NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Minnesota Timberwolves98–112Detroit Pistons

Minnesota Timberwolves at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 21 March 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 72 played

Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Tom Gugliotta	6–15	0–0	6–7	2	7	9	7	0	0	4	3	18	-10
Kevin Garnett	7–18	0–0	2–2	1	8	9	2	0	0	1	4	16	-6
Dean Garrett	6–6	0–0	3–4	2	5	7	2	0	1	0	4	15	-7
Stephon Marbury	4–12	2–6	4–4	1	2	3	5	1	0	4	5	14	-5
Sam Mitchell	4–7	0–1	5–6	1	5	6	2	1	0	0	5	13	-10
James Robinson	3–8	2–7	3–4	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	11	-11
Terry Porter	2–7	1–5	0–0	0	4	4	4	1	0	2	0	5	-14
Cherokee Parks	1–1	0–0	2–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	-11
Reggie Jordan	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	+2
Shane Heal	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2
Team totals	34–76	5–19	25–31	7	33	40	25	3	1	12	23	98	—

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Grant Hill	7–13	0–0	8–11	1	10	11	10	2	0	3	3	22	+10
Otis Thorpe	7–11	0–0	6–10	2	6	8	4	3	0	2	5	20	+6
Joe Dumars	7–15	4–7	0–0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	18	+4
Aaron McKie	5–9	2–4	4–6	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	16	+15
Don Reid	5–7	0–0	4–4	4	6	10	1	1	0	0	5	14	+11
Lindsey Hunter	3–9	2–5	2–2	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	2	10	+5
Terry Mills	3–11	2–6	0–0	0	6	6	5	1	2	1	3	8	+5
Litterial Green	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	+2
Michael Curry	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	+6
Team totals	39–79	10–23	24–33	8	32	40	29	9	2	7	23	112	—

This season

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

5 Mar 1997Detroit Pistons 92–88 Minnesota Timberwolves
21 Mar 199798–112 this game

Records going in

Minnesota Timberwolves: 33–33
Detroit Pistons: 47–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

5 Mar 1997Detroit Pistons 92–88 Minnesota Timberwolves
28 Dec 1997Minnesota Timberwolves 93–89 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.