barclays Center 17,732
36-36
74
March 31
L.A. Clippers
L 94–114
Kevin Love (20)
Kevin Love (13)
J. J. Barea (8)
Target Center 12,172
36–37 :
April: 4–5 (home: 3–2; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
75
April 2
Memphis
W 102–88
Kevin Love (24)
Kevin Love (16)
Kevin Love (10)
Target Center 12,009
37-37
76
April 4
@ Miami
W 122–121 (2OT)
Kevin Love (28)
Kevin Love (11)
Ricky Rubio (14)
American Airlines Arena 19,661
38–37
77
April 5
@ Orlando
L 92–100
Ricky Rubio (18)
Gorgui Dieng (8)
Ricky Rubio (10)
Amway Center 16,992
38-38
20
April 8
San Antonio
W 110–91
Ricky Rubio (23)
Gorgui Dieng (15)
Ricky Rubio (7)
Target Center 10,117
39–38
78
April 9
Chicago
L 87–102
Kevin Love (17)
Kevin Love (10)
Ricky Rubio (6)
Target Center 13,447
39-39
79
April 11
Houston
W 112–110
Corey Brewer (51)
Gorgui Dieng (20)
Ricky Rubio (10)
Target Center 16,689
40–39
80
April 13
@ Sacramento
L 103–106
Kevin Love (43)
Gorgui Dieng (14)
Ricky Rubio (11)
Sleep Train Arena 16,965
40-40
81
April 14
@ Golden State
L 120–130
Kevin Love (40)
Kevin Love (14)
Kevin Love (9)
Oracle Arena 19,596
40–41
82
April 16
Utah
L 130–136 (2OT)
Kevin Martin (36)
Kevin Love (10)
Kevin Love (9)
Target Center 14,155
40–42 :
2013–14 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Ragular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Ricky Rubio | PG | 82 | 82 | 2,638 | 342 | 704 | 191 | 11 | 781 | 32.2 | 4.2 | 8.6 | 2.3 | .1 | 9.5 |
| Corey Brewer | SF | 81 | 81 | 2,609 | 207 | 135 | 151 | 30 | 998 | 32.2 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | .4 | 12.3 |
| Dante Cunningham | PF | 81 | 7 | 1,635 | 330 | 83 | 62 | 58 | 510 | 20.2 | 4.1 | 1.0 | .8 | .7 | 6.3 |
| J. J. Barea | PG | 79 | 1 | 1,471 | 154 | 303 | 26 | 0 | 660 | 18.6 | 1.9 | 3.8 | .3 | .0 | 8.4 |
| Kevin Love | PF | 77 | 77 | 2,797 | 963 | 341 | 59 | 35 | 2,010 | 36.3 | 12.5 | 4.4 | .8 | .5 | 26.1 |
| Kevin Martin | SG | 68 | 68 | 2,177 | 203 | 121 | 66 | 6 | 1,298 | 32.0 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .1 | 19.1 |
| Alexey Shved | SG | 63 | 0 | 664 | 81 | 68 | 26 | 16 | 250 | 10.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .4 | .3 | 4.0 |
| Gorgui Dieng | C | 60 | 15 | 818 | 300 | 39 | 30 | 50 | 286 | 13.6 | 5.0 | .7 | .5 | .8 | 4.8 |
| Luc Mbah a Moute$^†$ | PF | 55 | 2 | 807 | 119 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 184 | 14.7 | 2.2 | .4 | .4 | .2 | 3.3 |
| Nikola Peković | C | 54 | 54 | 1,663 | 468 | 50 | 30 | 23 | 944 | 30.8 | 8.7 | .9 | .6 | .4 | 17.5 |
| Robbie Hummel | SF | 53 | 5 | 655 | 132 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 181 | 12.4 | 2.5 | .4 | .3 | .0 | 3.4 |
| Chase Budinger | SF | 41 | 8 | 751 | 103 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 274 | 18.3 | 2.5 | .8 | .5 | .0 | 6.7 |
| Shabazz Muhammad | SG | 37 | 0 | 290 | 53 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 143 | 7.8 | 1.4 | .2 | .2 | .0 | 3.9 |
| Ronny Turiaf | C | 31 | 10 | 606 | 174 | 24 | 8 | 50 | 149 | 19.5 | 5.6 | .8 | .3 | 1.6 | 4.8 |
| A. J. Price | SG | 28 | 0 | 99 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 3.5 | .4 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 1.6 |
| Derrick Williams$^†$ | PF | 11 | 0 | 162 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 14.7 | 2.4 | .1 | .4 | .4 | 4.9 |
| Othyus Jeffers$^†$ | SG | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | 1.5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Timberwolves only.