NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets95–102Minnesota Timberwolves

Houston Rockets at Minnesota Timberwolves

Date: Friday 17 April 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 45th meetingof 151 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kevin Willis	11–17	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	1	1	0	1	3	22	-8
Clyde Drexler	7–18	3–8	4–5	3	4	7	6	3	0	1	2	21	-10
Hakeem Olajuwon	8–16	0–1	4–6	0	10	10	3	4	1	6	4	20	0
Mario Elie	4–10	0–2	0–0	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	3	8	-6
Matt Maloney	3–9	1–6	1–1	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	8	-12
Eddie Johnson	3–9	0–2	0–0	1	1	2	5	0	0	1	1	6	+2
Brent Price	2–5	1–4	0–0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	2	5	+5
Othella Harrington	1–3	0–0	3–4	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	3	5	-6
Team totals	39–87	5–23	12–16	8	27	35	27	9	2	10	20	95	—

Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kevin Garnett	7–16	0–0	6–6	2	8	10	3	0	0	1	0	20	+12
Sam Mitchell	6–13	1–1	6–6	2	6	8	1	0	0	0	1	19	+3
Anthony Peeler	7–13	2–4	2–2	2	3	5	4	3	1	5	3	18	+12
Terry Porter	4–10	0–1	6–8	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	14	0
Tom Hammonds	5–6	0–0	2–2	3	7	10	0	0	0	2	3	12	+7
Stephon Marbury	4–16	1–3	2–2	0	1	1	12	4	0	4	0	11	+4
Bill Curley	2–7	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	4	4	-7
Stanley Roberts	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	6	7	0	0	2	1	3	4	+11
Cherokee Parks	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jordan	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	-7
Team totals	37–86	4–9	24–26	14	34	48	25	8	3	13	16	102	—

This season

Minnesota Timberwolves 3, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1997-98.

16 Jan 1998Minnesota Timberwolves 116–115 Houston Rockets
20 Feb 1998Houston Rockets 95–100 Minnesota Timberwolves
26 Feb 1998Minnesota Timberwolves 98–118 Houston Rockets
17 Apr 199895–102 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 41–39
Minnesota Timberwolves: 43–37

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Minnesota Timberwolves 58, Houston Rockets 93.

26 Feb 1998Minnesota Timberwolves 98–118 Houston Rockets
17 Feb 1999Houston Rockets 102–116 Minnesota Timberwolves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.