timberwolves best season record in first 20 games

The Minnesota Timberwolves had their best record in a season in their first 20 games in 1989-90, with a record of 5-15.

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timberwolves best season record in a season in first 20 games

	TEAM	REC	DATE	SEASON	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Timberwolves	0-1	11/3/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	SEA	L 94-106	.000	240	94	34	14	11	1	36	81	44.4	1	4	25.0	21	27	77.8	50.6	14	20	12	23
2	Timberwolves	0-1	11/5/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	POR	L 83-93	.000	240	83	39	18	6	1	30	90	33.3	1	10	10.0	22	27	81.5	40.7	17	22	12	34
3	Timberwolves	0-1	11/8/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	CHI	L 84-96	.000	240	84	38	19	13	2	32	86	37.2	0	5	0.0	20	30	66.7	42.3	15	23	14	21
4	Timberwolves	1-0	11/10/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	PHI	W 125-118	1.000	265	125	46	25	13	3	46	90	51.1	1	4	25.0	32	39	82.1	58.3	15	31	18	29
5	Timberwolves	0-1	11/12/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	SEA	L 97-108	.000	240	97	36	19	10	3	37	87	42.5	1	3	33.3	22	29	75.9	48.6	20	16	9	19
6	Timberwolves	1-0	11/14/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	GSW	W 101-98	1.000	240	101	42	19	10	7	37	88	42.0	2	7	28.6	25	28	89.3	50.3	15	27	17	32
7	Timberwolves	0-1	11/15/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	SAS	L 76-86	.000	240	76	41	19	12	4	27	83	32.5	1	6	16.7	21	22	95.5	41.0	18	23	17	19
8	Timberwolves	0-1	11/17/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	BOS	L 99-116	.000	240	99	38	28	10	4	41	87	47.1	1	3	33.3	16	26	61.5	50.3	13	25	13	26
9	Timberwolves	0-1	11/18/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	NYK	L 96-111	.000	240	96	35	25	3	0	38	80	47.5	2	5	40.0	18	23	78.3	53.3	12	23	11	19
10	Timberwolves	0-1	11/21/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	UTA	L 101-103	.000	265	101	33	26	13	6	38	80	47.5	1	3	33.3	24	30	80.0	54.2	15	18	16	24
11	Timberwolves	0-1	11/22/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	DEN	L 93-96	.000	240	93	48	18	8	2	32	74	43.2	1	4	25.0	28	37	75.7	51.5	18	30	14	26
12	Timberwolves	0-1	11/24/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	DAL	L 89-99	.000	240	89	43	17	8	4	37	90	41.1	0	3	0.0	15	20	75.0	45.0	25	18	11	24
13	Timberwolves	0-1	11/25/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	CHA	L 73-81	.000	240	73	41	23	8	2	31	75	41.3	0	3	0.0	11	17	64.7	44.3	9	32	13	24
14	Timberwolves	1-0	11/29/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	MIA	W 105-100	1.000	240	105	30	23	8	9	41	76	53.9	0	2	0.0	23	29	79.3	59.1	10	20	13	26
15	Timberwolves	0-1	11/30/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	ORL	L 96-103	.000	240	96	46	30	10	3	39	96	40.6	0	1	0.0	18	25	72.0	44.9	13	33	16	28
16	Timberwolves	1-0	12/2/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	CLE	W 101-74	1.000	240	101	42	20	17	5	39	80	48.8	1	1	100.0	22	26	84.6	55.2	13	29	14	20
17	Timberwolves	1-0	12/5/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	NJN	W 92-90	1.000	240	92	31	23	8	2	35	67	52.2	2	3	66.7	20	29	69.0	57.7	8	23	15	24
18	Timberwolves	0-1	12/9/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	ATL	L 91-104	.000	240	91	42	22	7	2	36	85	42.4	4	6	66.7	15	23	65.2	47.8	15	27	15	29
19	Timberwolves	0-1	12/12/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	IND	L 112-113	.000	265	112	41	27	9	4	46	90	51.1	1	5	20.0	19	25	76.0	55.4	19	22	17	35
20	Timberwolves	0-1	12/13/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	DAL	L 87-90	.000	240	87	45	24	10	3	32	84	38.1	2	7	28.6	21	28	75.0	45.2	14	31	9	19
	Average								.250	243.8	94.8	39.6	22.0	9.7	3.4	36.5	83.5	43.7	1.1	4.3	25.9	20.7	27.0	76.5	49.7	14.9	24.7	13.8	25.1
	Total	5-15							.250	4,875	1,895	791	439	194	67	730	1,669	43.7	22	85	25.9	413	540	76.5	49.7	298	493	276	501

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4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
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6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0
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11.6

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8.3

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SPG Leaders

2.0

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2.0

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USG% Leaders

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

The Minnesota Timberwolves had their best record in a season in their first 20 games in 1989-90, with a record of 5-15.

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