# Temporada 1996-97 de los Minnesota Timberwolves

La temporada 1996-97 fue la octava de los Minnesota Timberwolves en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 40 victorias y 42 derrotas, ocupando el sexto puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante los Houston Rockets.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 5 | Ray Allen | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Connecticut |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Utah Jazz | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 38–3 | 26–15 | 19–5 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 57 | 25 | .695 | 7 | 30–11 | 27–14 | 19–5 |
| x-Minnesota Timberwolves | 40 | 42 | .488 | 24 | 25–16 | 15–26 | 16–8 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 24 | 58 | .293 | 40 | 14–27 | 10–31 | 9–15 |
| Denver Nuggets | 21 | 61 | .256 | 43 | 12–29 | 9–32 | 7–17 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 20 | 62 | .244 | 44 | 12–29 | 8–33 | 8–16 |
| Vancouver Grizzlies | 14 | 68 | .171 | 50 | 8–33 | 6–35 | 6–18 |

### Primera ronda

Houston Rockets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 24 de abril | Houston Rockets 112, Minnesota Timberwolves 95 | Houston |
| 26 de abril | Houston Rockets 96, Minnesota Timberwolves 84 | Houston |
| 29 de abril | Minnesota Timberwolves 120, Houston Rockets 125 | Minneapolis |
| | Houston Rockets gana las series 3-0 | |

## Estadísticas
### Temporada regular

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | Pos. | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Kevin Garnett | 20 | SF | 77 | 77 | 38.9 | 7.1 | 14.3 | .499 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .286 | 2.7 | 3.5 | .754 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 17.0 |
| 2 | Tom Gugliotta | 27 | PF | 81 | 81 | 38.7 | 7.3 | 16.5 | .442 | 0.3 | 1.1 | .258 | 5.7 | 7.0 | .820 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 20.6 |
| 3 | Stephon Marbury | 19 | PG | 67 | 64 | 34.7 | 5.3 | 13.0 | .408 | 1.5 | 4.3 | .354 | 3.7 | 5.0 | .727 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 15.8 |
| 4 | Doug West | 29 | SG | 68 | 66 | 28.2 | 3.3 | 7.1 | .467 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .333 | 0.9 | 1.4 | .681 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 7.8 |
| 5 | Sam Mitchell | 33 | SF | 82 | 5 | 24.9 | 3.3 | 7.4 | .446 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .160 | 2.7 | 3.6 | .759 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 9.3 |
| 6 | Dean Garrett | 30 | C | 68 | 47 | 24.5 | 3.3 | 5.7 | .573 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.4 | 2.0 | .696 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Terry Porter | 33 | PG | 82 | 20 | 19.1 | 2.3 | 5.5 | .416 | 0.8 | 2.4 | .335 | 1.5 | 2.0 | .765 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 6.9 |
| 8 | James Robinson | 26 | PG | 69 | 5 | 19.0 | 2.8 | 7.0 | .407 | 1.5 | 3.9 | .382 | 1.1 | 1.7 | .684 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 8.3 |
| 9 | Chris Carr | 22 | SG | 55 | 10 | 15.1 | 2.3 | 4.9 | .461 | 0.6 | 1.6 | .352 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .767 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 6.1 |
| 10 | Stojko Vranković | 33 | C | 53 | 35 | 14.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | .561 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.7 | .676 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.4 |
| 11 | Cherokee Parks | 24 | PF | 76 | 0 | 12.6 | 1.4 | 2.7 | .510 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.6 | 1.0 | .605 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| 12 | Shane Heal | 26 | PG | 43 | 0 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 2.3 | .268 | 0.5 | 1.5 | .308 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .600 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| 13 | Reggie Jordan | 29 | SG | 10 | 0 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .800 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.4 | 0.7 | .571 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.0 |

## Estadísticas
### Playoffs

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | Pos. | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Kevin Garnett | 20 | SF | 3 | 3 | 41.7 | 8.0 | 17.0 | .471 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 9.3 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 17.3 |
| 2 | Tom Gugliotta | 27 | PF | 3 | 3 | 40.3 | 7.7 | 17.3 | .442 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .750 | 2.0 | 3.3 | .600 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 18.3 |
| 3 | Dean Garrett | 30 | C | 3 | 3 | 39.3 | 5.0 | 9.7 | .517 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.7 | 3.3 | .800 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 11.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 12.7 |
| 4 | Stephon Marbury | 19 | PG | 3 | 3 | 39.0 | 8.7 | 21.7 | .400 | 2.0 | 6.7 | .300 | 2.0 | 3.3 | .600 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 7.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 21.3 |
| 5 | Doug West | 29 | SG | 3 | 3 | 29.0 | 4.0 | 7.3 | .545 | 0.0 | 0.7 | .000 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 11.0 |
| 6 | Sam Mitchell | 33 | SF | 3 | 0 | 15.7 | 2.0 | 4.3 | .462 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.7 | 2.7 | .625 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 5.7 |
| 7 | James Robinson | 26 | PG | 2 | 0 | 15.5 | 2.5 | 6.0 | .417 | 2.0 | 5.0 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Terry Porter | 33 | PG | 3 | 0 | 15.3 | 1.7 | 4.3 | .385 | 1.0 | 3.0 | .333 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .750 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 9 | Cherokee Parks | 24 | PF | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | .667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 10 | Chris Carr | 22 | SG | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 2.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Stojko Vranković | 33 | C | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Shane Heal | 26 | PG | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Stephon Marbury | Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |
| Tom Gugliotta | All-Star |
| Kevin Garnett | All-Star |