NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Minnesota Timberwolves107–115Phoenix Suns

Minnesota Timberwolves at Phoenix Suns

Date: Tuesday 8 April 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 32nd meetingof 138 played

Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Stephon Marbury	10–18	4–7	3–4	1	1	2	8	0	0	3	5	27	-8
Kevin Garnett	6–14	0–0	8–11	4	5	9	1	1	0	4	4	20	-10
Dean Garrett	6–11	0–0	2–2	6	6	12	0	1	2	0	2	14	+5
Tom Gugliotta	5–19	0–2	4–5	2	10	12	5	2	1	3	3	14	-9
Doug West	6–13	1–1	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	5	13	-1
Terry Porter	3–6	1–2	6–7	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	3	13	-1
Cherokee Parks	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	+2
Sam Mitchell	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	4	2	-5
James Robinson	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	-13
Team totals	39–89	6–13	23–29	15	29	44	19	6	3	14	31	107	—

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kevin Johnson	7–16	0–4	9–9	0	0	0	7	1	0	3	0	23	+3
Wesley Person	7–8	7–8	2–2	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	2	23	+15
Danny Manning	6–10	0–1	8–12	1	6	7	3	1	1	1	4	20	+11
Jason Kidd	4–12	0–2	7–9	2	8	10	13	2	0	3	4	15	+10
Rex Chapman	7–13	0–6	0–0	0	5	5	2	1	0	1	3	14	+3
Hot Rod Williams	5–8	0–0	0–0	6	6	12	1	0	3	0	3	10	-5
Wayman Tisdale	3–12	0–0	1–3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	7	-9
Mike Brown	1–2	0–0	1–2	2	4	6	1	1	0	1	1	3	+12
Team totals	40–81	7–21	28–37	12	31	43	27	9	4	11	18	115	—

This season

Phoenix Suns 1, Minnesota Timberwolves 3 in NBA 1996-97.

5 Nov 1996Minnesota Timberwolves 98–95 Phoenix Suns
13 Dec 1996Phoenix Suns 105–108 Minnesota Timberwolves
16 Feb 1997Phoenix Suns 96–107 Minnesota Timberwolves
8 Apr 1997107–115 this game

Records going in

Minnesota Timberwolves: 37–38
Phoenix Suns: 36–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 85, Minnesota Timberwolves 53.

16 Feb 1997Phoenix Suns 96–107 Minnesota Timberwolves
18 Nov 1997Minnesota Timberwolves 108–90 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.