NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons92–88Minnesota Timberwolves

Detroit Pistons at Minnesota Timberwolves

Date: Wednesday 5 March 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 15th meetingof 72 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Lindsey Hunter	7–13	2–5	5–5	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	21	+7
Grant Hill	7–19	0–0	5–5	1	7	8	2	4	0	4	4	19	-7
Otis Thorpe	5–9	0–0	4–6	2	7	9	1	1	0	0	1	14	+17
Joe Dumars	6–13	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	13	+3
Aaron McKie	3–8	1–4	2–2	0	4	4	5	0	0	1	0	9	+10
Theo Ratliff	3–9	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	0	0	2	0	3	6	+4
Grant Long	2–4	0–0	1–2	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	5	-7
Terry Mills	1–4	1–3	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	3	-6
Michael Curry	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	-1
Team totals	35–80	5–16	17–20	7	33	40	15	8	4	7	13	92	—

Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Tom Gugliotta	8–23	0–1	7–7	4	11	15	5	0	3	3	2	23	-4
Kevin Garnett	10–19	0–0	2–2	1	7	8	3	0	1	0	2	22	+10
Stephon Marbury	6–18	2–7	0–0	2	5	7	10	1	1	3	3	14	-8
Dean Garrett	3–4	0–0	2–2	3	5	8	1	0	0	0	3	8	-10
Doug West	3–7	2–2	0–0	2	1	3	0	1	2	2	3	8	-9
Sam Mitchell	2–5	0–0	2–4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	+2
James Robinson	1–2	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	-10
Chris Carr	1–5	0–3	0–0	0	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	+5
Terry Porter	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	+4
Team totals	35–85	5–15	13–15	13	33	46	21	4	8	11	19	88	—

This season

Minnesota Timberwolves 0, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1996-97.

5 Mar 199792–88 this game
21 Mar 1997Minnesota Timberwolves 98–112 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 43–15
Minnesota Timberwolves: 29–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Minnesota Timberwolves 36, Detroit Pistons 36.

23 Feb 1996Detroit Pistons 93–94 Minnesota Timberwolves
21 Mar 1997Minnesota Timberwolves 98–112 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.