The Minnesota Timberwolves were defeated by the Los Angeles Lakers, 97 to 88, in Game 1 of the 2004 Western Conference Finals on May 21, 2004.

2003-04 Minnesota Timberwolves

Final

LAL

Lakers

1-0

97

MIN

Timberwolves

0-1

88

Team

LAL

MIN

1

23

24

2

23

20

3

32

23

4

19

21

Total

97

88

Lakers

Timberwolves

FG Made - Attempted

37-78

34-69

Field Goal %

47.4

49.3

3PT Made - Attempted

6-15

6-16

3PT %

40.0

37.5

FT Made - Attempted

17-23

14-15

Free Throw %

73.9

93.3

Rebounds

38

35

Offensive Rebounds

7

3

Defensive Rebounds

31

32

Assists

29

18

Steals

7

4

Blocks

4

3

Turnovers

8

15

Personal Fouls

16

21

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Kobe Bryant 45 23 3 6 3 0 9-20 0-1 5-8 3 2 +8 0 3 45.0 0.0 62.5
Karl Malone 44 17 11 4 3 0 8-13 0-0 1-2 0 2 +10 1 10 61.5 50.0
Shaquille O'Neal 41 27 18 5 0 4 9-16 0-0 9-11 2 3 +8 5 13 56.3 81.8
Gary Payton 34 7 1 5 0 0 2-7 1-4 2-2 1 2 -2 0 1 28.6 25.0 100.0
Devean George 21 2 1 1 0 0 1-5 0-2 0-0 0 2 -6 0 1 20.0 0.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Derek Fisher 25 14 1 6 1 0 5-9 4-5 0-0 0 1 +11 0 1 55.6 80.0
Kareem Rush 14 5 0 2 0 0 2-5 1-3 0-0 1 0 +11 0 0 40.0 33.3
Stanislav Medvedenko 10 2 1 0 0 0 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 -2 1 0 33.3
Rick Fox 5 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 +5 0 2
Brian Cook 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 +2 0 0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Latrell Sprewell 46 23 6 5 0 0 8-16 3-7 4-5 4 1 -9 0 6 50.0 42.9 80.0
Kevin Garnett 45 16 10 2 2 2 7-15 0-1 2-2 4 2 -9 0 10 46.7 0.0 100.0
Sam Cassell 32 16 1 8 1 0 5-14 0-4 6-6 1 3 -3 0 1 35.7 0.0 100.0
Trenton Hassell 20 6 0 1 0 0 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 +2 0 0 75.0
Ervin Johnson 8 2 1 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 -1 0 1 50.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Michael Olowokandi 33 10 11 0 0 1 4-7 0-0 2-2 2 4 -11 3 8 57.1 100.0
Wally Szczerbiak 24 9 3 1 0 0 4-8 1-2 0-0 4 2 -11 0 3 50.0 50.0
Fred Hoiberg 22 6 3 1 0 0 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 2 -6 0 3 100.0 100.0
Mark Madsen 6 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 +1 0 0
Oliver Miller 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 +2 0 0 0.0
Gary Trent 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Explore

More Timberwolves Stats

Team Leaders

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PPG

28.0

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

RPG

13.0

Gobert

Rudy Gobert

APG

6.3

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

Team Rankings

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ORTG

115.6

16th

DRTG

109.0

1st

NETRTG

6.6

3rd

3P%

38.7

3rd

2023-24 Conference Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
9:30 PM
Tue
4/30
PHX PHX
@
MIN MIN
9:30 PM
Thu
5/2
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
1:00 PM
Sat
5/4
PHX PHX
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM

Last Game

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PHX Suns

0-3

109

Final

126

MIN Timberwolves

3-0

Fri 26 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

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37.7

Embiid

Joel Embiid

32.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

31.0

Maxey

Tyrese Maxey

Playoff RPG Leaders

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15.8

Davis

Anthony Davis

15.3

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

13.8

Allen

Jarrett Allen

Playoff APG Leaders

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12.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

10.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

8.7

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

Playoff SPG Leaders

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2.3

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

2.3

Irving

Kyrie Irving

2.3

Jr.

Kelly Oubre Jr.

Playoff BPG Leaders

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3.7

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

2.0

Porzingis

Kristaps Porzingis

Playoff 3PM Leaders

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5.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

4.3

Harden

James Harden

4.0

Hart

Josh Hart

Playoff TS% Leaders

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80.5

Gobert

Rudy Gobert

71.7

Lowry

Kyle Lowry

71.6

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

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Timberwolves

123.9

76ers

121.6

Knicks

121.2

Celtics

120.1

Pacers

117.1

Thunder

115.8

Playoff DRtg Rankings

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Thunder

96.2

Magic

97.3

Timberwolves

104.8

Cavaliers

107.2

Mavericks

107.6

Clippers

108.4

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

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Thunder

19.7

Timberwolves

19.1

Celtics

11.3

Magic

9.9

Nuggets

2.4

Pacers

1.7

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

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Pelicans

0-3

Suns

0-3

Lakers

1-3

Heat

1-2

Clippers

1-2

Bucks

1-2

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

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Magic

53-33

Mavericks

50-35

76ers

50-36

Thunder

48-36-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Celtics

44-37-4

Worst Record ATS

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Hawks

29-54

Hornets

34-48

Suns

36-48-1

Bucks

37-48

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0
6
Pacers Pacers
47 35 .573 17.0
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0
6
Suns Suns
49 33 .598 8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
4/26
OKC OKC
@
NOP NOP
106-85
Fri
4/26
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
104-84
Fri
4/26
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
108-119
Fri
4/26
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
89-112
Thu
4/25
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
126-109

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
4/28
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
3:30 PM
Sun
4/28
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Sun
4/28
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
9:30 PM
Mon
4/29
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
7:30 PM